(Perl) Google Contacts - Create New Contact

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

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use chilkat();

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

# First create a new contact XML.
$xml = chilkat::CkXml->new();
$xml->put_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",1,"scheme","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("atom:category",1,"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",1,"type","text");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("atom:content","Notes");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",1,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",1,"primary","true");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",1,"address",'liz@gmail.com');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",1,"displayName","E. Bennet");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",1,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",1,"address",'liz@example.org');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber",1,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber",1,"primary","true");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("gd:phoneNumber","(206)555-1212");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber",1,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home");
$xml->UpdateChildContent("gd:phoneNumber","(206)555-1213");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:im",1,"address",'liz@gmail.com');
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:im",1,"protocol","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#GOOGLE_TALK");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:im",1,"primary","true");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:im",1,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:structuredPostalAddress",1,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work");
$xml->UpdateAttrAt("gd:structuredPostalAddress",1,"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");

print $xml->getXml() . "\r\n";

# 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

$jsonToken = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json");
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Failed to load googleContacts.json" . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$gAuth = chilkat::CkAuthGoogle->new();
$gAuth->put_AccessToken($jsonToken->stringOf("access_token"));

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

# Connect using TLS.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("www.google.com",443,1,$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");

$sbRequestBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$xml->GetXmlSb($sbRequestBody);
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST","/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# A successful response will have a status code equal to 201.
if ($rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() != 201) {
    print "response status code = " . $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode() . "\r\n";
    print "response status text = " . $rest->responseStatusText() . "\r\n";
    print "response header: " . $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "response body: " . $sbResponseBody->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# If the 201 response was received, then the contact was successfully created,
# and there is no response body.
print "Contact created." . "\r\n";