Python - Get Contact from Phone Number

Question

Using SL4A and Python, is there an easy way to get a Contact ID from a phone number?

The phone number is from the 'address' field of an SMS.

I am trying to avoid searching through all contacts.

I use m = droid.smsGetMessageById(id, None).result to get the SMS message. The result looks like:

{u'read': u'1', u'body': u"Hello! Your mobile bill's now ready to view at virginmobile.co.uk/youraccount. We'll collect your Direct Debit of 12.12 on or just after 19th Nov.", u'_id': u'1323', u'date': u'1415372649502', u'address': u'1234567890'}

The value in the address entry is the phone number that sent the SMS.

I want to get a contact ID using this number, but, if possible, I want to avoid searching all my contacts.

Answer 1

I figured it out:

def contactFromPhone(phone):

  uri='content://com.android.contacts/data'
  filter='data4 LIKE ?'
  args=['%'+phone+'%']
  columns=['contact_id']

  contacts=droid.queryContent(uri, columns, filter, args).result

  cs=[]
  if len(contacts)>0:
    for c in contacts:
      cs.append(c['contact_id'])

  return cs

'phone' is a normalized phone number

returns a list of contact_id