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Google Contacts - Retrieve All Contacts

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Demonstrates how to retrieve the full list of contacts for the Google Contacts API.

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#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkAuthGoogleW.h>
#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <C_CkXmlW.h>
#include <C_CkFileAccessW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonToken;
    HCkAuthGoogleW gAuth;
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    HCkXmlW xml;
    int totalResults;
    int startIndex;
    int itemsPerPage;
    HCkFileAccessW fac;
    int numEntries;
    int i;
    const wchar_t *idUrl;
    const wchar_t *contactId;
    const wchar_t *fullName;
    const wchar_t *emailAddress;

    success = FALSE;

    //  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 = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    success = CkJsonObjectW_LoadFile(jsonToken,L"qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"Failed to load googleContacts.json\n");
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
        return;
    }

    gAuth = CkAuthGoogleW_Create();
    CkAuthGoogleW_putAccessToken(gAuth,CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonToken,L"access_token"));

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    //  Connect using TLS.
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"www.google.com",443,TRUE,bAutoReconnect);

    //  Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    CkRestW_SetAuthGoogle(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

    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"GData-Version",L"3.0");

    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,L"GET",L"/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkAuthGoogleW_Dispose(gAuth);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    //  A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest) != 200) {
        wprintf(L"response status code = %d\n",CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest));
        wprintf(L"response status text = %s\n",CkRestW_responseStatusText(rest));
        wprintf(L"response header: %s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"response body: %s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkAuthGoogleW_Dispose(gAuth);
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    //  If the 200 response was received, then the contacts XML is contained
    //  in the response body.
    xml = CkXmlW_Create();
    CkXmlW_LoadSb(xml,sbResponseBody,FALSE);

    //  See below for a sample response body.
    CkXmlW_SaveXml(xml,L"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 = CkXmlW_GetChildIntValue(xml,L"openSearch:totalResults");
    startIndex = CkXmlW_GetChildIntValue(xml,L"openSearch:startIndex");
    itemsPerPage = CkXmlW_GetChildIntValue(xml,L"openSearch:itemsPerPage");
    wprintf(L"totalResults = %d\n",totalResults);
    wprintf(L"startIndex = %d\n",startIndex);
    wprintf(L"itemsPerPage = %d\n",itemsPerPage);

    //  We'll borrow a method from FileAccess to get the contactId from the URL string (see the code in the while loop)
    fac = CkFileAccessW_Create();

    //  Iterate over each contact.
    numEntries = CkXmlW_NumChildrenHavingTag(xml,L"entry");
    i = 0;
    while (i < numEntries) {
        CkXmlW_putI(xml,i);
        wprintf(L"%d ----\n",i + 1);
        wprintf(L"title: %s\n",CkXmlW_getChildContent(xml,L"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 = CkXmlW_getChildContent(xml,L"entry[i]|id");
        wprintf(L"id: %s\n",idUrl);

        //  Use the parsing ability of GetFileName to get the contactId
        contactId = CkFileAccessW_getFileName(fac,idUrl);
        wprintf(L"contactId: %s\n",contactId);

        fullName = CkXmlW_chilkatPath(xml,L"entry[i]|gd:name|gd:fullName|*");
        if (CkXmlW_getLastMethodSuccess(xml) == TRUE) {
            wprintf(L"fullName: %s\n",fullName);
        }

        emailAddress = CkXmlW_chilkatPath(xml,L"entry[i]|gd:email|(address)");
        if (CkXmlW_getLastMethodSuccess(xml) == TRUE) {
            wprintf(L"email address: %s\n",emailAddress);
        }

        i = i + 1;
    }

    //  The response body XML looks something like this:

    //  	<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="feedEtag">
    //  	  <id>userEmail</id>
    //  	  <updated>2008-12-10T10:04:15.446Z</updated>
    //  	  <category scheme="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind" term="http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"/>
    //  	  <link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml"
    //  	      href="https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/userEmail/full"/>
    //  	  <link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post" type="application/atom+xml"
    //  	      href="https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/userEmail/full"/>
    //  	  <link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#batch" type="application/atom+xml"
    //  	      href="https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/userEmail/full/batch"/>
    //  	  <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"
    //  	      href="https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/userEmail/full?max-results=25"/>
    //  	  <author>
    //  	    <name>User</name>
    //  	    <email>userEmail</email>
    //  	  </author>
    //  	  <generator version="1.0" uri="http://www.google.com/m8/feeds">
    //  	    Contacts
    //  	  </generator>
    //  	  <openSearch:totalResults>349</openSearch:totalResults>
    //  	  <openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex>
    //  	  <openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage>
    //  	  <entry gd:etag="contactEtag">
    //  	    <id>
    //  	      http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/userEmail/base/contactId
    //  	    </id>
    //  	    <updated>2008-12-10T04:45:03.331Z</updated>
    //  	    <app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-12-10T04:45:03.331Z</app:edited>
    //  	    <category scheme="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind"
    //  	        term="http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"/>
    //  	    <title>Fitzwilliam Darcy</title>
    //  	    <gd:name>
    //  	      <gd:fullName>Fitzwilliam Darcy</gd:fullName>
    //  	    </gd:name>
    //  	    <link rel="http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo" type="image/*"
    //  	        href="https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/userEmail/contactId"
    //  	        gd:etag="photoEtag"/>
    //  	    <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"
    //  	        href="https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/userEmail/full/contactId"/>
    //  	    <link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml"
    //  	        href="https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/userEmail/full/contactId"/>
    //  	    <gd:phoneNumber rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home"
    //  	        primary="true">
    //  	      456
    //  	    </gd:phoneNumber>
    //  	    <gd:extendedProperty name="pet" value="hamster"/>
    //  	    <gContact:groupMembershipInfo deleted="false"
    //  	        href="http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/groups/userEmail/base/groupId"/>
    //          <gd:email rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other" address="darcyf@example.com" primary="true" />
    //  	  </entry>
    //  	  <!-- Other entries ... -->
    //  	</feed>
    //  


    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonToken);
    CkAuthGoogleW_Dispose(gAuth);
    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkXmlW_Dispose(xml);
    CkFileAccessW_Dispose(fac);

    }