Populating contact information

1. A method, comprising:

outputting, by a contact editor application executing on an electronic device, a contact editing user interface on the electronic device;

receiving, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a user input from the contact editing user interface, wherein the user input comprises a search term for a contact;

generating, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a query for contact information, wherein the query includes the search term, and wherein the generating the query comprises:

identifying, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, an application programming interface (API) that corresponds to a server that stores the contact information; and

invoking, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, the API that corresponds to the server to generate the query;

sending, from the electronic device to the server, the query for contact information;

receiving, at the electronic device from the server, a query response;

identifying, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, information for the contact based on the query response, wherein the query response includes a plurality of candidate contacts, and the identifying contact information comprises:

receiving, at the electronic device, a selection of a candidate contact among the plurality of candidate contacts;

sending, to the server, a selected candidate contact among the plurality of candidate contacts; and

receiving, from the server, the contact information for the selected candidate contact; and

populating, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a contact record for the contact using the identified contact information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query response includes location information of the plurality of candidate contacts.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the query includes location information of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contact record is populated based on a user selection.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contact record is populated based on a previous query response.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one hardware processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to:

output, by a contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a contact editing user interface on the electronic device;

receive, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a user input from the contact editing user interface, wherein the user input comprises a search term for a contact;

generate, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a query for contact information, wherein the query includes the search term, and wherein the generation of the query comprises:

identification by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, an application programming interface (API) that corresponds to a server that stores the contact information; and

invocation by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, of the API that corresponds to the server to generate the query;

send, to the server, the query for contact information;

receive, from the server, a query response;

identify, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, contact information for the contact based on the query response, wherein the query response includes a plurality of candidate contacts, and the identification of the contact information comprises:

reception at the electronic device, of a selection of a candidate contact among the plurality of candidate contacts;

transmission to the server, of a selected candidate contact among the plurality of candidate contacts; and

reception from the server, of the contact information for the selected candidate contact; and

populate, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a contact record for the contact using the identified contact information.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the query response includes location information of the plurality of candidate contacts.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the query includes location information of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the contact record is populated based on a user selection.

10. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the contact record is populated based on a previous query response.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed, cause an electronic device to perform operations comprising:

outputting, by a contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a contact editing user interface on the electronic device;

receiving, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a user input from the contact editing user interface, wherein the user input comprises a search term for a contact;

generating, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a query for contact information, wherein the query includes the search term, and wherein the generating the query comprises:

identifying, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, an application programming interface (API) that corresponds to a server that stores the contact information; and

invoking, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, the API that corresponds to the server to generate the query;

sending, from the electronic device to the server, the query for contact information;

receiving, at the electronic device from the server, a query response;

identifying, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, information for the contact based on the query response, wherein the query response includes a plurality of candidate contacts, and the identifying contact information comprises:

receiving, at the electronic device, a selection of a candidate contact among the plurality of candidate contacts;

sending, to the server, a selected candidate contact among the plurality of candidate contacts; and

receiving, from the server, the contact information for the selected candidate contact; and

populating, by the contact editor application executing on the electronic device, a contact record for the contact using the identified contact information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the query response includes location information of the plurality of candidate contacts.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the query includes location information of the electronic device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the contact record is populated based on a user selection.