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Google Contacts - Retrieve as JSON

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Demonstrates how to retrieve Google Contacts as JSON.

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// 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

let json_token = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
if json_token.load_file("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json").is_err() {
    println!("Failed to load googleContacts.json");
    return;
}

let g_auth = chilkat::AuthGoogle::new();
g_auth.set_access_token(&json_token.string_of("access_token").unwrap_or_default());

let rest = chilkat::Rest::new();

// Connect using TLS.
let b_auto_reconnect = true;
let _ = rest.connect("www.google.com", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect).is_ok();

// Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
let _ = rest.set_auth_google(&g_auth);

// ----------------------------------------------
// OK, the REST connection setup is completed..
// ----------------------------------------------

// To retrieve the contacts, we need to send the following:

// 	GET /m8/feeds/contacts/default/full
// 	GData-Version: 3.0

// To get the contacts data in JSON format, set the "alt" query parameter to "json"
let _ = rest.add_query_param("alt", "json");
let _ = rest.add_header("GData-Version", "3.0");

let sb_response_body = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
if rest.full_request_no_body_sb("GET", "/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full", &sb_response_body).is_err() {
    println!("{}", rest.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
if rest.response_status_code() != 200 {
    println!("response status code = {}", rest.response_status_code());
    println!("response status text = {}", rest.response_status_text());
    println!("response header: {}", rest.response_header());
    println!("response body: {}", sb_response_body.get_as_string().unwrap_or_default());
    return;
}

// If the 200 response was received, then the contacts JSON is contained
// in the response body.
let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json.load_sb(&sb_response_body);
json.set_emit_compact(false);

// Save the pretty-printed JSON response to a file.
sb_response_body.clear();
let _ = json.emit_sb(&sb_response_body);
let _ = sb_response_body.write_file("qa_output/google_contacts.json", "utf-8", false);

// Parse the Google Contacts JSON, and iterate over the contacts..
let total_results = json.int_of("feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t");
let start_index = json.int_of("feed.openSearch$startIndex.$t");
let items_per_page = json.int_of("feed.openSearch$itemsPerPage.$t");
println!("totalResults = {}", total_results);
println!("startIndex = {}", start_index);
println!("itemsPerPage = {}", items_per_page);

let num_entries = json.size_of_array("feed.entry");
let mut i = 0;
while i < num_entries {
    json.set_i(i);
    println!("{} ----", i + 1);
    println!("title: {}", json.string_of("feed.entry[i].title.$t").unwrap_or_default());

    if let Ok(full_name) = json.string_of("feed.entry[i].gd$name.gd$fullName.$t") {
        println!("fullName: {}", full_name);
    }

    // There can be multiple email addresses, so it's stored as a JSON array..
    let num_email_addresses = json.size_of_array("feed.entry[i].gd$email");
    let mut j = 0;
    while j < num_email_addresses {
        if let Ok(email_address) = json.string_of("feed.entry[i].gd$email[j].address") {
            println!("email address: {}", email_address);
        }

        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}

// A sample Google Contacts JSON response:

// 	{ 
// 	  "version": "1.0",
// 	  "encoding": "UTF-8",
// 	  "feed": { 
// 	    "xmlns": "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom",
// 	    "xmlns$openSearch": "http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/",
// 	    "xmlns$gContact": "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008",
// 	    "xmlns$batch": "http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch",
// 	    "xmlns$gd": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005",
// 	    "gd$etag": "\"QHw5eTVSLyt7I2A9XRFaE0kNTwI.\"",
// 	    "id": { 
// 	      "$t": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// 	    },
// 	    "updated": { 
// 	      "$t": "2016-11-17T01:57:41.221Z"
// 	    },
// 	    "category": [
// 	      { 
// 	        "scheme": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind",
// 	        "term": "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"
// 	      }
// 	    ],
// 	    "title": { 
// 	      "$t": "Chilkat Support's Contacts"
// 	    },
// 	    "link": [
// 	      { 
// 	        "rel": "alternate",
// 	        "type": "text/html",
// 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/"
// 	      },
// 	      { 
// 	        "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed",
// 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
// 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full"
// 	      },
// 	      { 
// 	        "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post",
// 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
// 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full"
// 	      },
// 	      { 
// 	        "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#batch",
// 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
// 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full/batch"
// 	      },
// 	      { 
// 	        "rel": "self",
// 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
// 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full?max-results=25&alt=json"
// 	      },
// 	      { 
// 	        "rel": "next",
// 	        "type": "application/atom+xml",
// 	        "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full?max-results=25&alt=json&start-index=26"
// 	      }
// 	    ],
// 	    "author": [
// 	      { 
// 	        "name": { 
// 	          "$t": "Chilkat Support"
// 	        },
// 	        "email": { 
// 	          "$t": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
// 	        }
// 	      }
// 	    ],
// 	    "generator": { 
// 	      "version": "1.0",
// 	      "uri": "http://www.google.com/m8/feeds",
// 	      "$t": "Contacts"
// 	    },
// 	    "openSearch$totalResults": { 
// 	      "$t": "350"
// 	    },
// 	    "openSearch$startIndex": { 
// 	      "$t": "1"
// 	    },
// 	    "openSearch$itemsPerPage": { 
// 	      "$t": "25"
// 	    },
// 	    "entry": [
// 	      { 
// 	        "id": { 
// 	          "$t": "http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/base/0"
// 	        },
// 	        "gd$etag": "\"SX8zcTVSLyt7I2A9WxBXFU4MQwI.\"",
// 	        "updated": { 
// 	          "$t": "2010-01-26T20:07:48.189Z"
// 	        },
// 	        "app$edited": { 
// 	          "xmlns$app": "http://www.w3.org/2007/app",
// 	          "$t": "2010-01-26T20:07:48.189Z"
// 	        },
// 	        "category": [
// 	          { 
// 	            "scheme": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind",
// 	            "term": "http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"
// 	          }
// 	        ],
// 	        "title": { 
// 	          "$t": "Joe Sample"
// 	        },
// 	        "link": [
// 	          { 
// 	            "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#photo",
// 	            "type": "image/*",
// 	            "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/0"
// 	          },
// 	          { 
// 	            "rel": "self",
// 	            "type": "application/atom+xml",
// 	            "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full/0"
// 	          },
// 	          { 
// 	            "rel": "edit",
// 	            "type": "application/atom+xml",
// 	            "href": "https://www.googleapis.com/m8/feeds/contacts/chilkat.support%40gmail.com/full/0"
// 	          }
// 	        ],
// 	        "gd$name": { 
// 	          "gd$fullName": { 
// 	            "$t": "Joe Sample"
// 	          },
// 	          "gd$givenName": { 
// 	            "$t": "Joe"
// 	          },
// 	          "gd$familyName": { 
// 	            "$t": "Sample"
// 	          }
// 	        },
// 	        "gd$email": [
// 	          { 
// 	            "address": "somebody@gmail.com",
// 	            "primary": "true",
// 	            "rel": "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other"
// 	          }
// 	        ]
// 	      },
// 		... more entries ...
// 	}