Visual Basic 6.0

Google Contacts - Adding/Updating a photo for a contact

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Demonstrates how to upload a photo for a Google Contact. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 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

Dim jsonToken As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print "Failed to load googleContacts.json"
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim gAuth As New ChilkatAuthGoogle
gAuth.AccessToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest

' Connect using TLS.
Dim bAutoReconnect As Long
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("www.google.com",443,1,bAutoReconnect)

' Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
success = rest.SetAuthGoogle(gAuth)

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

' To upload a photo for the contact, send the following:

' 	PUT /m8/feeds/photos/media/default/contactId
' 	If-match: Etag
' 	Content-Type: image/*
' 	...
' 	[Photo data bytes]

success = rest.AddHeader("GData-Version","3.0")
success = rest.AddHeader("If-Match","*")
success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/*")

Dim sbPath As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = sbPath.Append("/m8/feeds/photos/media/default/{contactId}")
' Upload a photo for the contact having contactId = "1ea2e4fe0ef24e09"
Dim numReplacements As Long
numReplacements = sbPath.Replace("{contactId}","1ea2e4fe0ef24e09")

' Let's get our photo data..
Dim pngData As New ChilkatBinData
success = pngData.LoadFile("qa_data/png/dude.png")

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestBd("PUT",sbPath.GetAsString(),pngData,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "response status code = " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "response status text = " & rest.ResponseStatusText
    Debug.Print "response header: " & rest.ResponseHeader
    Debug.Print "response body: " & sbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    Exit Sub
End If

' If the 200 success response was received.
Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print sbResponseBody.GetAsString()
Debug.Print "Success."