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Google Contacts - Create New Contact

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Demonstrates how to create a new contact for the Google Contacts API.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oXml
LOCAL oJsonToken
LOCAL oGAuth
LOCAL oRest
LOCAL nBAutoReconnect
LOCAL oSbRequestBody
LOCAL oSbResponseBody

nSuccess := 0

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

//  First create a new contact XML.
oXml := CreateObject("Chilkat.Xml")
oXml:Tag := "atom:entry"
oXml:AddAttribute("xmlns:atom", "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom")
oXml:AddAttribute("xmlns:gd", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("atom:category", 1, "scheme", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("atom:category", 1, "term", "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:name|gd:givenName", "Elizabeth")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:name|gd:familyName", "Bennet")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:name|gd:fullName", "Elizabeth Bennet")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("atom:content", 1, "type", "text")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("atom:content", "Notes")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", 1, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", 1, "primary", "true")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", 1, "address", "liz@gmail.com")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", 1, "displayName", "E. Bennet")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", 1, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:email", 1, "address", "liz@example.org")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber", 1, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber", 1, "primary", "true")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:phoneNumber", "(206)555-1212")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber", 1, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:phoneNumber", "(206)555-1213")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:im", 1, "address", "liz@gmail.com")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:im", 1, "protocol", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#GOOGLE_TALK")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:im", 1, "primary", "true")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:im", 1, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:structuredPostalAddress", 1, "rel", "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work")
oXml:UpdateAttrAt("gd:structuredPostalAddress", 1, "primary", "true")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:city", "Mountain View")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:street", "1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:region", "CA")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:postcode", "94043")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:country", "United States")
oXml:UpdateChildContent("gd:structuredPostalAddress|gd:formattedAddress", "1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View")

? oXml:GetXml()

//  Created the following XML:

//  	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
//  	<atom:entry xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005">
//  	    <atom:category scheme="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind" term="http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact" />
//  	    <gd:name>
//  	        <gd:givenName>Elizabeth</gd:givenName>
//  	        <gd:familyName>Bennet</gd:familyName>
//  	        <gd:fullName>Elizabeth Bennet</gd:fullName>
//  	    </gd:name>
//  	    <atom:content type="text">Notes</atom:content>
//  	    <gd:email primary="true" displayName="E. Bennet" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home" address="liz@example.org" />
//  	    <gd:phoneNumber primary="true" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home">(206)555-1213</gd:phoneNumber>
//  	    <gd:im address="liz@gmail.com" protocol="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#GOOGLE_TALK" primary="true" rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home" />
//  	    <gd:structuredPostalAddress rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work" primary="true">
//  	        <gd:city>Mountain View</gd:city>
//  	        <gd:street>1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy</gd:street>
//  	        <gd:region>CA</gd:region>
//  	        <gd:postcode>94043</gd:postcode>
//  	        <gd:country>United States</gd:country>
//  	        <gd:formattedAddress>1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View</gd:formattedAddress>
//  	    </gd:structuredPostalAddress>
//  	</atom:entry>

//  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  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

oJsonToken := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
nSuccess := oJsonToken:LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? "Failed to load googleContacts.json"
    oXml:destroy()
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oGAuth := CreateObject("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
oGAuth:AccessToken := oJsonToken:StringOf("access_token")

oRest := CreateObject("Chilkat.Rest")

//  Connect using TLS.
nBAutoReconnect := 1
nSuccess := oRest:Connect("www.google.com", 443, 1, nBAutoReconnect)

//  Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
oRest:SetAuthGoogle(oGAuth)

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

//  To create a contact, we need to send the following:

//  	POST /m8/feeds/contacts/default/full
//  	Content-Type: application/atom+xml
//  	GData-Version: 3.0

oRest:AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/atom+xml")
oRest:AddHeader("GData-Version", "3.0")

oSbRequestBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oSbResponseBody := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oXml:GetXmlSb(oSbRequestBody)
nSuccess := oRest:FullRequestSb("POST", "/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full", oSbRequestBody, oSbResponseBody)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oRest:LastErrorText
    oXml:destroy()
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oGAuth:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oSbRequestBody:destroy()
    oSbResponseBody:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  A successful response will have a status code equal to 201.
IF (oRest:ResponseStatusCode != 201)
    ? "response status code = " + Str(oRest:ResponseStatusCode)
    ? "response status text = " + oRest:ResponseStatusText
    ? "response header: " + oRest:ResponseHeader
    ? "response body: " + oSbResponseBody:GetAsString()
    oXml:destroy()
    oJsonToken:destroy()
    oGAuth:destroy()
    oRest:destroy()
    oSbRequestBody:destroy()
    oSbResponseBody:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  If the 201 response was received, then the contact was successfully created,
//  and there is no response body.
? "Contact created."

oXml:destroy()
oJsonToken:destroy()
oGAuth:destroy()
oRest:destroy()
oSbRequestBody:destroy()
oSbResponseBody:destroy()