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Page Through All Contacts

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Demonstrates how to page through the entire list of Google Contacts.

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Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoJsonToken
    Variant vGAuth
    Handle hoGAuth
    Handle hoRest
    Boolean iBAutoReconnect
    Integer iStartIndex
    Integer iMaxResults
    Integer iTotalResults
    Handle hoSbMaxResults
    Handle hoSbStartIndex
    Integer iLoopIteration
    Variant vSbResponseBody
    Handle hoSbResponseBody
    Handle hoXml
    Integer iStartIndex2
    Integer iItemsPerPage
    Integer iNumEntries
    Integer i
    String sIdUrl
    String sFullName
    String sEmailAddress
    Variant vXLink
    Handle hoXLink
    Boolean iBHasPhoto
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // 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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJsonToken
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJsonToken))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoJsonToken
    End
    Get ComLoadFile Of hoJsonToken "qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Showln "Failed to load googleContacts.json"
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatAuthGoogle)) To hoGAuth
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoGAuth))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoGAuth
    End
    Get ComStringOf Of hoJsonToken "access_token" To sTemp1
    Set ComAccessToken Of hoGAuth To sTemp1

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatRest)) To hoRest
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoRest))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoRest
    End

    // Connect using TLS.
    Move True To iBAutoReconnect
    Get ComConnect Of hoRest "www.google.com" 443 True iBAutoReconnect To iSuccess

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    Get pvComObject of hoGAuth to vGAuth
    Get ComSetAuthGoogle Of hoRest vGAuth To iSuccess

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

    Move 1 To iStartIndex
    Move 25 To iMaxResults
    // The totalResults will get updated with the correct value in the 1st loop iteration..
    Move 100 To iTotalResults
    // To retrieve the contacts in pages of 25 each, we need to send the following for each page.

    // 	GET /m8/feeds/contacts/default/full?max-results=25&start-index=<startIndex>
    // 	GData-Version: 3.0

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbMaxResults
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbMaxResults))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbMaxResults
    End
    Get ComAppendInt Of hoSbMaxResults iMaxResults To iSuccess
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbStartIndex
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbStartIndex))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbStartIndex
    End

    Move 0 To iLoopIteration
    While (iStartIndex <= iTotalResults)

        Send ComClear To hoSbStartIndex
        Get ComAppendInt Of hoSbStartIndex iStartIndex To iSuccess

        Get ComClearAllHeaders Of hoRest To iSuccess
        Get ComClearAllQueryParams Of hoRest To iSuccess
        Get ComAddHeader Of hoRest "GData-Version" "3.0" To iSuccess
        Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbStartIndex To sTemp1
        Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "start-index" sTemp1 To iSuccess
        Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbMaxResults To sTemp1
        Get ComAddQueryParam Of hoRest "max-results" sTemp1 To iSuccess

        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbResponseBody
        If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbResponseBody))) Begin
            Send CreateComObject of hoSbResponseBody
        End
        Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
        Get ComFullRequestNoBodySb Of hoRest "GET" "/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full" vSbResponseBody To iSuccess
        If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
            Get ComLastErrorText Of hoRest To sTemp1
            Showln sTemp1
            Procedure_Return
        End

        // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
        Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
        If (iTemp1 <> 200) Begin
            Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoRest To iTemp1
            Showln "response status code = " iTemp1
            Get ComResponseStatusText Of hoRest To sTemp1
            Showln "response status text = " sTemp1
            Get ComResponseHeader Of hoRest To sTemp1
            Showln "response header: " sTemp1
            Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbResponseBody To sTemp1
            Showln "response body: " sTemp1
            Procedure_Return
        End

        // If the 200 response was received, then the contacts XML is contained
        // in the response body.
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXml
        If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoXml))) Begin
            Send CreateComObject of hoXml
        End
        Get pvComObject of hoSbResponseBody to vSbResponseBody
        Get ComLoadSb Of hoXml vSbResponseBody False To iSuccess

        // Now let's parse the XML...

        // Get the the total number of results, the start index, and the items per page.
        // We'll likely NOT get the full list, but will instead get the 1st page.
        Get ComGetChildIntValue Of hoXml "openSearch:totalResults" To iTotalResults
        Get ComGetChildIntValue Of hoXml "openSearch:startIndex" To iStartIndex2
        Get ComGetChildIntValue Of hoXml "openSearch:itemsPerPage" To iItemsPerPage
        Showln "totalResults = " iTotalResults
        Showln "startIndex = " iStartIndex2
        Showln "itemsPerPage = " iItemsPerPage

        // Iterate over each contact.
        Get ComNumChildrenHavingTag Of hoXml "entry" To iNumEntries
        Move 0 To i
        While (i < iNumEntries)
            Set ComI Of hoXml To i
            Showln (iLoopIteration * iMaxResults + i + 1) " ----"
            Get ComGetChildContent Of hoXml "entry[i]|title" To sTemp1
            Showln "title: " sTemp1

            Get ComGetChildContent Of hoXml "entry[i]|id" To sIdUrl
            Showln "id: " sIdUrl

            Get ComChilkatPath Of hoXml "entry[i]|gd:name|gd:fullName|*" To sFullName
            Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoXml To bTemp1
            If (bTemp1 = True) Begin
                Showln "fullName: " sFullName
            End

            Get ComChilkatPath Of hoXml "entry[i]|gd:email|(address)" To sEmailAddress
            Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoXml To bTemp1
            If (bTemp1 = True) Begin
                Showln "email address: " sEmailAddress
            End

            // Find the photo link and check to see if this contact has a photo.
            Get ComGetChildWithAttr Of hoXml "link" "rel" "http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo" To vXLink
            If (IsComObject(vXLink)) Begin
                Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatXml)) To hoXLink
                Set pvComObject Of hoXLink To vXLink
            End
            Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoXml To bTemp1
            If (bTemp1 = True) Begin
                // Get the photo etag.
                Get ComHasAttribute Of hoXLink "gd:etag" To iBHasPhoto
                If (iBHasPhoto = True) Begin
                    Showln "This contact has a photo."
                End

                Send Destroy of hoXLink
            End

            Move (i + 1) To i
        Loop

        Move (iStartIndex + iMaxResults) To iStartIndex
        Move (iLoopIteration + 1) To iLoopIteration
    Loop



End_Procedure