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I need to retrieve the list of contacts modified since a certain date, or a list of contacts ordered by modified_date desc. Is there a simple way to do that with the API v3? If not, is it easy to add to existing Contacts API (just point me in the right direction and I will do it)? If neither of the above, is that type of request built into the Contact BAO/DAO? If none of these works, I will hack a SQL query together ...

Thanks.

Thanks Xavier, after looking through the  Contact Search (Advanced) form the following seems to work:

$params = array(
      'version' => 3,
      'log_date'     => '2',  // cf. Contacts Search (Advanced) form, 1: created, 2: modified
      'log_date_low' => 'mm/dd/yyyy',
);
$return = civicrm_api( 'Contact', 'get', $params );

Xavier - I'm actually planning to contribute an update the whole API documentation with detailed principles and usage examples. Eileen has proposed to facilitate a meeting with the API team so I can gather needed materials to do so. She will do that as soon as she returns from the beach (her own words!), so probably next week.

Nicholas
Thanks for that api call.
Any idea how I would get the the last modified date back as a returned field? I tried using your params with a return=log_date_low or return=modified_date but with no luck