How to get the contact image URL from contacts?

Question

I need to get the image url for each contact from AddressBook. I can get the image now, but the thing is I need to get the asset URL of the image for the particular person. Currently I'm getting the contact image by

[UIImage imageWithData:(__bridge NSData *)ABPersonCopyImageData(person)]

Please help me to get the asset URL for that particular image. Thanks

Answer 1

I think you need to make a local copy of the data, and then save a refereance to that local copy in your database:

//create a fileName perhaps based on the contact name or a GUID
    NSError *err;
    NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);//find the cache dir. You might want to consider using the doc dir instead
    NSString * path = [paths  objectAtIndex:0];
    path = [path stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName];
   [imgData writeToFile:path options:NSDataWritingAtomic error:&err];
   if(!err)
   {
   ///save path to the DB
   }