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Google Contacts - Adding/Updating a photo for a contact

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Demonstrates how to upload a photo for a Google Contact.

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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..
// ----------------------------------------------

// To upload a photo for the contact, send the following:

// 	PUT /m8/feeds/photos/media/default/contactId
// 	If-match: Etag
// 	Content-Type: image/*
// 	...
// 	[Photo data bytes]

$rest->AddHeader('GData-Version','3.0');
$rest->AddHeader('If-Match','*');
$rest->AddHeader('Content-Type','image/*');

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

// Let's get our photo data..
$pngData = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");
$success = $pngData->LoadFile('qa_data/png/dude.png');

$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $rest->FullRequestBd('PUT',$sbPath->getAsString(),$pngData,$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 success response was received.
print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $sbResponseBody->getAsString() . "\n";
print 'Success.' . "\n";

?>