Tomek- So is the behavior I described a known issue? If so, it sounds like API clients that need structured data will still have to a heuristic- based parsing after the user edits contacts using the Contacts UI. Is that right?
Thanks, Charlie On Jun 10, 6:30 am, Tomek <[email protected]> wrote: > We're aware that the Contacts UI behavior is suboptimal, and we're > working on improving it. > > Tomek > > On Jun 10, 12:06 pm, "bartjo!" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I can't imagine that Google will not update the Contacts UI soon to > > match the behavior of the API. > > > On Jun 9, 9:00 pm, Charlie Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It looks like the Google Contacts web UI (both in Gmail and Google > > > Apps) destroys the structured name information when the user edits a > > > contact's name and the structured address information when the user > > > edits the contact's address. > > > > From the migration guide (http://is.gd/VqhM) I had assumed that Google > > > would apply some heuristics to the edited unstructured name/address to > > > populate the structured fields. > > > > Is this a bug or a feature? ;-) > > > > Here's how to reproduce the problematic behavior: > > > > * Create a contact using the Contact Data API v3 and include a > > > structured name, like: > > > <gd:name> > > > <gd:namePrefix>Dr.</gd:namePrefix> > > > <gd:givenName>Eric</gd:givenName> > > > <gd:additionalName>Emerson</gd:additionalName> > > > <gd:familyName>Schmidt</gd:familyName> > > > <gd:nameSuffix>Ph.D.</gd:nameSuffix> > > > </gd:name> > > > * Fetch the contacts feed using the API, verify that the structured > > > data is there, including a generated <gd:fullName /> > > > * Edit the contact in the Google Contacts web UI (e.g., change > > > "Emerson" to "E.") > > > * Fetch the contacts feed using the API, verify that the structured > > > data is gone, leaving only the <gd:fullName /> > > > > I get similar results when editing postal addresses. Please let me > > > know if you need any more info. > > > > Thanks, > > > Charlie --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Contacts API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-contacts-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
