Batch Operation Response for Google Contacts API

[Test]

Hi all,

My question is that while doing the batch operation in Google as
XML request and response, whether the response will change after some
days?
I have done a batch operation for insert.Below is the request and
the corresponding response I was getting till yesterday.

REQUEST
----------------------------------------------------
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'
xmlns:gContact='http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008'
xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005'
xmlns:batch='http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch'>
<category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
term='http://schemas.google.com/g/2008#contact' />
<entry>
<batch:operation type='insert' />
<category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'
term='http://schemas.google.com/g/2008#contact' />
<title type='text'>TEST</title>
</entry>
</feed>
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RESPONSE
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<atom:feed xmlns:batch="http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch"
xmlns:gContact="http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:gd="http://
schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/
opensearchrss/1.0/">
<atom:id></atom:id>
<atom:updated></atom:updated>
<atom:title type="text">Batch Feed</atom:title>
<atom:link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed"
type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/
contacts/test.scf%40gmail.com/full"/>
<atom:link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post'
type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/
contacts/test.scf%40gmail.com/full'/>
<atom:link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#batch"
type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/
contacts/test.scf%40gmail.com/full/batch"/>
<atom:entry>
<atom:id></atom:id>
<atom:updated></atom:updated>
<atom:category scheme="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind"
term="http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact"/>
<atom:title type="text">TEST</atom:title>
<atom:link rel="http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#edit-
photo" type="image/*" href="http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/
media/test.scf%40gmail.com/18117d8c89228896/1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg"/>
<atom:link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://
www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.scf%40gmail.com/full/18117d8c89228896"/>
<atom:link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://
www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.scf%40gmail.com/full/18117d8c89228896/1242376285953000"/>
<batch:status reason="Created" code="201"/>
<batch:operation type="insert"/>
</atom:entry>
</atom:feed>
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You will be seeing 3 <atom:link> tags for #feed,#post,#batch after
<atom:title type="text">Batch Feed</atom:title> tags here.

But Today I am not getting the entire line containing the <atom:link
rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post> in my response though the
contact is getting inserted into google..It would be a tough task if
the response is getting changed from time to time for the same
request.
Can anybody check on this issue?

Thanks,
Test

[Julian (Google)]

Hi,

I am not able to reproduce exactly the error you describe, please if
possible post also the other Response that is missing the links
relations.

Thanks,
Julian.

>     <atom:link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.scf%40gmail.com/full/18117d8c89..."/>
>     <atom:link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.scf%40gmail.com/full/18117d8c89..."/>

[Test SCF]

Hi

   Yes sure. Here I have shown the Response getting below that is missing the links.

    I have highlighted the missing link 

   

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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><atom:feed xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gContact='http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008' xmlns:batch='http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005'>

<atom:id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/full</atom:id>

<atom:updated>2009-05-15T08:09:11.074Z</atom:updated>

<atom:title type='text'>Batch Feed</atom:title>

<atom:link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/full'/>

<!-- here <atom:link rel=http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post> is missing. -->

<atom:link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#batch' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/full/batch'/>

<atom:entry>

<atom:id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/base/3db103238971db25</atom:id>

<atom:updated>2009-05-15T08:09:11.062Z</atom:updated>

<atom:category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind' term='http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact'/>

<atom:title type='text'>TEST</atom:title>

<atom:link rel='http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#edit-photo' type='image/*' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/3db103238971db25/1B2M2Y8AsgTpgAmY7PhCfg'/>

<atom:link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/full/3db103238971db25'/>

<atom:link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/full/3db103238971db25/1242374951062000'/>

<batch:status code='201' reason='Created'/>

<batch:operation type='insert'/>

</atom:entry>

</atom:feed>

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[Julian (Google)]

Hi,

Usually there are not big changes on the feeds, but changes like this
one could eventually happen. We'll try to post about changes in
advance.

Thanks,
Julian.

On May 15, 4:18 pm, Test SCF <test....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>    Yes sure. Here I have shown the Response getting below that is missing
> the links.
>     I have highlighted the missing link
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><atom:feed xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'xmlns:gContact='http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008'xmlns:batch='http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch'xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005'>
> <atom:id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/full
> </atom:id>
> <atom:updated>2009-05-15T08:09:11.074Z</atom:updated>
> <atom:title type='text'>Batch Feed</atom:title>
> <atom:link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed'

> type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/fu...>

>
> <!-- here <atom:link rel=http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post> is missing.
> -->
>
> <atom:link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#batch'

> type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/fu...
>
> <atom:entry>
> <atom:id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/ba...

> </atom:id>
> <atom:updated>2009-05-15T08:09:11.062Z</atom:updated>
> <atom:category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'term='http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact'/>
> <atom:title type='text'>TEST</atom:title>
> <atom:link rel='http://schemas.google.com/contacts/2008/rel#edit-photo'

> type='image/*' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/photos/media/test.gcontacts%40gmail.co...
>
> <atom:link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/fu...
>
> <atom:link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/fu...

> >http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.scf%40gmail.com/full/181.....
> > ."/>

> > >     <atom:link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="

> >http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.scf%40gmail.com/full/181.....

[Test SCF]

Thanks Julian,

One another question is that while retrieving the contacts using query parameters I found in the Contacts API reference guide like this:

GET http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/liz%40gmail.com/full?updated-min=2007-03-16T00:00:00

So in the URL we will pass the updated-min parameter to get the last updated contacts as per the date time.Similarly what is the procedure for getting the

last updated events using batch operation especially using <batch:operation type='query' />   through POST method?

What will be the URL given? How will be the Request and related Response ?

Regards,

Test.

[Julian (Google)]

Hi,

You can use the <updated> element, but only to query one Contact each
time because a Batch Query need the contact's ID, for example:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:gContact='http://

schemas.google.com/contact/2008' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/
2005' xmlns:batch='http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch'>
<entry>

<batch:operation type='query' />

<id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/user\%40domain.com/
full/397fb58e8b9eb8ee/1242812330177000</id>
<updated>2009-05-20T09:38:50.177Z</updated>
</entry>
</feed>

To retrieve all contacts you would need to use the regular feed
instead of the batch.

--Julian

On May 19, 1:17 pm, Test SCF <test....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Julian,
> One another question is that while retrieving the contacts using query
> parameters I found in the Contacts API reference guide like this:
>

> GEThttp://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/liz%40gmail.com/full?updated-...

>
> So in the URL we will pass the updated-min parameter to get the last updated
> contacts as per the date time.Similarly what is the procedure for getting
> the
> last updated events using batch operation especially using <batch:operation
> type='query' />   through POST method?
> What will be the URL given? How will be the Request and related Response ?
>
> Regards,
> Test.
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Julian (Google) <j...@google.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Usually there are not big changes on the feeds, but changes like this
> > one could eventually happen. We'll try to post about changes in
> > advance.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Julian.
>
> > On May 15, 4:18 pm, Test SCF <test....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >    Yes sure. Here I have shown the Response getting below that is missing
> > > the links.
> > >     I have highlighted the missing link
>
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><atom:feed xmlns:atom='

> >http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/op...

> > '>
> > > <atom:id>
> >http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/full
> > > </atom:id>
> > > <atom:updated>2009-05-15T08:09:11.074Z</atom:updated>
> > > <atom:title type='text'>Batch Feed</atom:title>
> > > <atom:link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed'
> > > type='application/atom+xml' href='
> >http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/fu...>
>
> > > <!-- here <atom:link rel=http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#post> is
> > missing.
> > > -->
>
> > > <atom:link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#batch'
> > > type='application/atom+xml' href='
> >http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/fu...
>
> > > <atom:entry>
> > > <atom:id>
> >http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/test.gcontacts%40gmail.com/ba...
> > > </atom:id>
> > > <atom:updated>2009-05-15T08:09:11.062Z</atom:updated>
> > > <atom:category scheme='

> >http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'term='http://schemas.google.com...