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Import Google Contacts in C#

This document provides code to import Google contacts into an ASP.NET MVC application. It includes code to authenticate with Google APIs, retrieve an access token, and get contact data from a user's Google account. The code makes API requests to Google to authorize the app, then uses the access token to get a list of up to 5000 contacts for each user, extracting each contact's name and email address. It stores the email addresses in a list to return to the view. The view only needs an action link to call the import method.

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Import Google Contacts in C#

This document provides code to import Google contacts into an ASP.NET MVC application. It includes code to authenticate with Google APIs, retrieve an access token, and get contact data from a user's Google account. The code makes API requests to Google to authorize the app, then uses the access token to get a list of up to 5000 contacts for each user, extracting each contact's name and email address. It stores the email addresses in a list to return to the view. The view only needs an action link to call the import method.

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Import Google Contacts

Section 161.1: Requirements


To Import Google(Gmail) contacts in ASP.NET MVC application, first download "Google API setup"
This will grant the
following references:
using Google.Contacts;
using Google.GData.Client;
using Google.GData.Contacts;
using Google.GData.Extensions;
Add these to the relevant application.
Section 161.2: Source code in the controller
using Google.Contacts;
using Google.GData.Client;
using Google.GData.Contacts;
using Google.GData.Extensions;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
namespace GoogleContactImport.Controllers
{
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
return View();
}
public ActionResult Import()
{
string clientId = ""; // here you need to add your google client id
string redirectUrl = "http://localhost:1713/Home/AddGoogleContacts"; // here your
redirect action method NOTE: you need to configure same url in google console
Response.Redirect("https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?redirect_uri=" +
redirectUrl + "&amp&response_type=code&amp&client_id=" + clientId +
"&amp&scope=https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/&approval_prompt=force&access_type=offline");
return View();
}
public ActionResult AddGoogleContacts()
{
string code = Request.QueryString["code"];
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(code))
{
var contacts = GetAccessToken().ToArray();
if (contacts.Length > 0)
{
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// You will get all contacts here
return View("Index",contacts);
}
else
{
return RedirectToAction("Index","Home");
}
}
else
{
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");
}
}
public List<GmailContacts> GetAccessToken()
{
string code = Request.QueryString["code"];
string google_client_id = ""; //your google client Id
string google_client_sceret = ""; // your google secret key
string google_redirect_url = "http://localhost:1713/MyContact/AddGoogleContacts";
HttpWebRequest webRequest =
(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token");
webRequest.Method = "POST";
string parameters = "code=" + code + "&client_id=" + google_client_id +
"&client_secret=" + google_client_sceret + "&redirect_uri=" + google_redirect_url +
"&grant_type=authorization_code";
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(parameters);
webRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
webRequest.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
Stream postStream = webRequest.GetRequestStream();
// Add the post data to the web request
postStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
postStream.Close();
WebResponse response = webRequest.GetResponse();
postStream = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(postStream);
string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd();
GooglePlusAccessToken serStatus =
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GooglePlusAccessToken>(responseFromServer);
/*End*/
return GetContacts(serStatus);
}
public List<GmailContacts> GetContacts(GooglePlusAccessToken serStatus)
{
string google_client_id = ""; //client id
string google_client_sceret = ""; //secret key
/*Get Google Contacts From Access Token and Refresh Token*/
// string refreshToken = serStatus.refresh_token;
string accessToken = serStatus.access_token;
string scopes = "https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full/";
OAuth2Parameters oAuthparameters = new OAuth2Parameters()
{
ClientId = google_client_id,
ClientSecret = google_client_sceret,
RedirectUri = "http://localhost:1713/Home/AddGoogleContacts",
Scope = scopes,
AccessToken = accessToken,
// RefreshToken = refreshToken
};
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RequestSettings settings = new RequestSettings("App Name", oAuthparameters);
ContactsRequest cr = new ContactsRequest(settings);
ContactsQuery query = new ContactsQuery(ContactsQuery.CreateContactsUri("default"));
query.NumberToRetrieve = 5000;
Feed<Contact> ContactList = cr.GetContacts();
List<GmailContacts> olist = new List<GmailContacts>();
foreach (Contact contact in ContactList.Entries)
{
foreach (EMail email in contact.Emails)
{
GmailContacts gc = new GmailContacts();
gc.EmailID = email.Address;
var a = contact.Name.FullName;
olist.Add(gc);
}
}
return olist;
}
public class GmailContacts
{
public string EmailID
{
get { return _EmailID; }
set { _EmailID = value; }
}
private string _EmailID;
}
public class GooglePlusAccessToken
{
public GooglePlusAccessToken()
{}
public string access_token
{
get { return _access_token; }
set { _access_token = value; }
}
private string _access_token;
public string token_type
{
get { return _token_type; }
set { _token_type = value; }
}
private string _token_type;
public string expires_in
{
get { return _expires_in; }
set { _expires_in = value; }
}
private string _expires_in;
}
}
}
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Section 161.3: Source code in the view
The only action method you need to add is to add an action link present below
<a href='@Url.Action("Import", "Home")'>Import Google Contacts</a>

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