Address Book
Address Book API provides an interface to work with phone address book, upload it to server and retrieve already registered ConnectyCube users from your address book.
With conjunction of User authentication via phone number you can easily organize a modern state of the art logic in your App where you can easily start chatting with your phone contacts, without adding them manually as friends - the same what you can see in WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger and Viber.
Upload Address Book
First of all you need to upload your Address Book to the backend. It’s a normal practice to do a full upload for the 1st time and then upload diffs on future app logins.
var addressBook = [ConnectycubeContact]()
let contact = ConnectycubeContact(name: "Jony Ive", phone: "1-800-300-2000", destroy: false)// set true to remove a contact
addressBook.append(contact)
//let udid = UUID().uuidString
ConnectyCube().uploadAddressBook(contacts: addressBook, force: false, udid: nil, successCallback: { (updates) in
}) { (error) in
}NSMutableOrderedSet *addressBook = [[NSMutableOrderedSet alloc] init];
CYBAddressBookContact *contact = [[CYBAddressBookContact alloc] init];contact.name = @"Jony Ive";contact.phone = @"1-800-300-2000";
[addressBook addObject:contact];
[CYBRequest uploadAddressBookWithUdid:nil addressBook:addressBook force:false successBlock:^(CYBAddressBookUpdates * _Nonnull updates) {
} errorBlock:^(NSError * _Nonnull error) {
}];let addressBook = NSMutableOrderedSet()
let contact = AddressBookContact()contact.name = "Jony Ive"contact.phone = "1-800-300-2000"
addressBook.add(contact)
Request.uploadAddressBook(withUdid: nil, addressBook: addressBook, force: false, successBlock: { (updates) in
}) { (error) in
}- You also can edit an existing contact by providing a new name for it.
- You also can upload more contacts, not just all in one request - they will be added to your address book on the backend. If you want to override the whole address book on the backend - just provide
force: true. - You also can remove a contact by setting
contact.destroy = true. - A device UDID is used in cases where user has 2 or more devices and contacts sync is off. Otherwise - user has a single global address book.
Retrieve Address Book
If you want you can retrieve your uploaded address book:
ConnectyCube().getAddressBook(udid: nil, successCallback: { (contacts) in
}) { (error) in
}[CYBRequest addressBookWithUdid:nil successBlock:^(NSArray<CYBAddressBookContact *> * _Nonnull contacts) {
} errorBlock:^(NSError \* \_Nonnull error) {
}];Request.addressBook(withUdid: nil, successBlock: { (contacts) in
}) { (error) in
}Retrieving Registered Users
Using this request you can easily retrieve the ConnectyCube users - you phone Address Book contacts that already registered in your app, so you can start communicate with these users right away:
ConnectyCube().getRegisteredUsersFromAddressBook(compact: false, udid: nil, successCallback: {(users) in
}) { (error) in
}[CYBRequest registeredUsersFromAddressBookWithUdid:nil isCompact:false successBlock:^(NSArray<CYBUser *> * _Nonnull users) {
} errorBlock:^(NSError * _Nonnull error) {
}];Request.registeredUsersFromAddressBook(withUdid: nil, isCompact: false, successBlock: { (users) in
}) { (error) in
}if isCompact: true - server will return only id and phone fields of User. Otherwise - all User’s fields will be returned.
Push notification on new contact joined
There is a way to get a push notification when some contact from your Address Book registered in an app.
You can enable this feature at ConnectyCube Dashboard, Users module, Address Book Settings tab:
