Retrieve Gmail Address Book 1

[dstrange]

Hi I very new to C#,

I got a small app working to send emails using my Gmail account. Is there a way I can connect to my Gmail address book and populate the addresses into a combo box? Much appreciated.

 

[EBGreen]

Are you using an API to connect to google email or are you just using a browser object?

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[dstrange]

API

 

[EBGreen]

Which API?

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[dstrange]

This is all the working code I have. Right now the recipiant is hardcoded within the program. I was gonna update it to have it reference a text box but figure filling a combo box with my gmail contacts is a better way. I just don't know how to go about it. Sorry for the newbieness.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Email_GUI
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string subject = txtSubject.Text;
            string message = txtMessage.Text;
            //bool MyBool = true;

            if (subject == "" )
            {
                subject = "From Dave";
            }

            if (message == "" )
            {
                message  = "Just saying hi";
            }

            System.Net.Mail.MailMessage MyMailMessage = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage("my.email@gmail.com", "recipiant@gmail.com", subject , message); //sender, recipiant, subject,msg
            MyMailMessage.IsBodyHtml = false;
            System.Net.NetworkCredential mailAuthentication = new
            System.Net.NetworkCredential("my.email@gmail.com", "Gmail password");
            System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient mailClient = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587);
            mailClient.EnableSsl = true;
            mailClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
            mailClient.Credentials = mailAuthentication;
            mailClient.Send(MyMailMessage);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

 

[dseaver]

I am making an application using the google Calendar API and the C# is very well written, so far, I can get all the entries in all of the calendars, eventually i plan to make my program sync my winmo 5 phone with the cal, and eventually contacts

 

[dseaver]

Go to code.google.com and check out the .net api's

 

[EBGreen]

I do not think that SMTP support retrieving addresses from the server. Google Mail recently started supporting IMap and I believe you would be able to see the address book via IMap.

[red]"... isn't sanity really just a one trick pony anyway?! I mean, all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you are good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" - The Tick[/red]

 

[dseaver]

I did some digging last night about the gmail address book and they have yet to release the API for it, it seems as thought it is being asked for alot