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# Search contacts

> Contacts by name, email or company, with phone numbers and addresses. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/nextcloud/search_contacts

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Contacts by name, email or company, with phone numbers and addresses.

Nextcloud API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/nextcloud.md

`GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/nextcloud/contacts/search`

Access: read.

Searches your address books and returns matching contacts with name, company, emails and phone numbers. Use it before add_contact to avoid duplicates. An empty query lists the first contacts of the address book.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | no | Part of a name, email or company. |
| `address_book` | string | no | Address book name. Default: 'contacts'. |
| `limit` | integer | no | Maximum results. Default: 50. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/nextcloud/contacts/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("nextcloud", "search_contacts")
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('nextcloud', 'search_contacts');
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call nextcloud search_contacts
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "contacts": [
    {
      "contact_id": "c7f2e1a0-3b44-4d6e-8a19-2f5d9c0b7e31",
      "name": "Maria Silva",
      "company": "Brightly",
      "emails": [
        "maria@brightly.example"
      ],
      "phones": [
        "+351 21 000 0000"
      ],
      "address_book": "contacts"
    }
  ]
}
```

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1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
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