Query Class Reference

Inherits from NSObject
Declared in Query.h

Properties

  cachePolicy

property to assign cache policy like CACHE_THEN_NETWORK, NETWORK_ELSE_CACHE, NETWORK_ONLY, etc.

@property (nonatomic, assign) CachePolicy cachePolicy

Declared In

Query.h

Manually set headers

– setHeader:forKey:

Set a header for an query

- (void)setHeader:(NSString *)headerValue forKey:(NSString *)headerKey

Parameters

headerValue

The header key
headerKey

The header value

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 Query *blogQuery = [contentTypeObj query];
 [blogQuery setHeader:@"MyHeaderValue" forKey:@"My-Custom-Header-Key"];

 //Swift
 var blogQuery:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
 blogQuery.setHeader("MyHeaderValue", forKey:"My-Custom-Header-Key")

Declared In

Query.h

– addHeadersWithDictionary:

Set a header for an query

- (void)addHeadersWithDictionary:(NSDictionary<NSString*,NSString*> *)headers

Parameters

headers

The headers as dictionary which needs to be added to the application

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 Query *blogQuery = [contentTypeObj query];
 [blogQuery addHeadersWithDictionary:@{@"My-Custom-Header-Key":@"MyHeaderValue"}];

 //Swift
 var blogQuery:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
 blogQuery.addHeadersWithDictionary(["My-Custom-Header-Key":"MyHeaderValue"])

Declared In

Query.h

– removeHeaderForKey:

Removes a header from this query.

- (void)removeHeaderForKey:(NSString *)headerKey

Parameters

headerKey

The header key that needs to be removed

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 Query *blogQuery = [contentTypeObj query];
 [blogQuery removeHeaderForKey:@"My-Custom-Header-Key"];

 //Swift
 var blogQuery:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
 blogQuery.removeHeaderForKey("My-Custom-Header-Key")

Declared In

Query.h

Language

– language:

This method provides all the entries for the specified language in the response.

- (void)language:(Language)language

Parameters

language

Language enum for all language available.

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery language:ENGLISH_UNITED_STATES];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.language(Language.ENGLISH_UNITED_STATES)

Declared In

Query.h

– locale:

This method provides all the entries for the specified language in the response.

- (void)locale:(NSString *)locale

Parameters

locale

Language enum for all language available.

Discussion

//Obj-C [blogQuery locale:@“en-us”];

//Swift blogQuery.locale(“en-us”)

Declared In

Query.h

Search

– search:

This method provides only the entries matching the specified value.

- (void)search:(NSString *)searchString

Parameters

searchString

The value used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery search:@"header"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.search(@"header")

Declared In

Query.h

Tags

– tags:

This method provides only the entries that contain tags matching the ones mentioned in the function.

- (void)tags:(NSArray<NSString*> *)tagsArray

Parameters

tagsArray

An array of tags that are to be included for the key

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery tags:@[@"phone", @"laptop"]];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.tags(["phone", "laptop"])

Declared In

Query.h

Subqueries with AND / OR

– orWithSubqueries:

This method performs the OR operation on the specified query objects and provides only the matching entries.

- (void)orWithSubqueries:(NSArray<Query*> *)queries

Parameters

queries

Array of queries to be taken into consideration

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 Query *query1 = [contentTypeObj query];
 [query1 whereKey:@"title" equalTo:@"Welcome"];

 Query *query2 = [contentTypeObj query];
 [query2 whereKey:@"introduction" equalTo:@"This is Test"];

 [blogQuery orWithSubqueries:@[query1, query2]];

 //Swift
 var query1:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
 query1.whereKey("title", equalTo:"Welcome")

 var query2:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
 query2.whereKey("introduction", equalTo:"This is Test")

 blogQuery.orWithSubqueries([query1, query2])

Declared In

Query.h

– andWithSubqueries:

This method performs the AND operation on the specified query objects and provides only the matching entries.

- (void)andWithSubqueries:(NSArray<Query*> *)queries

Parameters

queries

Array of queries to be taken into consideration

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 Query *query1 = [contentTypeObj query];
 [query1 whereKey:@"total_hits" greaterThanOrEqualTo:@(800)];

 Query *query2 = [contentTypeObj query];
 [query2 whereKey:@"total_hits" lessThanOrEqualTo:@(1200)];

 [blogQuery andWithSubqueries:@[query1, query2]];

 //Swift
 var query1:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
 query1.whereKey("total_hits", greaterThanOrEqualTo:800)

 var query2:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
 query2.whereKey("total_hits", equalTo:1200)

 blogQuery.andWithSubqueries([query1, query2])

Declared In

Query.h

Sorting

– orderByAscending:

Sorts the provided entries in the ascending order on the basis of the specified field.

- (void)orderByAscending:(NSString *)key

Parameters

key

field uid based on which the ordering should be done.

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery orderByAscending:@"updated_at"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.orderByAscending("updated_at")

Declared In

Query.h

– orderByDescending:

Sorts the provided entries in the descending order on the basis of the specified field.

- (void)orderByDescending:(NSString *)key

Parameters

key

field uid based on which the ordering should be done.

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery orderByDescending:@"updated_at"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.orderByDescending("updated_at")

Declared In

Query.h

Include

– objectsCount

Provides only the number of entries with values matching the specified values for a field.

- (void)objectsCount

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery objectsCount];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.objectsCount()

Declared In

Query.h

– includeContentType

This method also includes the contenttype for the entries returned in the response.

- (void)includeContentType

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery includeContentType];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.includeContentType()

Declared In

Query.h

– includeFallback

Retrieve the published content of the fallback locale entry if the entry is not localized in specified locale.

- (void)includeFallback

Discussion

   //Obj-C
   [blogQuery includeFallback];

   //Swift
   blogQuery.includeFallback()

Declared In

Query.h

– includeReferenceContentTypeUid

This method also includes the content type UIDs of the referenced entries returned in the response.

- (void)includeReferenceContentTypeUid

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery includeReferenceContentTypeUid];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.includeReferenceContentTypeUid()

Declared In

Query.h

– includeOwner

This method also includes owner information for all the entries returned in the response.

- (void)includeOwner

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery includeOwner];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.includeOwner()

Declared In

Query.h

– includeCount

This method also includes the total number of entries returned in the response.

- (void)includeCount

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery includeCount];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.includeCount()

Declared In

Query.h

Pagination

– limitObjects:

This method limits the response by providing only the specified number of entries.

- (void)limitObjects:(NSNumber *)number

Parameters

number

Number of entries to be returned

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery limitObjects:@(5)];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.limitObjects(NSNumber(int:5))

Declared In

Query.h

– skipObjects:

This method limits the response by providing only the specified number of entries.

- (void)skipObjects:(NSNumber *)number

Parameters

number

Number of entries to be returned

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery skipObjects:@(5)];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.skipObjects(NSNumber(int:5))

Declared In

Query.h

Adding Basic Constraints

– addQueryWithKey:andValue:

Include custom query using a key and a value.

- (void)addQueryWithKey:(NSString *)key andValue:(id)value

Parameters

key

name of the query.
value

value for the query.

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery addQueryWithKey:@"key_name" andValue:@"MyValue"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.addQueryWithKey("key_name", andValue:"MyValue")

Include custom query using a key and a value.

Declared In

Query.h

– addQueryParams:

A custom dictionary can be provided to a query that can specify the conditions for retrieving objects.

- (void)addQueryParams:(NSDictionary<NSString*,id> *)queryDict

Parameters

queryDict

A dictionary with all the necessary conditions for retrieving objects.

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery addQueryParams:@{@"Query_Key":@"Query Value"}];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.addQueryParams(["Query_Key":"Query Value"])

If a complex query needs to be performed and if it is difficult to specify it using the query methods, a dictionary can be provided that specifies all the conditions. The dictionary should be as per the JSON format specified in the REST API docs.

Declared In

Query.h

– removeQueryWithKey:

Removes custom query.

- (void)removeQueryWithKey:(NSString *)key

Parameters

key

name of the query.

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery removeQueryWithKey:@"Query_Key"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.removeQueryWithKey("Query_Key")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:equalTo:

This method provides only the entries matching the specified value for a field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key equalTo:(id)object

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
object

The value used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"title" equalTo:@"Welcome"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("title", equalTo:"Welcome")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:notEqualTo:

This method provides only the entries with values not equal to the specified value for a field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key notEqualTo:(id)object

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
object

The value used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"title" notEqualTo:@"Welcome"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("title", notEqualTo:"Welcome")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:lessThan:

This method provides only the entries with a values less than the specified value for a field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key lessThan:(id)object

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
object

The value used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"created_at" lessThan:@"2015-06-22"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("created_at", lessThan:"2015-06-22")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:greaterThan:

This method provides only the entries with values greater than the specified value for a field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key greaterThan:(id)object

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
object

The value used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"created_at" greaterThan:@"2015-03-12"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("created_at", greaterThan:"2015-03-12")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:lessThanOrEqualTo:

This method provides only the entries with values less than or equal to the specified value for a field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key lessThanOrEqualTo:(id)object

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
object

The value used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"created_at" lessThanOrEqualTo:@"2015-03-12"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("created_at", lessThanOrEqualTo:"2015-03-12")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:greaterThanOrEqualTo:

This method provides only the entries with values greater than or equal to the specified value for a field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key greaterThanOrEqualTo:(id)object

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
object

The value used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"created_at" greaterThanOrEqualTo:@"2015-03-12"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("created_at", greaterThanOrEqualTo:"2015-03-12")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:containedIn:

This method provides only the entries with values matching the specified values for a field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key containedIn:(NSArray *)array

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
array

An array of values that are to be used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"title" containedIn:@["Demo", @"Welcome"]];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("title", containedIn:["Demo", "Welcome"])

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:notContainedIn:

This method provides only the entries that do not contain values matching the specified values for a field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key notContainedIn:(NSArray *)array

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
array

An array of values that are to be used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"title" notContainedIn:@["Demo", @"Welcome"]];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("title", notContainedIn:["Demo", "Welcome"])

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKeyExists:

This method provides only the entries that contains the field matching the specified field uid.

- (void)whereKeyExists:(NSString *)key

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKeyExists:@"introduction"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKeyExists("introduction")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKeyDoesNotExist:

This method provides only the entries that do not contain the field matching the specified field uid.

- (void)whereKeyDoesNotExist:(NSString *)key

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKeyDoesNotExist:@"introduction"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKeyDoesNotExist("introduction")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:matchesRegex:

This method provides only the entries matching the regular expression for the specified field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key matchesRegex:(NSString *)regex

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
regex

The value used to match or compare

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"title" matchesRegex:@"^wel"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("title", matchesRegex:"^wel")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:matchesRegex:modifiers:

This method provides only the entries matching the regular expression for the specified field.

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key matchesRegex:(NSString *)regex modifiers:(NSString *)modifier

Parameters

key

Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
regex

The value used to match or compare
modifier

Modifiers for regex options. Specify ‘i’ as the option to ignore the case.

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery whereKey:@"title" matchesRegex:@"^wel" modifiers:@"i"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.whereKey("title", matchesRegex:"^wel", modifiers:"i")

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:in:

This method provides only the entries matching the Query. //Obj-C Query *reference = [contentTypeObj query]; [reference whereKey:@“name” equalTo:@“Author”];

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key in:(Query *)query

Parameters

key

Reference Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
query

Querie to be taken into consideration

Discussion

[blogQuery whereKey:@"author" in:reference];

//Swift
var reference:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
reference.whereKey("name", equalTo:@"Author")

blogQuery.whereKey("author", in:reference)

Declared In

Query.h

– whereKey:notIn:

This method provides only the entries matching the Query. //Obj-C Query *reference = [contentTypeObj query]; [reference whereKey:@“name” equalTo:@“Author”];

- (void)whereKey:(NSString *)key notIn:(Query *)query

Parameters

key

Reference Uid of the field that is to be taken into consideration
query

Querie to be taken into consideration

Discussion

 [blogQuery whereKey:@"author" notIn:reference];

 //Swift
 var reference:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
 reference.whereKey("name", equalTo:@"Author")

 blogQuery.whereKey("author", notIn:reference)

Declared In

Query.h

Selective fields using only/except

– onlyFields:

This method provides only the entries that match the specified field uids and corresponding values.

- (void)onlyFields:(NSArray<NSString*> *)fieldUIDs

Parameters

fieldUIDs

An array of values that are to be included for the key

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery onlyFields:@[@"attachments"]];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.onlyFields(["attachments"])

Declared In

Query.h

– exceptFields:

This method provides all entries except those that match the specified field uids and corresponding values.

- (void)exceptFields:(NSArray<NSString*> *)fieldUIDs

Parameters

fieldUIDs

An array of values that are to be included for the key

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery exceptFields:@[@"attachments"]];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.exceptFields(["attachments"])

Declared In

Query.h

Reference Query (Query Conditions on Reference fields)

– includeReferenceFieldWithKey:

This method provides all entries that also contain data from the referred entry in the specified field.

- (void)includeReferenceFieldWithKey:(NSArray<NSString*> *)key

Parameters

key

Uid of the reference field that is to be taken into consideration

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery includeReferenceFieldWithKey:@"entry_a"];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.includeReferenceFieldWithKey(@"entry_a")

Declared In

Query.h

– includeReferenceFieldWithKey:onlyFields:

This method provides all entries incuding referred entry containing only specified fields.

- (void)includeReferenceFieldWithKey:(NSString *)key onlyFields:(NSArray<NSString*> *)fieldUIDs

Parameters

key

Uid of the reference field that is to be taken into consideration
fieldUIDs

Uid of the reference field that is to be taken into consideration

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery includeReferenceFieldWithKey:@"reference_field_uid" onlyFields:@[@"attachments"]];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.includeReferenceFieldWithKey(@"reference_field_uid", onlyFields:["attachments"])

Declared In

Query.h

– includeReferenceFieldWithKey:excludingFields:

This method provides all entries incuding referred entry containing all fields except specified fields.

- (void)includeReferenceFieldWithKey:(NSString *)key excludingFields:(NSArray<NSString*> *)fieldUIDs

Parameters

key

Uid of the reference field that is to be taken into consideration
fieldUIDs

Uid of the reference field that is to be taken into consideration

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery includeReferenceFieldWithKey:@"entry_a" excludingFields:@[@"attachments"]];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.includeReferenceFieldWithKey(@"entry_a", excludingFields:["attachments"])

Declared In

Query.h

– addParamKey:andValue:

This method adds key and value to a query.

- (void)addParamKey:(NSString *)key andValue:(NSString *)value

Parameters

key

The key as string which needs to be added to the Query
value

The value as string which needs to be added to the Query

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 Query *blogQuery = [contentTypeObj query];
 [blogQuery addParamKey:@"key" andValue:@"value"];

 //Swift
 var blogQuery:Query = contentTypeObj.query()
 blogQuery.addParamKey("key", andValue:"value")

Declared In

Query.h

Execute Query

– find:

This method provides all the entries from a specified contenttype.

- (void)find:(void ( ^ ) ( ResponseType type , QueryResult *BUILT_NULLABLE_P result , NSError *BUILT_NULLABLE_P error ))completionBlock

Parameters

completionBlock

block to be called once operation is done. The result data contains all entries of the specified contenttype.

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery find:^(ResponseType type, QueryResult *result, NSError *error) {
    //error for any error description
    //result for reponse data
 }];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.find { (responseType, result!, error!) -> Void in
     //error for any error description
     //result for reponse data
 }

Declared In

Query.h

– findOne:

This method provides the first entry from a specified contenttype.

- (void)findOne:(void ( ^ ) ( ResponseType type , Entry *BUILT_NULLABLE_P entry , NSError *BUILT_NULLABLE_P error ))completionBlock

Parameters

completionBlock

block to be called once operation is done.

Discussion

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery findOne:^(ResponseType type, Entry *entry, NSError *error) {
     //error for any error description
     //result for reponse data
 }];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.findOne { (responseType, entry!, error!) -> Void in
     //error for any error description
     //result for reponse data
 }

Declared In

Query.h

Cancel execution

– cancelRequests

Advises the operation object that it should stop executing its task.

 //Obj-C
 [blogQuery cancelRequests];

 //Swift
 blogQuery.cancelRequests()
- (void)cancelRequests

Discussion

This method does not force your operation code to stop. Instead, it updates the object’s internal flags to reflect the change in state. If the operation has already finished executing, this method has no effect. Canceling an operation that is currently in an operation queue, but not yet executing, makes it possible to remove the operation from the queue sooner than usual.

Declared In

Query.h