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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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<?php

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

print $xml->getXml() . "\n";

// 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

$jsonToken = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json');
if ($success != 1) {
    print 'Failed to load googleContacts.json' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$gAuth = new COM("Chilkat.AuthGoogle");
$gAuth->AccessToken = $jsonToken->stringOf('access_token');

$rest = new COM("Chilkat.Rest");

// Connect using TLS.
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect('www.google.com',443,1,$bAutoReconnect);

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
$rest->SetAuthGoogle($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->AddHeader('Content-Type','application/atom+xml');
$rest->AddHeader('GData-Version','3.0');

$sbRequestBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$xml->GetXmlSb($sbRequestBody);
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb('POST','/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full',$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 201.
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 201) {
    print 'response status code = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusCode . "\n";
    print 'response status text = ' . $rest->ResponseStatusText . "\n";
    print 'response header: ' . $rest->ResponseHeader . "\n";
    print 'response body: ' . $sbResponseBody->getAsString() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// If the 201 response was received, then the contact was successfully created,
// and there is no response body.
print 'Contact created.' . "\n";

?>