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Hello,

I am writing a wrapper to pass data from DotNetNuke (DNN) to CiviCRM by using the crm's REST API, and found out that  I cannot get an 'address' object [or a collection of addresses] by contact_id
According to CiviCRM documentation [http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC40/Searching+Contacts] I can query the address collection by first_name, last_name, etc... but unfortunately, not by contact_id.

I can workaround this by trying to read the address_id from a Contact object, and decide whether I need to create a new one or not, but this means I need to do an extra call to the CiviCRM API.

So, is it any way to solve my problem, or maybe I should suggest it as feature?

Thanks,
Bradut

Thank you for suggesting that PHP example.
I spotted the above mentioned issue while using the "API explorer and generator"

I believe [but really not sure anymore] that things worked this way:
1. Initially:
  - there were a few reccords in the address collection, created with the CRM
  - REST queries by contact_id did not work [they worked by first_name, street_name, etc],
2. Fix:
  - I inserted a new reccord by using REST [with contact_id=null]
  - REST queries by contact_id started working

That's it.