List files available in iCloud

Question

Is there a manner to list all files (documents+data) I have in the iCloud (from a Mac) ? I believe that the NSMetadataQuery object can help me with that, but is there any sample code out there ?

Thanks !

Answer 1

Here some sample code to do a query for txt files in your iCloud folder. If you want to look for other files, simple replace the predicate (NSPredicate *pred = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"%K ENDSWITH '.txt'", NSMetadataItemFSNameKey];).

To list all files, you could simply do @"NOT %K.pathExtension = '.'" but I'm not sure if this is the most elegant method. Suggestions welcome.

Have a look at this post to get the context and full code sample. Here is just the method to look for files.

-(void)loadDocument {

    // (2) iCloud query: Looks if there are txt files in the cloud

    NSMetadataQuery *query = [[NSMetadataQuery alloc] init];
    _query = query;
    //SCOPE
    [query setSearchScopes:[NSArray arrayWithObject:NSMetadataQueryUbiquitousDocumentsScope]];
    //PREDICATE
    NSPredicate *pred = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"%K ENDSWITH '.txt'", NSMetadataItemFSNameKey];
    [query setPredicate:pred];
    //FINISHED?
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(queryDidFinishGathering:) name:NSMetadataQueryDidFinishGatheringNotification object:query];
    [query startQuery];

}