PHP ActiveX

Download Google Contact Photo

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Demonstrates how to download Google Contact's photo. PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// 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

$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 get the photo, send the following:

// 	GET /m8/feeds/photos/media/default/contactId

$rest->AddHeader('GData-Version','3.0');

$sbPath = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
// Get the photo for the contact having contactId = "1ea2e4fe0ef24e09"
$contactId = '1ea2e4fe0ef24e09';
$sbPath->SetString('/m8/feeds/photos/media/default/{contactId}');
$numReplacements = $sbPath->Replace('{contactId}',$contactId);

$imageData = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$success = $rest->FullRequestNoBodyBd('GET',$sbPath->getAsString(),$imageData);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A 404 response indicates the contact has no photo.
// (We could've first fetched the contact information, parsed out the 
// photo etag, and then if no photo etag existed, we'd know the contact has no
// photo.  Or... we can just try to download the photo and if a 404 is received,
// we know there's no photo.  Much simpler.)
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode == 404) {
    print 'This contact has no photo.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    // If the response was not successful, then the response body
    // does not contain image data.  Instead it contains XML.
    $sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
    $sbResponseBody->AppendBd($imageData,'utf-8',0,0);

    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";
    print 'request startline: ' . $rest->LastRequestStartLine . "\n";
    print 'request header: ' . $rest->LastRequestHeader . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Examine the content-type in the response header so we know what file
// extension to use (.jpg, .png, etc.)
$sbContentType = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbContentType->Append($rest->responseHdrByName('Content-Type'));

if ($sbContentType->ContentsEqual('image/jpeg',0) == 1) {
    $imageData->WriteFile('qa_output/contact_photo.jpg');
}

if ($sbContentType->ContentsEqual('image/png',0) == 1) {
    $imageData->WriteFile('qa_output/contact_photo.png');
}

print 'Content-Type: ' . $sbContentType->getAsString() . "\n";
print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>