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# findPlayers(forHostedMatchRequest:withCompletionHandler:)

Initiates a request to find players for a hosted match.

```
func findPlayers(forHostedMatchRequest request: GKMatchRequest, withCompletionHandler completionHandler: (@Sendable ([String]?, (any Error)?) -> Void)? = nil)
```

## Parameters

`request`

The configuration for the desired match.

`completionHandler`

A block to call when GameKit creates the match. This block receives the following parameters:

- *playerIDs*: If matchmaking was successful, this parameter contains an array of `NSString` objects containing the players to connect into the match. Otherwise, this parameter is `nil`.
- *error*: If matchmaking was successful, this parameter contains `nil`. Otherwise, this parameter holds an error object that describes the error that occurred.

## Discussion

When GameKit calls this completion handler, your game needs to connect those players to your own server.

On iOS 6, if the match request’s [`playersToInvite`](/documentation/GameKit/GKMatchRequest/playersToInvite) property is non-`NIL`, Game Center only sends invitations out to the players listed in the property. If the [`playersToInvite`](/documentation/GameKit/GKMatchRequest/playersToInvite) property is `NIL`, Game Center then searches for any waiting players that match the request. Prior to iOS 6, GameKit ignores the match request’s [`playersToInvite`](/documentation/GameKit/GKMatchRequest/playersToInvite) property and this method only searches for available players.

## See Also

[`-  cancel`](/documentation/GameKit/GKMatchmaker/cancel())

Cancels a matchmaking request.


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