Incredible timing. I was already working on some multi-language scripting to parse the xml from Google Contacts for this SAME purpose. Then I decided this was silly. Surely Google has this in their APIs...
Oh, well. :) Guys, seriously, I know the "contacts" portion of Google is new, but it's almost impossible to do mass editing or cleanup with the tools provided. I second the motion for a feature request for "Merge Contacts" in the the API, but the root cause is that it's just too difficult to manage Contacts in Google with the tools provided. It's actually easier to sync with another PIM/PDA, edit, and re-sync. I really wish I had more time to invest in this, but I need to get my contacts organized quickly (I've got my reasons). On Oct 15, 11:50 am, "Julian (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Unfortunately, this function from the Web UI is not available in the > API. I will open a feature request, but this may not happen in the > near future. If you delete a contact, as you mention you may lose some > information. > > Cheers, > Julian. > > On Oct 14, 10:29 pm, Bo Cowgill <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'd be interested in having a function for merging two contacts. > > > I could write this manually, but I'm concerned about getting the > > functionality I need. Suppose I delete and re-add a contact on my > > Gmail chat list. Will this send them a new chat invite? I don't want > > that -- they've already approved my chat invite and I don't want to > > send another one. Same with my list of Reader contacts and others. > > > The merge functionality in Gmail and the Contacts front end works > > great, but it is a manual process only. I have too many contacts that > > need merging to go through them one by one. That's why I wanted to use > > this API to write a script. Any ideas on how to do this appreciated > > (also, perhaps some of you have already done this?) > > > Bo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
