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Google Contacts - Retrieve as JSON
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Demonstrates how to retrieve Google Contacts as JSON.Chilkat C# Downloads
bool 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
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonToken = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json");
if (success != true) {
Debug.WriteLine("Failed to load googleContacts.json");
return;
}
Chilkat.AuthGoogle gAuth = new Chilkat.AuthGoogle();
gAuth.AccessToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token");
Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
// Connect using TLS.
bool 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 retrieve the contacts, we need to send the following:
// GET /m8/feeds/contacts/default/full
// GData-Version: 3.0
// To get the contacts data in JSON format, set the "alt" query parameter to "json"
rest.AddQueryParam("alt","json");
rest.AddHeader("GData-Version","3.0");
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full",sbResponseBody);
if (success != true) {
Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
return;
}
// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
Debug.WriteLine("response status code = " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
Debug.WriteLine("response status text = " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
Debug.WriteLine("response header: " + rest.ResponseHeader);
Debug.WriteLine("response body: " + sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
return;
}
// If the 200 response was received, then the contacts JSON is contained
// in the response body.
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
json.EmitCompact = false;
// Save the pretty-printed JSON response to a file.
sbResponseBody.Clear();
json.EmitSb(sbResponseBody);
sbResponseBody.WriteFile("qa_output/google_contacts.json","utf-8",false);
// Parse the Google Contacts JSON, and iterate over the contacts..
int totalResults = json.IntOf("feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t");
int startIndex = json.IntOf("feed.openSearch$startIndex.$t");
int itemsPerPage = json.IntOf("feed.openSearch$itemsPerPage.$t");
Debug.WriteLine("totalResults = " + Convert.ToString(totalResults));
Debug.WriteLine("startIndex = " + Convert.ToString(startIndex));
Debug.WriteLine("itemsPerPage = " + Convert.ToString(itemsPerPage));
int numEntries = json.SizeOfArray("feed.entry");
int i = 0;
while (i < numEntries) {
json.I = i;
Debug.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(i + 1) + " ----");
Debug.WriteLine("title: " + json.StringOf("feed.entry[i].title.$t"));
string fullName = json.StringOf("feed.entry[i].gd$name.gd$fullName.$t");
if (json.LastMethodSuccess == true) {
Debug.WriteLine("fullName: " + fullName);
}
// There can be multiple email addresses, so it's stored as a JSON array..
int numEmailAddresses = json.SizeOfArray("feed.entry[i].gd$email");
int j = 0;
while (j < numEmailAddresses) {
string emailAddress = json.StringOf("feed.entry[i].gd$email[j].address");
if (json.LastMethodSuccess == true) {
Debug.WriteLine("email address: " + emailAddress);
}
j = j + 1;
}
i = i + 1;
}
// A sample Google Contacts JSON response:
// {
// "version": "1.0",
// "encoding": "UTF-8",
// "feed": {
// "xmlns": "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom",
// "xmlns$openSearch": "http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/",
// "xmlns$gContact": "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008",
// "xmlns$batch": "http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch",
// "xmlns$gd": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005",
// "gd$etag": "\"QHw5eTVSLyt7I2A9XRFaE0kNTwI.\"",
// "id": {
// "$t": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// },
// "updated": {
// "$t": "2016-11-17T01:57:41.221Z"
// },
// "category": [
// {
// "scheme": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind",
// "term": "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"
// }
// ],
// "title": {
// "$t": "Chilkat Support's Contacts"
// },
// "link": [
// {
// "rel": "alternate",
// "type": "text/html",
// "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/"
// },
// {
// "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed",
// "type": "application/atom+xml",
// "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full"
// },
// {
// "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post",
// "type": "application/atom+xml",
// "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full"
// },
// {
// "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#batch",
// "type": "application/atom+xml",
// "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full/batch"
// },
// {
// "rel": "self",
// "type": "application/atom+xml",
// "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full?max-results=25&alt=json"
// },
// {
// "rel": "next",
// "type": "application/atom+xml",
// "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full?max-results=25&alt=json&start-index=26"
// }
// ],
// "author": [
// {
// "name": {
// "$t": "Chilkat Support"
// },
// "email": {
// "$t": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// }
// }
// ],
// "generator": {
// "version": "1.0",
// "uri": "http://www.google.com/m8/feeds",
// "$t": "Contacts"
// },
// "openSearch$totalResults": {
// "$t": "350"
// },
// "openSearch$startIndex": {
// "$t": "1"
// },
// "openSearch$itemsPerPage": {
// "$t": "25"
// },
// "entry": [
// {
// "id": {
// "$t": "http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/base/0"
// },
// "gd$etag": "\"SX8zcTVSLyt7I2A9WxBXFU4MQwI.\"",
// "updated": {
// "$t": "2010-01-26T20:07:48.189Z"
// },
// "app$edited": {
// "xmlns$app": "http://www.w3.org/2007/app",
// "$t": "2010-01-26T20:07:48.189Z"
// },
// "category": [
// {
// "scheme": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind",
// "term": "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"
// }
// ],
// "title": {
// "$t": "Joe Sample"
// },
// "link": [
// {
// "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo",
// "type": "image/*",
// "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/0"
// },
// {
// "rel": "self",
// "type": "application/atom+xml",
// "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full/0"
// },
// {
// "rel": "edit",
// "type": "application/atom+xml",
// "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full/0"
// }
// ],
// "gd$name": {
// "gd$fullName": {
// "$t": "Joe Sample"
// },
// "gd$givenName": {
// "$t": "Joe"
// },
// "gd$familyName": {
// "$t": "Sample"
// }
// },
// "gd$email": [
// {
// "address": "somebody@gmail.com",
// "primary": "true",
// "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other"
// }
// ]
// },
// ... more entries ...
//