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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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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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

    const json_token = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json_token.deinit();
    json_token.loadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleContacts.json") catch {
        std.debug.print("Failed to load googleContacts.json\n", .{});
        return;
    };

    const g_auth = try chilkat.AuthGoogle.init();
    defer g_auth.deinit();
    g_auth.setAccessToken(try json_token.stringOf(alloc, "access_token"));

    const rest = try chilkat.Rest.init();
    defer rest.deinit();

    // Connect using TLS.
    const b_auto_reconnect = true;
    try rest.connect("www.google.com", 443, true, b_auto_reconnect);

    // Provide the authentication credentials (i.e. the access token)
    rest.setAuthGoogle(g_auth) catch {};

    // ----------------------------------------------
    // 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"
    rest.addQueryParam("alt", "json") catch {};
    rest.addHeader("GData-Version", "3.0") catch {};

    const sb_response_body = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_response_body.deinit();
    rest.fullRequestNoBodySb("GET", "/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full", sb_response_body) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try rest.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // A successful response will have a status code equal to 200.
    if (rest.getResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        std.debug.print("response status code = {d}\n", .{rest.getResponseStatusCode()});
        std.debug.print("response status text = {s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseStatusText(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("response header: {s}\n", .{try rest.getResponseHeader(alloc)});
        std.debug.print("response body: {s}\n", .{try sb_response_body.getAsString(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    // If the 200 response was received, then the contacts JSON is contained
    // in the response body.
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.loadSb(sb_response_body) catch {};
    json.setEmitCompact(false);

    // Save the pretty-printed JSON response to a file.
    sb_response_body.clear();
    json.emitSb(sb_response_body) catch {};
    sb_response_body.writeFile("qa_output/google_contacts.json", "utf-8", false) catch {};

    // Parse the Google Contacts JSON, and iterate over the contacts..
    const total_results = json.intOf("feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t");
    const start_index = json.intOf("feed.openSearch$startIndex.$t");
    const items_per_page = json.intOf("feed.openSearch$itemsPerPage.$t");
    std.debug.print("totalResults = {d}\n", .{total_results});
    std.debug.print("startIndex = {d}\n", .{start_index});
    std.debug.print("itemsPerPage = {d}\n", .{items_per_page});

    const num_entries = json.sizeOfArray("feed.entry");
    var i: i32 = 0;
    while (i < num_entries) {
        json.setI(i);
        std.debug.print("{d} ----\n", .{i + 1});
        std.debug.print("title: {s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "feed.entry[i].title.$t")});

        if (json.stringOf(alloc, "feed.entry[i].gd$name.gd$fullName.$t")) |full_name| {
            std.debug.print("fullName: {s}\n", .{full_name});
        } else |_| {}

        // There can be multiple email addresses, so it's stored as a JSON array..
        const num_email_addresses = json.sizeOfArray("feed.entry[i].gd$email");
        var j: i32 = 0;
        while (j < num_email_addresses) {
            if (json.stringOf(alloc, "feed.entry[i].gd$email[j].address")) |email_address| {
                std.debug.print("email address: {s}\n", .{email_address});
            } else |_| {}

            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 ...
    //     }
}