---
title: "unifiedContact(withIdentifier:keysToFetch:)"
framework: contacts
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "contacts/cncontactstore/unifiedcontact(withidentifier:keystofetch:)"
---

# unifiedContact(withIdentifier:keysToFetch:)

Fetches a unified contact for the specified contact identifier.

## Declaration

```swift
func unifiedContact(withIdentifier identifier: String, keysToFetch keys: [any CNKeyDescriptor]) throws -> CNContact
```

## Parameters

- `identifier`: The identifier of the contact to fetch.
- `keys`: The properties to fetch in the returned doc://com.apple.contacts/documentation/Contacts/CNContact object.

## Return Value

Return Value A unified contact matching or linked to the identifier. Discussion Due to unification, the returned contact may have a different identifier than you specify. To fetch a batch of contacts by identifiers, use predicateForContacts(withIdentifiers:) with unifiedContacts(matching:keysToFetch:). Fetch only the properties that your app uses. You can combine contact keys and contact key descriptors together. To include CNContactNoteKey in the array of keys in iOS, add the com.apple.developer.contacts.notes entitlement to your app. The entitlement requires permission from Apple to use, and you can’t publicly distribute your app until you have permission to use it. For more information about adding the entitlement and getting permission, see com.apple.developer.contacts.notes. note: In Swift, this method returns a nonoptional result and is marked with the throws keyword to indicate that it throws an error in cases of failure. You call this method in a try expression and handle any errors in the catch clauses of a do statement, as described in Error Handling in The Swift Programming Language and About Imported Cocoa Error Parameters.

## See Also

### Fetching contacts

- [enumerateContacts(with:usingBlock:)](contacts/cncontactstore/enumeratecontacts(with:usingblock:).md)
- [unifiedMeContactWithKeys(toFetch:)](contacts/cncontactstore/unifiedmecontactwithkeys(tofetch:).md)
- [unifiedContacts(matching:keysToFetch:)](contacts/cncontactstore/unifiedcontacts(matching:keystofetch:).md)