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discoverUserIdentity(withEmailAddress:completionHandler:)

Fetches the user identity for the specified email address.

Declaration

func discoverUserIdentity(withEmailAddress email: String, completionHandler: @escaping  @Sendable (CKUserIdentity?, (any Error)?) -> Void)
func userIdentity(forEmailAddress email: String) async throws -> CKUserIdentity?

Parameters

  • email:

    The user’s email address.

  • completionHandler:

    The handler to execute with the fetch results.

Discussion

This closure doesn’t return a value and takes the following parameters:

  • The user identity for the email address, or nil if CloudKit can’t find an identity.

  • An error if a problem occurs, or nil if CloudKit successfully fetches a user identity.

Use this method to retrieve the identity of a user who the current user knows. The user you’re searching for must meet the following criteria:

This method searches for the user asynchronously and with a low priority. If you want the task to execute the request with a higher priority, create an instance of CKDiscoverUserIdentitiesOperation and configure it to use the necessary priority.

See Also

Discovering User Records