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Google Contacts - Create New Contact

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Demonstrates how to create a new contact for the Google Contacts API.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

'  First create a new contact XML.
Dim xml As ChilkatXml
xml.Initialize
xml.Tag = "atom:entry"
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:atom", "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom")
xml.AddAttribute("xmlns:gd", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("atom:category", True, "scheme", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("atom:category", True, "term", "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:name|gd:givenName", "Elizabeth")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:name|gd:familyName", "Bennet")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:name|gd:fullName", "Elizabeth Bennet")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("atom:content", True, "type", "text")
xml.UpdateChildContent("atom:content", "Notes")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", True, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", True, "primary", "true")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", True, "address", "liz@gmail.com")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", True, "displayName", "E. Bennet")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", True, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", True, "address", "liz@example.org")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber", True, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber", True, "primary", "true")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:phoneNumber", "(206)555-1212")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber", True, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:phoneNumber", "(206)555-1213")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:im", True, "address", "liz@gmail.com")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:im", True, "protocol", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#GOOGLE_TALK")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:im", True, "primary", "true")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:im", True, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:structuredPostalAddress", True, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work")
xml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:structuredPostalAddress", True, "primary", "true")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:city", "Mountain View")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:street", "1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:region", "CA")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:postcode", "94043")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:country", "United States")
xml.UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:formattedAddress", "1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View")

Log(xml.GetXml)

'  Created the following XML:

'  	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
'  	<atom:entry xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005">
'  	    <atom:category scheme="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind" term="http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact" />
'  	    <gd:name>
'  	        <gd:givenName>Elizabeth</gd:givenName>
'  	        <gd:familyName>Bennet</gd:familyName>
'  	        <gd:fullName>Elizabeth Bennet</gd:fullName>
'  	    </gd:name>
'  	    <atom:content type="text">Notes</atom:content>
'  	    <gd:email primary="true" displayName="E. Bennet" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home" address="liz@example.org" />
'  	    <gd:phoneNumber primary="true" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home">(206)555-1213</gd:phoneNumber>
'  	    <gd:im address="liz@gmail.com" protocol="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#GOOGLE_TALK" primary="true" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home" />
'  	    <gd:structuredPostalAddress rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work" primary="true">
'  	        <gd:city>Mountain View</gd:city>
'  	        <gd:street>1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy</gd:street>
'  	        <gd:region>CA</gd:region>
'  	        <gd:postcode>94043</gd:postcode>
'  	        <gd:country>United States</gd:country>
'  	        <gd:formattedAddress>1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View</gd:formattedAddress>
'  	    </gd:structuredPostalAddress>
'  	</atom:entry>

'  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'  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

Dim jsonToken As ChilkatJsonObject
jsonToken.Initialize
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json")
If success <> True Then
    Log("Failed to load googleContacts.json")
    Return
End If


Dim gAuth As ChilkatAuthGoogle
gAuth.Initialize("gAuth")
gAuth.AccessToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

Dim rest As ChilkatRest
rest.Initialize("rest")

'  Connect using TLS.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean = 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 create a contact, we need to send the following:

'  	POST /m8/feeds/contacts/default/full
'  	Content-Type: application/atom+xml
'  	GData-Version: 3.0

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/atom+xml")
rest.AddHeader("GData-Version", "3.0")

Dim sbRequestBody As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbRequestBody.Initialize
Dim sbResponseBody As ChilkatStringBuilder
sbResponseBody.Initialize
xml.GetXmlSb(sbRequestBody)
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST", "/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full", sbRequestBody, sbResponseBody)
If success <> True Then
    Log(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  A successful response will have a status code equal to 201.
If rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201 Then
    Log("response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    Log("response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText)
    Log("response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader)
    Log("response body: " & sbResponseBody.GetAsString)
    Return
End If


'  If the 201 response was received, then the contact was successfully created,
'  and there is no response body.
Log("Contact created.")