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Page Through All Contacts

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Demonstrates how to page through the entire list of Google Contacts.

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PureBasic
IncludeFile "CkStringBuilder.pb"
IncludeFile "CkAuthGoogle.pb"
IncludeFile "CkRest.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"
IncludeFile "CkXml.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..
    ; ----------------------------------------------

    startIndex.i = 1
    maxResults.i = 25
    ; The totalResults will get updated with the correct value in the 1st loop iteration..
    totalResults.i = 100
    ; To retrieve the contacts in pages of 25 each, we need to send the following for each page.

    ; 	GET /m8/feeds/contacts/default/full?max-results=25&start-index=<startIndex>
    ; 	GData-Version: 3.0

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

    CkStringBuilder::ckAppendInt(sbMaxResults,maxResults)
    sbStartIndex.i = CkStringBuilder::ckCreate()
    If sbStartIndex.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    loopIteration.i = 0
    While startIndex <= totalResults

        CkStringBuilder::ckClear(sbStartIndex)
        CkStringBuilder::ckAppendInt(sbStartIndex,startIndex)

        CkRest::ckClearAllHeaders(rest)
        CkRest::ckClearAllQueryParams(rest)
        CkRest::ckAddHeader(rest,"GData-Version","3.0")
        CkRest::ckAddQueryParam(rest,"start-index",CkStringBuilder::ckGetAsString(sbStartIndex))
        CkRest::ckAddQueryParam(rest,"max-results",CkStringBuilder::ckGetAsString(sbMaxResults))

        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(sbMaxResults)
            CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbStartIndex)
            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(sbMaxResults)
            CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbStartIndex)
            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)

        ; 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 = CkXml::ckGetChildIntValue(xml,"openSearch:totalResults")
        startIndex2.i = CkXml::ckGetChildIntValue(xml,"openSearch:startIndex")
        itemsPerPage.i = CkXml::ckGetChildIntValue(xml,"openSearch:itemsPerPage")
        Debug "totalResults = " + Str(totalResults)
        Debug "startIndex = " + Str(startIndex2)
        Debug "itemsPerPage = " + Str(itemsPerPage)

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

            idUrl.s = CkXml::ckGetChildContent(xml,"entry[i]|id")
            Debug "id: " + idUrl

            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

            ; Find the photo link and check to see if this contact has a photo.
            xLink.i = CkXml::ckGetChildWithAttr(xml,"link","rel","http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo")
            If CkXml::ckLastMethodSuccess(xml) = 1
                ; Get the photo etag.
                bHasPhoto.i = CkXml::ckHasAttribute(xLink,"gd:etag")
                If bHasPhoto = 1
                    Debug "This contact has a photo."
                EndIf

                CkXml::ckDispose(xLink)

            EndIf

            i = i + 1
        Wend

        startIndex = startIndex + maxResults
        loopIteration = loopIteration + 1
    Wend


    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
    CkAuthGoogle::ckDispose(gAuth)
    CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbMaxResults)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbStartIndex)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbResponseBody)
    CkXml::ckDispose(xml)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure