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Version: v4

Retrieve Users

Retrieve Logged In User Details​

You can get the details of the logged-in user using the getLoggedInUser() method. This method can also be used to check if the user is logged in or not. If the method returns nil, it indicates that the user is not logged in and you need to log the user into CometChat SDK.

let user = CometChat.getLoggedInUser();

This method will return a User object containing all the information related to the logged-in user.

Retrieve List of Users​

In order to fetch the list of users, you can use the UsersRequest class. To use this class i.e to create an object of the UsersRequest class, you need to use the UsersRequestBuilder class. The UsersRequestBuilder class allows you to set the parameters based on which the users are to be fetched.

The UsersRequestBuilder class allows you to set the below parameters:

Set Limit​

This method sets the limit i.e. the number of users that should be fetched in a single iteration.

let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.build()

Set Search Keyword​

This method allows you to set the search string based on which the users are to be fetched.

let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.set(searchKeyword: "abc")
.build()

Search In​

This method allows you to define in which user property should the searchKeyword be searched. This method only works in combination with setSearchKeyword(). By default the keyword is searched in both UID & Name.

let searchKeyword = "super"
let searchIn = ["uid", "name"]
let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.set(searchKeyword: searchKeyword)
..searchIn(searchIn)
.build()

Set Status​

The status based on which the users are to be fetched. The status parameter can contain one of the below two values:

  • CometChat.UserStatus.online - will return the list of only online users.
  • CometChat.UserStatus.offline - will return the list of only offline users.

If this parameter is not set, will return all the available users.

let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.set(status: .online)
.build()

Hide Blocked Users​

This method is used to determine if the blocked users should be returned as a part of the user list. if set to true, the user list will not contain the users blocked by the logged-in user.

let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.hideBlockedUsers(true)
.build()

Set Roles​

This method allows you to fetch the users based on multiple roles.

let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.set(roles : ["role1","role2"])
.build()

Friends Only​

This property when set to true will return only the friends of the logged-in user.

let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.friendsOnly(true)
.build();

Set Tags​

This method accepts a list of tags based on which the list of users is to be fetched. The list fetched will only contain the users that have been tagged with the specified tags.

let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.set(tags: ["tag1", "tag2"])
.build();

With Tags​

This property when set to true will fetch tags data along with the list of users.

let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: 30)
.withTags(true)
.build()

Set UIDs​

This method accepts a list of UIDs based on which the list of users is fetched. A maximum of 25 users can be fetched.

let UIDs = ["superhero1", "superhero2"]
let limit = 30
let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: limit)
.setUIDs(UIDs)
.build();

Sort By​

This method allows you to sort the User List by a specific property of User. By default the User List is sorted by status => name => UID . If name is pass to the sortBy() method the user list will be sorted by name => UID.

let sortBy = "name"
let limit = 30
let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: limit)
.sortBy(sortBy)
.build();

Sort By Order​

This method allows you to sort the User List in a specific order. By default the user list is sorted in ascending order.

let limit = 30
let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder()
.set(limit: limit)
.sortOrder(.desc)
.build();

Finally, once all the parameters are set to the builder class, you need to call the build() method to get the object of the UsersRequest class.

Once you have the object of the UsersRequest class, you need to call the fetchNext() method. Calling this method will return a list of User objects containing n number of users where n is the limit set in the builder class.

let limit = 20;

let usersRequest = UsersRequest.UsersRequestBuilder(limit: limit).build();

usersRequest.fetchNext(onSuccess: { (users) in

  for user in users {

     print("User: " + user.stringValue())
  }

}) { (error) in

  print("User list fetching failed with error: " + error!.errorDescription);
}

Retrieve Particular User Details​

To get the information of a user, you can use the getUser() method.

let uid  = "superhero1";

CometChat.getUser(UID: uid, onSuccess: { (user) in

  print("User: " + user.stringValue())

}) { (error) in

  print("User fetching failed with error: " + error.errorDescription);
}

The getUser() method takes the following parameters:

ParameterDescription
UIDThe UID of the user for whom the details are to be fetched.

On success, the You will receive a User objects.