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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 $bSuccess = False

; 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 = ObjCreate("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",True,"scheme","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("atom:category",True,"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",True,"type","text")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "atom:content","Notes"
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",True,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",True,"primary","true")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",True,"address","liz@gmail.com")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",True,"displayName","E. Bennet")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",True,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:email",True,"address","liz@example.org")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber",True,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber",True,"primary","true")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "gd:phoneNumber","(206)555-1212"
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:phoneNumber",True,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home")
$oXml.UpdateChildContent "gd:phoneNumber","(206)555-1213"
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:im",True,"address","liz@gmail.com")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:im",True,"protocol","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#GOOGLE_TALK")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:im",True,"primary","true")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:im",True,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:structuredPostalAddress",True,"rel","http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work")
$oXml.UpdateAttrAt("gd:structuredPostalAddress",True,"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"

ConsoleWrite($oXml.GetXml() & @CRLF)

; 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 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$bSuccess = $oJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Failed to load googleContacts.json" & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oGAuth = ObjCreate("Chilkat.AuthGoogle")
$oGAuth.AccessToken = $oJsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

$oRest = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Rest")

; Connect using TLS.
Local $bAutoReconnect = True
$bSuccess = $oRest.Connect("www.google.com",443,True,$bAutoReconnect)

; 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 = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oSbResponseBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$oXml.GetXmlSb($oSbRequestBody)
$bSuccess = $oRest.FullRequestSb("POST","/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full",$oSbRequestBody,$oSbResponseBody)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; A successful response will have a status code equal to 201.
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 201) Then
    ConsoleWrite("response status code = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusCode & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response status text = " & $oRest.ResponseStatusText & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response header: " & $oRest.ResponseHeader & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("response body: " & $oSbResponseBody.GetAsString() & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; If the 201 response was received, then the contact was successfully created,
; and there is no response body.
ConsoleWrite("Contact created." & @CRLF)