I agree. I would use the update time from the last contact entry. but still I need to find a place in google to store this timestamp and I prefer at group level. any suggestion?
On 13 April 2012 10:08, Alain Vongsouvanh <[email protected]> wrote: > For the "provided time", I would recommend using the contact's "updated" > time that you get back from the API after an update (or insert). > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> I don't know how you decide the value for "provided time", knowing >> there's random delay in updating contacts. And that's why I prefer >> update the group after all operation are done. It's easy for me find >> new/changed contacts when I know when was the last sync time(the >> update time for the group). >> >> >> On Apr 13, 6:06 am, Alain Vongsouvanh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > It is not possible to update System groups. You can however use the >> > "group=<GROUP_ATOM_ID>" and "updated-min" query parameters to retrieve >> > contacts belonging to the targeted group that have been updated since >> the >> > provided time. >> > More information about query parameters can be found here: >> > https://developers.google.com/google-apps/contacts/v3/reference#Param. >> .. >> > >> > Best, >> > Alain >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > I would like to make some change to the "My Contacts" system group, so >> > > the updated time for the group will be refreshed. The updated time >> > > then can be used to find any changed contact entry after the sync. >> > >> > > For a custom group, I could add a extended property then update the >> > > group, the updated time will be freshed. But this doesn't work for >> > > system group? >> > >> > > -- >> > > 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 >> > >> > -- >> > Alain Vongsouvanh | Developer Programs Engineer >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Alain Vongsouvanh | Developer Programs Engineer > > -- > 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 > -- Best regards, Tony Zhang 1place Limited Level 3, 11 Clayton Street, Newmarket |Auckland 1740, New Zealand Phone: +64 9 5200612 | Mob: +64 21 813900 Email: [email protected] | www.1placeonline.com -- 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
