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Google Contacts - Retrieve as JSON

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Demonstrates how to retrieve Google Contacts as JSON.

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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.

; --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; 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 retrieve the contacts, we need to send the following:

; 	GET /m8/feeds/contacts/default/full
; 	GData-Version: 3.0

; To get the contacts data in JSON format, set the "alt" query parameter to "json"
$oRest.AddQueryParam("alt","json")
$oRest.AddHeader("GData-Version","3.0")

$oSbResponseBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
$bSuccess = $oRest.FullRequestNoBodySb("GET","/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full",$oSbResponseBody)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oRest.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
If ($oRest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) 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 200 response was received, then the contacts JSON is contained
; in the response body.
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.LoadSb($oSbResponseBody)
$oJson.EmitCompact = False

; Save the pretty-printed JSON response to a file.
$oSbResponseBody.Clear 
$oJson.EmitSb($oSbResponseBody)
$oSbResponseBody.WriteFile("qa_output/google_contacts.json","utf-8",False)

; Parse the Google Contacts JSON, and iterate over the contacts..
Local $iTotalResults = $oJson.IntOf("feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t")
Local $iStartIndex = $oJson.IntOf("feed.openSearch$startIndex.$t")
Local $itemsPerPage = $oJson.IntOf("feed.openSearch$itemsPerPage.$t")
ConsoleWrite("totalResults = " & $iTotalResults & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("startIndex = " & $iStartIndex & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("itemsPerPage = " & $itemsPerPage & @CRLF)

Local $iNumEntries = $oJson.SizeOfArray("feed.entry")
Local $i = 0
While $i < $iNumEntries
    $oJson.I = $i
    ConsoleWrite(($i + 1) & " ----" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("title: " & $oJson.StringOf("feed.entry[i].title.$t") & @CRLF)

Local $sFullName = $oJson.StringOf("feed.entry[i].gd$name.gd$fullName.$t")
    If ($oJson.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
        ConsoleWrite("fullName: " & $sFullName & @CRLF)
    EndIf

    ; There can be multiple email addresses, so it's stored as a JSON array..
Local $iNumEmailAddresses = $oJson.SizeOfArray("feed.entry[i].gd$email")
Local $iJ = 0
    While $iJ < $iNumEmailAddresses
Local $sEmailAddress = $oJson.StringOf("feed.entry[i].gd$email[j].address")
        If ($oJson.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
            ConsoleWrite("email address: " & $sEmailAddress & @CRLF)
        EndIf

        $iJ = $iJ + 1
    Wend

    $i = $i + 1
Wend

; A sample Google Contacts JSON response:

; 	{ 
; 	  "version": "1.0",
; 	  "encoding": "UTF-8",
; 	  "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$etag": "\"QHw5eTVSLyt7I2A9XRFaE0kNTwI.\"",
; 	    "id": { 
; 	      "$t": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
; 	    },
; 	    "updated": { 
; 	      "$t": "2016-11-17T01:57:41.221Z"
; 	    },
; 	    "category": [
; 	      { 
; 	        "scheme": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind",
; 	        "term": "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"
; 	      }
; 	    ],
; 	    "title": { 
; 	      "$t": "Chilkat Support's Contacts"
; 	    },
; 	    "link": [
; 	      { 
; 	        "rel": "alternate",
; 	        "type": "text/html",
; 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/"
; 	      },
; 	      { 
; 	        "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed",
; 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
; 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full"
; 	      },
; 	      { 
; 	        "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post",
; 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
; 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full"
; 	      },
; 	      { 
; 	        "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#batch",
; 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
; 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full/batch"
; 	      },
; 	      { 
; 	        "rel": "self",
; 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
; 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full?max-results=25&alt=json"
; 	      },
; 	      { 
; 	        "rel": "next",
; 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
; 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full?max-results=25&alt=json&start-index=26"
; 	      }
; 	    ],
; 	    "author": [
; 	      { 
; 	        "name": { 
; 	          "$t": "Chilkat Support"
; 	        },
; 	        "email": { 
; 	          "$t": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
; 	        }
; 	      }
; 	    ],
; 	    "generator": { 
; 	      "version": "1.0",
; 	      "uri": "http://www.google.com/m8/feeds",
; 	      "$t": "Contacts"
; 	    },
; 	    "openSearch$totalResults": { 
; 	      "$t": "350"
; 	    },
; 	    "openSearch$startIndex": { 
; 	      "$t": "1"
; 	    },
; 	    "openSearch$itemsPerPage": { 
; 	      "$t": "25"
; 	    },
; 	    "entry": [
; 	      { 
; 	        "id": { 
; 	          "$t": "http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/base/0"
; 	        },
; 	        "gd$etag": "\"SX8zcTVSLyt7I2A9WxBXFU4MQwI.\"",
; 	        "updated": { 
; 	          "$t": "2010-01-26T20:07:48.189Z"
; 	        },
; 	        "app$edited": { 
; 	          "xmlns$app": "http://www.w3.org/2007/app",
; 	          "$t": "2010-01-26T20:07:48.189Z"
; 	        },
; 	        "category": [
; 	          { 
; 	            "scheme": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind",
; 	            "term": "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"
; 	          }
; 	        ],
; 	        "title": { 
; 	          "$t": "Joe Sample"
; 	        },
; 	        "link": [
; 	          { 
; 	            "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo",
; 	            "type": "image/*",
; 	            "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/0"
; 	          },
; 	          { 
; 	            "rel": "self",
; 	            "type": "application/atom+xml",
; 	            "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full/0"
; 	          },
; 	          { 
; 	            "rel": "edit",
; 	            "type": "application/atom+xml",
; 	            "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full/0"
; 	          }
; 	        ],
; 	        "gd$name": { 
; 	          "gd$fullName": { 
; 	            "$t": "Joe Sample"
; 	          },
; 	          "gd$givenName": { 
; 	            "$t": "Joe"
; 	          },
; 	          "gd$familyName": { 
; 	            "$t": "Sample"
; 	          }
; 	        },
; 	        "gd$email": [
; 	          { 
; 	            "address": "somebody@gmail.com",
; 	            "primary": "true",
; 	            "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other"
; 	          }
; 	        ]
; 	      },
; 		... more entries ...
;