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Google People API - Update an Existing Contact
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To update an existing contact, you must include the person.metadata.sources.etag field in the person for the contact to be updated to make sure the contact has not changed since your last read.Chilkat VBScript Downloads
Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)
success = 0
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' It is assumed we previously obtained an OAuth2 access token.
' This example loads the JSON access token file
' originally obtained by this example: Get Google People API OAuth2 Access Token
' or refreshed by this example: Refresh Google People API OAuth2 Access Token
set jsonToken = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePeople.json")
If (success <> 1) Then
outFile.WriteLine("Failed to load googleContacts.json")
WScript.Quit
End If
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")
' Implements the following CURL command:
' curl -X PATCH https://people.googleapis.com/v1/resource_name:updateContact?updatePersonFields=emailAddresses \
' -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
' -d '{
' "resourceName": "resource_name",
' "etag": "#eyZ0Gu5HVas=",
' "emailAddresses": [{ "value": "john.doe@gmail.com" }],
' }'
' Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
' Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
' Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "resourceName": "resource_name",
' "etag": "#eyZ0Gu5HVas=",
' "emailAddresses": [
' {
' "value": "john.doe@gmail.com"
' }
' ]
' }
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("resourceName","people/c172365763025317520")
success = json.UpdateString("etag","%EigBAj0DBAUGBwgJPgoLPwwNDg8QQBESExQVFhc1GTQ3HyEiIyQlJicuGgQBAgUHIgxleVowR3U1SFZhcz0=")
success = json.UpdateString("emailAddresses[0].value","john.doe@gmail.com")
set sbRequestBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
' Notice that the resource name is part of the URL...
set resp = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpSb("PATCH","https://people.googleapis.com/v1/people/c172365763025317520:updateContact?updatePersonFields=emailAddresses",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
WScript.Quit
End If
set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
set jResp = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0
outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
outFile.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
outFile.WriteLine(resp.Header)
outFile.WriteLine("Failed.")
WScript.Quit
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "resourceName": "people/c172365763025317520",
' "etag": "%EigBAj0DBAUGBwgJPgoLPwwNDg8QQBESExQVFhc1GTQ3HyEiIyQlJicuGgQBAgUHIgxtQnhyR2MzMGU4Yz0=",
' "metadata": {
' "sources": [
' {
' "type": "CONTACT",
' "id": "2645dbf8c902e90",
' "etag": "#mBxrGc30e8c=",
' "updateTime": "2020-08-03T23:01:23.539Z"
' }
' ],
' "objectType": "PERSON"
' },
' "names": [
' {
' "metadata": {
' "primary": true,
' "source": {
' "type": "CONTACT",
' "id": "2645dbf8c902e90"
' }
' },
' "displayName": "John Doe",
' "familyName": "Doe",
' "givenName": "John",
' "displayNameLastFirst": "Doe, John",
' "unstructuredName": "John Doe"
' }
' ],
' "photos": [
' {
' "metadata": {
' "primary": true,
' "source": {
' "type": "CONTACT",
' "id": "2645dbf8c902e90"
' }
' },
' "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XdUIqeMkCWA/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/V8BNOaftJmYG2hHugNzYued7G9QFdeZOACLcDEAEiGQoBShD___________8BGNvwiP7______wE/s100/photo.jpg",
' "default": true
' }
' ],
' "emailAddresses": [
' {
' "metadata": {
' "primary": true,
' "source": {
' "type": "CONTACT",
' "id": "2645def8c902e90"
' }
' },
' "value": "john.doe@gmail.com"
' }
' ],
' "memberships": [
' {
' "metadata": {
' "source": {
' "type": "CONTACT",
' "id": "2645dbf8c902e90"
' }
' },
' "contactGroupMembership": {
' "contactGroupId": "myContacts",
' "contactGroupResourceName": "contactGroups/myContacts"
' }
' }
' ]
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON
resourceName = jResp.StringOf("resourceName")
etag = jResp.StringOf("etag")
metadataObjectType = jResp.StringOf("metadata.objectType")
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("metadata.sources")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
v_type = jResp.StringOf("metadata.sources[i].type")
id = jResp.StringOf("metadata.sources[i].id")
etag = jResp.StringOf("metadata.sources[i].etag")
updateTime = jResp.StringOf("metadata.sources[i].updateTime")
i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("names")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
metadataPrimary = jResp.BoolOf("names[i].metadata.primary")
metadataSourceType = jResp.StringOf("names[i].metadata.source.type")
metadataSourceId = jResp.StringOf("names[i].metadata.source.id")
displayName = jResp.StringOf("names[i].displayName")
familyName = jResp.StringOf("names[i].familyName")
givenName = jResp.StringOf("names[i].givenName")
displayNameLastFirst = jResp.StringOf("names[i].displayNameLastFirst")
unstructuredName = jResp.StringOf("names[i].unstructuredName")
i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("photos")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
metadataPrimary = jResp.BoolOf("photos[i].metadata.primary")
metadataSourceType = jResp.StringOf("photos[i].metadata.source.type")
metadataSourceId = jResp.StringOf("photos[i].metadata.source.id")
url = jResp.StringOf("photos[i].url")
default = jResp.BoolOf("photos[i].default")
i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("emailAddresses")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
metadataPrimary = jResp.BoolOf("emailAddresses[i].metadata.primary")
metadataSourceType = jResp.StringOf("emailAddresses[i].metadata.source.type")
metadataSourceId = jResp.StringOf("emailAddresses[i].metadata.source.id")
value = jResp.StringOf("emailAddresses[i].value")
i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("memberships")
Do While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
metadataSourceType = jResp.StringOf("memberships[i].metadata.source.type")
metadataSourceId = jResp.StringOf("memberships[i].metadata.source.id")
contactGroupMembershipContactGroupId = jResp.StringOf("memberships[i].contactGroupMembership.contactGroupId")
contactGroupMembershipContactGroupResourceName = jResp.StringOf("memberships[i].contactGroupMembership.contactGroupResourceName")
i = i + 1
Loop
outFile.Close