Hi, I am planning to develop a PHP application that uses Google Contacts Data API. I have a few questions in mind that I thought to get some input here. These questions might sound a bit stupid, and I can't promise that they will be the last. I am really beginner in using Google Data API, so I hope I can get some good pointers here.
1. Currently I know there is 2 ways for me to call the API, either via low level REST call, or through a PHP client library. Which is the recommended way? My thoughts are the latter method is more productive as I don't have to deal with the low level HTTP connection and decoding the REST response. 2. I noticed Google does not have an official client library for PHP. The only one that I found out from Google page is distributed as part of Zend framework. Can anyone who used this before share some experience here? How usable is the library? Does it support Google Contacts? 3. The OAuth process sounds quite straightforward to me conceptually, but handling the process on the programming level seems a bit daunting and tedious. Is there any good PHP class library for facilitating the OAuth process? 4. My PHP application will be deployed under a shared web hosting. Will this causes any problem on installing any third party libraries? I heard from my friend that this can be somewhat problematic, as the web host typically already predefined the PHP include directory in php.ini where I have no way to modify it. On the other hand, I don't think web host will allow me to install my third party library at the current include directory as well. How do I go about this? 5. Any good and simple tutorial to recommend to get me started on using Google Contacts Data API in PHP? Thanks in advance! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Contacts, Shared Contacts and User Profiles APIs" 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://code.google.com/apis/contacts/community/forum.html
