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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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<?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..
// ----------------------------------------------

$startIndex = 1;
$maxResults = 25;
// The totalResults will get updated with the correct value in the 1st loop iteration..
$totalResults = 100;
// 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

$sbMaxResults = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbMaxResults->AppendInt($maxResults);
$sbStartIndex = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");

$loopIteration = 0;
while ($startIndex <= $totalResults) {

    $sbStartIndex->Clear();
    $sbStartIndex->AppendInt($startIndex);

    $rest->ClearAllHeaders();
    $rest->ClearAllQueryParams();
    $rest->AddHeader('GData-Version','3.0');
    $rest->AddQueryParam('start-index',$sbStartIndex->getAsString());
    $rest->AddQueryParam('max-results',$sbMaxResults->getAsString());

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

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if ($rest->ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
        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 200 response was received, then the contacts XML is contained
    // in the response body.
    $xml = new COM("Chilkat.Xml");
    $xml->LoadSb($sbResponseBody,0);

    // 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.
    $totalResults = $xml->GetChildIntValue('openSearch:totalResults');
    $startIndex2 = $xml->GetChildIntValue('openSearch:startIndex');
    $itemsPerPage = $xml->GetChildIntValue('openSearch:itemsPerPage');
    print 'totalResults = ' . $totalResults . "\n";
    print 'startIndex = ' . $startIndex2 . "\n";
    print 'itemsPerPage = ' . $itemsPerPage . "\n";

    // Iterate over each contact.
    $numEntries = $xml->NumChildrenHavingTag('entry');
    $i = 0;
    while ($i < $numEntries) {
        $xml->I = $i;
        print ($loopIteration * $maxResults + $i + 1) . ' ----' . "\n";
        print 'title: ' . $xml->getChildContent('entry[i]|title') . "\n";

        $idUrl = $xml->getChildContent('entry[i]|id');
        print 'id: ' . $idUrl . "\n";

        $fullName = $xml->chilkatPath('entry[i]|gd:name|gd:fullName|*');
        if ($xml->LastMethodSuccess == 1) {
            print 'fullName: ' . $fullName . "\n";
        }

        $emailAddress = $xml->chilkatPath('entry[i]|gd:email|(address)');
        if ($xml->LastMethodSuccess == 1) {
            print 'email address: ' . $emailAddress . "\n";
        }

        // Find the photo link and check to see if this contact has a photo.
        // xLink is a Chilkat.Xml
        $xLink = $xml->GetChildWithAttr('link','rel','http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo');
        if ($xml->LastMethodSuccess == 1) {
            // Get the photo etag.
            $bHasPhoto = $xLink->HasAttribute('gd:etag');
            if ($bHasPhoto == 1) {
                print 'This contact has a photo.' . "\n";
            }

        }

        $i = $i + 1;
    }

    $startIndex = $startIndex + $maxResults;
    $loopIteration = $loopIteration + 1;
}


?>