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Google Contacts - Adding/Updating a photo for a contact

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Demonstrates how to upload a photo for a Google Contact. Go

    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

    jsonToken := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println("Failed to load googleContacts.json")
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        return
    }

    gAuth := chilkat.NewAuthGoogle()
    gAuth.SetAccessToken(jsonToken.StringOf("access_token"))

    rest := chilkat.NewRest()

    // Connect using TLS.
    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 upload a photo for the contact, send the following:

    // 	PUT /m8/feeds/photos/media/default/contactId
    // 	If-match: Etag
    // 	Content-Type: image/*
    // 	...
    // 	[Photo data bytes]

    rest.AddHeader("GData-Version","3.0")
    rest.AddHeader("If-Match","*")
    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/*")

    sbPath := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    sbPath.Append("/m8/feeds/photos/media/default/{contactId}")
    // Upload a photo for the contact having contactId = "1ea2e4fe0ef24e09"
    numReplacements := sbPath.Replace("{contactId}","1ea2e4fe0ef24e09")

    // Let's get our photo data..
    pngData := chilkat.NewBinData()
    success = pngData.LoadFile("qa_data/png/dude.png")

    sbResponseBody := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    success = rest.FullRequestBd("PUT",*sbPath.GetAsString(),pngData,sbResponseBody)
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(rest.LastErrorText())
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        gAuth.DisposeAuthGoogle()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        sbPath.DisposeStringBuilder()
        pngData.DisposeBinData()
        sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if rest.ResponseStatusCode() != 200 {
        fmt.Println("response status code = ", rest.ResponseStatusCode())
        fmt.Println("response status text = ", rest.ResponseStatusText())
        fmt.Println("response header: ", rest.ResponseHeader())
        fmt.Println("response body: ", *sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
        jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
        gAuth.DisposeAuthGoogle()
        rest.DisposeRest()
        sbPath.DisposeStringBuilder()
        pngData.DisposeBinData()
        sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    // If the 200 success response was received.
    fmt.Println("Response Body:")
    fmt.Println(*sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    fmt.Println("Success.")

    jsonToken.DisposeJsonObject()
    gAuth.DisposeAuthGoogle()
    rest.DisposeRest()
    sbPath.DisposeStringBuilder()
    pngData.DisposeBinData()
    sbResponseBody.DisposeStringBuilder()