Obj-C equivalent for mdfind?

Question

Is there a way to do a Spotlight query, in Obj-C, similar to what mdfind does? I need to write a method with the following signature:

-(NSString *)mdfind:(NSString *)theFileToLookFor

where the returned NSString is the first path found by the search.

Any help will be really appreciated.

[Check this answer][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7674688/mac-spotlight-api-how-to-search-emails-to-from-or-subject-fields — Vassilis, Dec 30 '11 at 05:11

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '11 at 19:43

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NSMetadataQuery is the wrapper around the Carbon-level MDQuery API, which is how one interacts with the user's spotlight database.

answered Apr 30 '11 at 19:43

Dave DeLong

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '11 at 19:44

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the apis are in CoreServices.framework. start with the ones which have the prefix MDQuery

answered Apr 30 '11 at 19:44

justin

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