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# NSFileProviderSearchResult

A protocol that defines properties of a search result.

```
protocol NSFileProviderSearchResult
```

## Topics

### Identifying the item

[`itemIdentifier`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderSearchResult/itemIdentifier)

The identifier for this search result.

[`NSFileProviderItemIdentifier`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemIdentifier)

A unique identifier for an item managed by the File Provider extension.

[`filename`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderSearchResult/filename)

The result’s file name.

### Accessing file metadata

[`creationDate`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderSearchResult/creationDate)

The result file’s creation date.

[`contentModificationDate`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderSearchResult/contentModificationDate)

The result file’s content modification date.

[`lastUsedDate`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderSearchResult/lastUsedDate)

The result file’s last-used date.

[`contentType`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderSearchResult/contentType)

The result file’s content type.

[`documentSize`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderSearchResult/documentSize)

The result file’s size.


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