Comments on: 3, 2, 1… Contacts! http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2008/05/02/3-2-1-contacts/ Get Satisfaction's blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:13:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Alex http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2008/05/02/3-2-1-contacts/#comment-4899 Alex Tue, 20 May 2008 17:45:12 +0000 http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2008/05/02/3-2-1-contacts/#comment-4899 Ah no, don't tell me you're screenscraping :( For Windows Live (Hotmail) there is a thing called the Contacts API, you can find more on http://dev.live.com/contacts. There are some examples there, I've made my own example in PHP, which can be found at http://happyfrog.alex-media-services.com. As far as I know, Google is also offering such a API, I'm not sure about Yahoo! though. But please switch to a Contacts API a.s.a.p. as screenscraping is not the way to go. Ah no, don’t tell me you’re screenscraping :(

For Windows Live (Hotmail) there is a thing called the Contacts API, you can find more on http://dev.live.com/contacts.

There are some examples there, I’ve made my own example in PHP, which can be found at http://happyfrog.alex-media-services.com.

As far as I know, Google is also offering such a API, I’m not sure about Yahoo! though.

But please switch to a Contacts API a.s.a.p. as screenscraping is not the way to go.

]]> By: Scott Fleckenstein http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2008/05/02/3-2-1-contacts/#comment-4900 Scott Fleckenstein Tue, 20 May 2008 18:01:29 +0000 http://blog.getsatisfaction.com/2008/05/02/3-2-1-contacts/#comment-4900 Alex, I have seen the live Contacts API, and we'll probably switch to it when we do another round of dev on the contacts import. I chose to include the hotmail import using screenscraping rather than not including it at all. The Contacts API is still in beta, but more importantly, the cost of developing the code to support the API is much more than simply using one of the many currently available open source libraries to screen scrape. Alex,

I have seen the live Contacts API, and we’ll probably switch to it when we do another round of dev on the contacts import. I chose to include the hotmail import using screenscraping rather than not including it at all. The Contacts API is still in beta, but more importantly, the cost of developing the code to support the API is much more than simply using one of the many currently available open source libraries to screen scrape.

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