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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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PureBasic
IncludeFile "CkStringBuilder.pb"
IncludeFile "CkAuthGoogle.pb"
IncludeFile "CkRest.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.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
    ; 	GData-Version: 3.0

    ; To get the contacts data in JSON format, set the "alt" query parameter to "json"
    CkRest::ckAddQueryParam(rest,"alt","json")
    CkRest::ckAddHeader(rest,"GData-Version","3.0")

    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 JSON is contained
    ; in the response body.
    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckLoadSb(json,sbResponseBody)
    CkJsonObject::setCkEmitCompact(json, 0)

    ; Save the pretty-printed JSON response to a file.
    CkStringBuilder::ckClear(sbResponseBody)
    CkJsonObject::ckEmitSb(json,sbResponseBody)
    CkStringBuilder::ckWriteFile(sbResponseBody,"qa_output/google_contacts.json","utf-8",0)

    ; Parse the Google Contacts JSON, and iterate over the contacts..
    totalResults.i = CkJsonObject::ckIntOf(json,"feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t")
    startIndex.i = CkJsonObject::ckIntOf(json,"feed.openSearch$startIndex.$t")
    itemsPerPage.i = CkJsonObject::ckIntOf(json,"feed.openSearch$itemsPerPage.$t")
    Debug "totalResults = " + Str(totalResults)
    Debug "startIndex = " + Str(startIndex)
    Debug "itemsPerPage = " + Str(itemsPerPage)

    numEntries.i = CkJsonObject::ckSizeOfArray(json,"feed.entry")
    i.i = 0
    While i < numEntries
        CkJsonObject::setCkI(json, i)
        Debug Str(i + 1) + " ----"
        Debug "title: " + CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"feed.entry[i].title.$t")

        fullName.s = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"feed.entry[i].gd$name.gd$fullName.$t")
        If CkJsonObject::ckLastMethodSuccess(json) = 1
            Debug "fullName: " + fullName
        EndIf

        ; There can be multiple email addresses, so it's stored as a JSON array..
        numEmailAddresses.i = CkJsonObject::ckSizeOfArray(json,"feed.entry[i].gd$email")
        j.i = 0
        While j < numEmailAddresses
            emailAddress.s = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"feed.entry[i].gd$email[j].address")
            If CkJsonObject::ckLastMethodSuccess(json) = 1
                Debug "email address: " + emailAddress
            EndIf

            j = j + 1
        Wend

        i = i + 1
    Wend

    ; 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 ...
    ; 	


    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
    CkAuthGoogle::ckDispose(gAuth)
    CkRest::ckDispose(rest)
    CkStringBuilder::ckDispose(sbResponseBody)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure