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Find Contact Having Email Address

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Demonstrates how to fetch the Google Contact for a given email address.

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PureBasic
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"
IncludeFile "CkFileAccess.pb"
IncludeFile "CkXml.pb"
IncludeFile "CkStringBuilder.pb"
IncludeFile "CkAuthGoogle.pb"
IncludeFile "CkRest.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

    ; 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.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If jsonToken.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkJsonObject::ckLoadFile(jsonToken,"qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json")
    If success <> 1
        Debug "Failed to load googleContacts.json"
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    gAuth.i = CkAuthGoogle::ckCreate()
    If gAuth.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkAuthGoogle::setCkAccessToken(gAuth, CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(jsonToken,"access_token"))

    rest.i = CkRest::ckCreate()
    If rest.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Connect using TLS.
    bAutoReconnect.i = 1
    success = CkRest::ckConnect(rest,"www.google.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)

    ; Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    CkRest::ckSetAuthGoogle(rest,gAuth)

    ; ----------------------------------------------
    ; OK, the REST connection setup is completed..
    ; ----------------------------------------------

    ; To retrieve the contacts, we need to send the following:

    ; 	GET /m8/feeds/contacts/default/full?q=<emailAddress>
    ; 	GData-Version: 3.0

    ; Get the contact (or contacts) with this email address:
    emailAddressToFind.s = "admin@chilkatsoft.com"

    CkRest::ckAddHeader(rest,"GData-Version","3.0")
    CkRest::ckAddQueryParam(rest,"q",emailAddressToFind)

    sbResponseBody.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbResponseBody.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkRest::ckFullRequestNoBodySb(rest,"GET","/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full",sbResponseBody)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkRest::ckLastErrorText(rest)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
        CkAuthGoogle::ckDispose(gAuth)
        CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbResponseBody)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    If CkRest::ckResponseStatusCode(rest) <> 200
        Debug "response status code = " + Str(CkRest::ckResponseStatusCode(rest))
        Debug "response status text = " + CkRest::ckResponseStatusText(rest)
        Debug "response header: " + CkRest::ckResponseHeader(rest)
        Debug "response body: " + CkStringBuilder::ckGetAsString(sbResponseBody)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
        CkAuthGoogle::ckDispose(gAuth)
        CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
        CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbResponseBody)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; If the 200 response was received, then the contacts XML is contained
    ; in the response body.
    xml.i = CkXml::ckCreate()
    If xml.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkXml::ckLoadSb(xml,sbResponseBody,0)

    ; See below for a sample response body.
    CkXml::ckSaveXml(xml,"qa_output/google_contacts.xml")

    ; Now let's parse the XML...

    ; Get the the total number of results, the start index, and the items per page.
    ; We'll likely NOT get the full list, but will instead get the 1st page.
    totalResults.i = CkXml::ckGetChildIntValue(xml,"openSearch:totalResults")
    startIndex.i = CkXml::ckGetChildIntValue(xml,"openSearch:startIndex")
    itemsPerPage.i = CkXml::ckGetChildIntValue(xml,"openSearch:itemsPerPage")
    Debug "totalResults = " + Str(totalResults)
    Debug "startIndex = " + Str(startIndex)
    Debug "itemsPerPage = " + Str(itemsPerPage)

    ; We'll borrow a method from FileAccess to get the contactId from the URL string (see the code in the while loop)
    fac.i = CkFileAccess::ckCreate()
    If fac.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Iterate over each contact.
    numEntries.i = CkXml::ckNumChildrenHavingTag(xml,"entry")
    i.i = 0
    While i < numEntries
        CkXml::setCkI(xml, i)
        Debug Str(i + 1) + " ----"
        Debug "title: " + CkXml::ckGetChildContent(xml,"entry[i]|title")

        ; The entry "id" child contains a URL having this format:
        ; <id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/{userEmail}/base/{contactId}</id>
        ; Let's get the URL and parse the contactId from it..
        idUrl.s = CkXml::ckGetChildContent(xml,"entry[i]|id")
        Debug "id: " + idUrl

        ; Use the parsing ability of GetFileName to get the contactId
        contactId.s = CkFileAccess::ckGetFileName(fac,idUrl)
        Debug "contactId: " + contactId

        fullName.s = CkXml::ckChilkatPath(xml,"entry[i]|gd:name|gd:fullName|*")
        If CkXml::ckLastMethodSuccess(xml) = 1
            Debug "fullName: " + fullName
        EndIf

        emailAddress.s = CkXml::ckChilkatPath(xml,"entry[i]|gd:email|(address)")
        If CkXml::ckLastMethodSuccess(xml) = 1
            Debug "email address: " + emailAddress
        EndIf

        i = i + 1
    Wend


    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
    CkAuthGoogle::ckDispose(gAuth)
    CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbResponseBody)
    CkXml::ckDispose(xml)
    CkFileAccess::ckDispose(fac)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure