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API CONTACT SEARCH
April 02, 2009, 07:12:09 pm
Is is possible to feed this api a where criteria based on a custom field? If so what do we do?

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Contact+APIs#ContactAPIs-civicrmcontactsearch(%26%24params)
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Re: API CONTACT SEARCH
April 02, 2009, 08:10:26 pm

if the field is searchable, i..e it appears in the advanced search form, you can also send it in as a parameter

'custom_3' => 'foo', ...

basically you need to send things in the same format as what the POST would do when submitting the advanced search form

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Re: API CONTACT SEARCH
April 02, 2009, 11:04:50 pm
cool - but the custom field name is the one I see in the database with an integer appended? So it will differ between sites?
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Re: API CONTACT SEARCH
April 03, 2009, 07:22:23 am

yes. You can use chris's snippet to find the field id given the field name / group name of a custom field

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