(Delphi DLL) Retrieve a Single Contact

Demonstrates how to retrieve a single contact (by contactId) for the Google Contacts API.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the non-ActiveX DLL.

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, StringBuilder, AuthGoogle, Xml, JsonObject, Rest;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
jsonToken: HCkJsonObject;
success: Boolean;
gAuth: HCkAuthGoogle;
rest: HCkRest;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
sbPath: HCkStringBuilder;
numReplacements: Integer;
sbResponseBody: HCkStringBuilder;
xml: HCkXml;
emailAddress: PWideChar;

begin
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Note: The code for setting up the Chilkat REST object and making the initial connection can be done once.
// Once connected, the REST object may be re-used for many REST API calls.
// (It's a good idea to put the connection setup code in a separate function/subroutine.)
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

// It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
// This example loads the JSON access token file 
// saved by this example: Get Google Contacts OAuth2 Access Token

jsonToken := CkJsonObject_Create();
success := CkJsonObject_LoadFile(jsonToken,'qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json');
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to load googleContacts.json');
    Exit;
  end;

gAuth := CkAuthGoogle_Create();
CkAuthGoogle_putAccessToken(gAuth,CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonToken,'access_token'));

rest := CkRest_Create();

// Connect using TLS.
bAutoReconnect := True;
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'www.google.com',443,True,bAutoReconnect);

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
CkRest_SetAuthGoogle(rest,gAuth);

// ----------------------------------------------
// OK, the REST connection setup is completed..
// ----------------------------------------------

// To retrieve the contact, send the following:

// 	GET /m8/feeds/contacts/default/full/{contactId}
// 	GData-Version: 3.0

CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'GData-Version','3.0');

sbPath := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkStringBuilder_Append(sbPath,'/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full/{contactId}');
// Get the contact having contactId = "7b1c7b6409e718a0"
numReplacements := CkStringBuilder_Replace(sbPath,'{contactId}','7b1c7b6409e718a0');

sbResponseBody := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkRest_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,'GET',CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbPath),sbResponseBody);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest) <> 200) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code = ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response status text = ' + CkRest__responseStatusText(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response header: ' + CkRest__responseHeader(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('response body: ' + CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbResponseBody));
    Exit;
  end;

// If the 200 response was received, then the contacts XML is contained
// in the response body.
xml := CkXml_Create();
CkXml_LoadSb(xml,sbResponseBody,False);

// See below for a sample response body.
CkXml_SaveXml(xml,'qa_output/google_contact.xml');

// Now let's parse the XML...
Memo1.Lines.Add('title: ' + CkXml__getChildContent(xml,'title'));

emailAddress := CkXml__chilkatPath(xml,'gd:email|(address)');
if (CkXml_getLastMethodSuccess(xml) = True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('email address: ' + emailAddress);
  end;

// The response body XML looks something like this:

// 	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
// 	<entry gd:etag="&quot;R3kzezVSLit7I2A9XRFaFE8DQAU.&quot;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:batch="http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch" xmlns:gContact="http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005">
// 	    <id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/support%40chilkatcloud.com/base/7b1c7b6409e718a0</id>
// 	    <updated>2016-11-18T00:41:56.783Z</updated>
// 	    <app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2016-11-18T00:41:56.783Z</app:edited>
// 	    <category scheme="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind" term="http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact" />
// 	    <title>Chilkat Cloud</title>
// 	    <link rel="http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo" type="image/*" href="https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/support%40chilkatcloud.com/7b1c7b6409e718a0" gd:etag="&quot;fgVhPls4Sit7I2BWHUlTWkQMKHUZKHkkaiw.&quot;" />
// 	    <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/support%40chilkatcloud.com/full/7b1c7b6409e718a0" />
// 	    <link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/support%40chilkatcloud.com/full/7b1c7b6409e718a0" />
// 	    <gd:name>
// 	        <gd:fullName>Chilkat Cloud</gd:fullName>
// 	        <gd:givenName>Chilkat</gd:givenName>
// 	        <gd:familyName>Cloud</gd:familyName>
// 	    </gd:name>
// 	    <gd:email rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other" address="support@chilkatcloud.com" primary="true" />
// 	    <gContact:groupMembershipInfo deleted="false" href="http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/groups/support%40chilkatcloud.com/base/6" />
// 	</entry>

CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
CkAuthGoogle_Dispose(gAuth);
CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbPath);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
CkXml_Dispose(xml);

end;