Android™

Download Google Contact Photo

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Demonstrates how to download Google Contact's photo. Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    // 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

    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json");
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Failed to load googleContacts.json");
        return;
        }

    CkAuthGoogle gAuth = new CkAuthGoogle();
    gAuth.put_AccessToken(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"));

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();

    // Connect using TLS.
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("www.google.com",443,true,bAutoReconnect);

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

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

    // To get the photo, send the following:

    // 	GET /m8/feeds/photos/media/default/contactId

    rest.AddHeader("GData-Version","3.0");

    CkStringBuilder sbPath = new CkStringBuilder();
    // Get the photo for the contact having contactId = "1ea2e4fe0ef24e09"
    String contactId = "1ea2e4fe0ef24e09";
    sbPath.SetString("/m8/feeds/photos/media/default/{contactId}");
    int numReplacements = sbPath.Replace("{contactId}",contactId);

    CkBinData imageData = new CkBinData();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodyBd("GET",sbPath.getAsString(),imageData);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // A 404 response indicates the contact has no photo.
    // (We could've first fetched the contact information, parsed out the 
    // photo etag, and then if no photo etag existed, we'd know the contact has no
    // photo.  Or... we can just try to download the photo and if a 404 is received,
    // we know there's no photo.  Much simpler.)
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() == 404) {
        Log.i(TAG, "This contact has no photo.");
        return;
        }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        // If the response was not successful, then the response body
        // does not contain image data.  Instead it contains XML.
        CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody = new CkStringBuilder();
        sbResponseBody.AppendBd(imageData,"utf-8",0,0);

        Log.i(TAG, "response status code = " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()));
        Log.i(TAG, "response status text = " + rest.responseStatusText());
        Log.i(TAG, "response header: " + rest.responseHeader());
        Log.i(TAG, "response body: " + sbResponseBody.getAsString());
        Log.i(TAG, "request startline: " + rest.lastRequestStartLine());
        Log.i(TAG, "request header: " + rest.lastRequestHeader());
        return;
        }

    // Examine the content-type in the response header so we know what file
    // extension to use (.jpg, .png, etc.)
    CkStringBuilder sbContentType = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbContentType.Append(rest.responseHdrByName("Content-Type"));

    if (sbContentType.ContentsEqual("image/jpeg",false) == true) {
        imageData.WriteFile("qa_output/contact_photo.jpg");
        }

    if (sbContentType.ContentsEqual("image/png",false) == true) {
        imageData.WriteFile("qa_output/contact_photo.png");
        }

    Log.i(TAG, "Content-Type: " + sbContentType.getAsString());
    Log.i(TAG, "Success.");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}