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Google Contacts - Retrieve as JSON

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Demonstrates how to retrieve Google Contacts as JSON.

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Objective-C
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoAuthGoogle.h>
#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  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

CkoJsonObject *jsonToken = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
success = [jsonToken LoadFile: @"qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Failed to load googleContacts.json");
    return;
}

CkoAuthGoogle *gAuth = [[CkoAuthGoogle alloc] init];
gAuth.AccessToken = [jsonToken StringOf: @"access_token"];

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];

//  Connect using TLS.
BOOL bAutoReconnect = YES;
success = [rest Connect: @"www.google.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 443] tls: YES autoReconnect: 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" value: @"json"];
[rest AddHeader: @"GData-Version" value: @"3.0"];

CkoStringBuilder *sbResponseBody = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
success = [rest FullRequestNoBodySb: @"GET" uriPath: @"/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full" sb: sbResponseBody];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ([rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue] != 200) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"response status code = ",[rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response status text = ",rest.ResponseStatusText);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response header: ",rest.ResponseHeader);
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"response body: ",[sbResponseBody GetAsString]);
    return;
}

//  If the 200 response was received, then the contacts JSON is contained
//  in the response body.
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json LoadSb: sbResponseBody];
json.EmitCompact = NO;

//  Save the pretty-printed JSON response to a file.
[sbResponseBody Clear];
[json EmitSb: sbResponseBody];
[sbResponseBody WriteFile: @"qa_output/google_contacts.json" charset: @"utf-8" emitBom: NO];

//  Parse the Google Contacts JSON, and iterate over the contacts..
int totalResults = [[json IntOf: @"feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t"] intValue];
int startIndex = [[json IntOf: @"feed.openSearch$startIndex.$t"] intValue];
int itemsPerPage = [[json IntOf: @"feed.openSearch$itemsPerPage.$t"] intValue];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"totalResults = ",totalResults);
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"startIndex = ",startIndex);
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"itemsPerPage = ",itemsPerPage);

int numEntries = [[json SizeOfArray: @"feed.entry"] intValue];
int i = 0;
while (i < numEntries) {
    json.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];
    NSLog(@"%d%@",i + 1,@" ----");
    NSLog(@"%@%@",@"title: ",[json StringOf: @"feed.entry[i].title.$t"]);

    NSString *fullName = [json StringOf: @"feed.entry[i].gd$name.gd$fullName.$t"];
    if (json.LastMethodSuccess == YES) {
        NSLog(@"%@%@",@"fullName: ",fullName);
    }

    //  There can be multiple email addresses, so it's stored as a JSON array..
    int numEmailAddresses = [[json SizeOfArray: @"feed.entry[i].gd$email"] intValue];
    int j = 0;
    while (j < numEmailAddresses) {
        NSString *emailAddress = [json StringOf: @"feed.entry[i].gd$email[j].address"];
        if (json.LastMethodSuccess == YES) {
            NSLog(@"%@%@",@"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 ...
//  	}