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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 chilkat = require("chilkat")

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

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

print(xml:get_xml())

-- 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

local jsonToken = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
local success = jsonToken:load_file("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json")
if not success then
    print("Failed to load googleContacts.json")
    return
end

local gAuth = chilkat.AuthGoogle.new()
gAuth.access_token = jsonToken:string_of("access_token")

local rest = chilkat.Rest.new()

-- Connect using TLS.
local bAutoReconnect = true
success = rest:connect("www.google.com", 443, true, bAutoReconnect)

-- Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
rest:set_auth_google(gAuth)

-- ----------------------------------------------
-- 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

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

local sbRequestBody = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
local sbResponseBody = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
xml:get_xml_sb(sbRequestBody)
success = rest:full_request_sb("POST", "/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full", sbRequestBody, sbResponseBody)
if not success then
    print(rest.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- A successful response will have a status code equal to 201.
if rest.response_status_code ~= 201 then
    print("response status code = " .. rest.response_status_code)
    print("response status text = " .. rest.response_status_text)
    print("response header: " .. rest.response_header)
    print("response body: " .. sbResponseBody:get_as_string())
    return
end

-- If the 201 response was received, then the contact was successfully created,
-- and there is no response body.
print("Contact created.")