Recent update: 2008-3-21
Astoria is briefly described here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb419139.aspx and the CTP download (including some useful whitepapers) can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b6f85bc-8933-4d0e-a639-934ef85adce1&DisplayLang=en. Windows Live Data ...
Hi,I'm trying to use your Live Data Code sample, but am getting:Can't share informationSorry, your Windows Live information can't be shared bedause of a temporary problem with the service. Please try again laterJust wanted to see if this is a general error that affects everyone atm or if ...
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PCHOU at 2008-3-5
Hi,This is my request uri: "https://cumulus.services.live.com/XYZ@hotmail.com/LiveContacts/Contacts"Auhtorization header:"WLID1.0 ...
I've managed to get a ticket via Relying Party Suite, but now I've no idea how to use it. The examples available all use DomainAuthToken.Here's the example from Windows Live Data Code sample Code Snippetrequest.Headers.Add("Authorization", "DomainAuthToken at=\"" + ...
Hi,First of all, I just want to say that this forum has been very helpful to me as a developer because I was running into similar problems. Now, I have a new one and I was hoping someone can help.After signing in into my application, I get the following error message: Can't share information ...
Can someone post an example of some code which sets the header for how to utilize the filters? I can't make sense of what the docs are asking me to do.Setting it as an http header doesn't seem to work.Mind you I'm using PHP for my testing and here's the code: $url = ...
I have a question regardinf user Handler, this is required for our DB design. So can you please let me know.Is user Handler is always email address?example if I have a userid xyz@hotmail.co.uk then user handler becomes my userid?thanks ...
this sample code in msdn seems to work:<a href="https://ux.cumulus.services.live.com/pgux/default.aspx?rl=https://www.sample.com/permit.aspx&pl=https://www.sample.com/privacy.html&ps=LiveContacts.ReadOnly">Grant Permission</a>But when i replace www.sample.com with ...
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PCHOU at 2008-2-25
Hi,I am writting an IE Explorer bar that use Live ID to authenticate users. Also I need to be able to get the Messenger Contacts of a user. I looked at the documentation to see how to use the Live Data API and then at the Authentication model for that, do you think I should use the RPS auth ...
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demo4 at 2008-2-24
Hello,Each time I try to authenticate with Windows Live Date using RPS I get an "invalid request" error response.<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><S:Envelope xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" ...
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demo4 at 2008-2-23
Hello,Each time I try to authenticate with Windows Live Date using RPS I get an "invalid request" error response.<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><S:Envelope xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" ...
I am trying to setup access to Live Contacts using mutual SSL authentication as I don't want to have to store the domainauthtoken for each user. I have installed a valid certificate on my site but I'm unsure of the steps I need to take to configure IIS and the code I need to associate the ...
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demo4 at 2008-2-22
Hello,Each time I try to authenticate with Windows Live Date using RPS I get an "invalid request" error response.<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><S:Envelope xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" ...
I can successfully authenticate and I get back the validated [ResponseCode] [DomainAuthenticationToken] [OwnerHandle] But when I try to do a GET using the LiveContacts method, I get back an HTTP 400 error and this message: Bad Request (Invalid Header Name) Any ideas? --FB ...
We want to import user contacts after the successful login, how do we get <span id="_ctl0_MainContent_PostFlatView"><span><font size=2>DomainAuthenticationToken to call the contacts API webservice ? </font></span></span>
Hi,Can you help on this? I am trying to get windows contact data using java program and end up with an error 403 Forbidden.I already get userhandle, DomainAuthenticationToken, RequestApproved information and then trying to open an URL connection with the uri, ...
I'm a bit confused about how to do a post. On this page: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb463957.aspxThe example shows:POST /someone@example.com/LiveContacts HTTP/1.1On this page: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb463980.aspxThe example shows:POST ...
I'm a bit confused about how to do a post. On this page: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb463957.aspxThe example shows:POST /someone@example.com/LiveContacts HTTP/1.1On this page: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb463980.aspxThe example shows:POST ...
Astoria is briefly described here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb419139.aspx and the CTP download (including some useful whitepapers) can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b6f85bc-8933-4d0e-a639-934ef85adce1&DisplayLang=en. Windows Live Data ...
I can successfully authenticate and I get back the validated [ResponseCode] [DomainAuthenticationToken] [OwnerHandle] But when I try to do a GET using the LiveContacts method, I get back an HTTP 400 error and this message: Bad Request (Invalid Header Name) Any ideas? --FB ...
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ChrisW at 2008-2-15
The documentation about Domain Authentication found here seems to contain an error. Six possible response codes are defined, including OwnerWontLogIn. However, the system seems to return OwnerWontLogin (notice the lowercase i) if the user doesn't want to sign-in.As a result, code using case ...
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ChrisW at 2008-2-15
The REST schema of the Contacts API defines a WindowsLiveID element for the Address Book owner (the /LiveContacts/Owner element in the schema). The minimum number of occurrences of this element is 0 and the maximum number is 1, but so far I only observed the element being present.As the minimum ...
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e-dude at 2008-2-15
Hi, Is there an asp.net (C#) example available for retrieving live contacts? Thanks
This forum is a place to discussions and questions related to the Windows Live Contacts API and the Windows Live Data permission system. Windows Live Contacts API is an HTTP-based service that enables developers to programmatically submit queries to and retrieve results from the Windows Live ...
I managed to make authetntication and i get back the token, but I dont know how to retrieve contacts list, because you need to add request header. If anyone managed to do this with PHP, please post it here. Thank you.
When am doing a 'GET' request i don't get the fields 'Nickname', 'Website' and 'Notes' in the response for any contact. Am getting the values of all other fields. I have set these fields also while creating the contact at Live but i still can't obtain the value of these fields. Is it ...
Can anybody tell me how to access Calendar API data from msn for perticular login in third party website. which API can i use for that? Reply
Is there any reason why the owner's contact information is so limited? We can use the contact API to fetch name, address, email, and all other personal information about everyone BUT the user in question.The sample use case in the documentation talks about getting shipping information for a ...
I managed to make authetntication and i get back the token, but I dont know how to retrieve contacts list, because you need to add request header. If anyone managed to do this with PHP, please post it here. Thank you.
Astoria is briefly described here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb419139.aspx and the CTP download (including some useful whitepapers) can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b6f85bc-8933-4d0e-a639-934ef85adce1&DisplayLang=en.Windows Live Data is ...
When am doing a 'GET' request i don't get the fields 'Nickname', 'Website' and 'Notes' in the response for any contact. Am getting the values of all other fields. I have set these fields also while creating the contact at Live but i still can't obtain the value of these fields. Is it ...
Astoria is briefly described here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb419139.aspx and the CTP download (including some useful whitepapers) can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b6f85bc-8933-4d0e-a639-934ef85adce1&DisplayLang=en.Windows Live Data is ...
Hi all, I am trying to use the RPS method of authentication to request information about my Windows Live contacts. I *think* the code is okay, but I'm getting a System.Net.WebException at run time. My (C#) code is: (where oID is an Identity - I'm hacking about with the 'WLID Client ...
I have written an application for using Live Contacts API. GET, POST and DELETE requests are working fine for me. Am getting Error ‘400’ Bad Request with ‘PUT’ method of Live Contacts API. PUT is working fine if am trying to only update Profiles of the contact. But if I try to update Emails or ...
Hi all, I am trying to use the RPS method of authentication to request information about my Windows Live contacts. I *think* the code is okay, but I'm getting a System.Net.WebException at run time. My (C#) code is: (where oID is an Identity - I'm hacking about with the 'WLID Client ...
Dear All, I would like to broaden my experience in VB .Net in on how to use this product to create website. I have been programming in VB for quiet sometimes (especially scientific type programming), however everyday changing technology puts pressure on one to look for more! If you believe you ...
Is there any plans for an "extended" per contact "last updated" field when asking for all contacts in Live? There is a "last updated" header in the HTTP answer but it seems that time is global for all contact information. It would be very handy to have this on a ...
Is there any plans for an "extended" per contact "last updated" field when asking for all contacts in Live? There is a "last updated" header in the HTTP answer but it seems that time is global for all contact information. It would be very handy to have this on a ...
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yxa at 2008-2-6
Hello Everybody!Iam working on a project where we need to fetch all the users windows live contacts using Java, so iam looking for some Java sample code. Have anybody used Java to do these things before and in that case how ? I have tried the c# sample code and that works fine. The major ...
<span id="_ctl0_MainContent_PostFlatView"></span><span>Is windows live contacts API still in beta? If not where can I find complete C#/ASP samples?</span>
If I have access to hotmail accounts(from a database containing hotmails and their passwords). How can I programaticlly change the contact information of the accounts using Windows Live Contacts API/ Windows Live Data API(if possible)?
Is there any plans for an "extended" per contact "last updated" field when asking for all contacts in Live? There is a "last updated" header in the HTTP answer but it seems that time is global for all contact information. It would be very handy to have this on a ...
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yxa at 2008-2-4
Hello Everybody!Iam working on a project where we need to fetch all the users windows live contacts using Java, so iam looking for some Java sample code. Have anybody used Java to do these things before and in that case how ? I have tried the c# sample code and that works fine. The major ...
Is there any reason why the owner's contact information is so limited? We can use the contact API to fetch name, address, email, and all other personal information about everyone BUT the user in question.The sample use case in the documentation talks about getting shipping information for a ...
If I have access to hotmail accounts(from a database containing hotmails and their passwords). How can I programaticlly change the contact information of the accounts using Windows Live Contacts API/ Windows Live Data API(if possible)?
<span id="_ctl0_MainContent_PostFlatView"></span><span>Is windows live contacts API still in beta? If not where can I find complete C#/ASP samples?</span>
Astoria is briefly described here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/bb419139.aspx and the CTP download (including some useful whitepapers) can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b6f85bc-8933-4d0e-a639-934ef85adce1&DisplayLang=en. Windows Live Data ...
I successfully get required token, but i could not process it with httprequest. The error is "unauthorized" what's wrong ? code i used : -- TicketAcquirer t = new TicketAcquirer(); string token = t.GetTicket(); // get ticket successfully (t=xxx=) String uri = ...
<span id="_ctl0_MainContent_PostFlatView"></span><span>Is windows live contacts API still in beta? If not where can I find complete C#/ASP samples?</span>
Is there any reason why the owner's contact information is so limited? We can use the contact API to fetch name, address, email, and all other personal information about everyone BUT the user in question.The sample use case in the documentation talks about getting shipping information for a ...