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Are "Windows Live Data" and "Astoria" the same or different?

1051 byte By MichaelHerman-Parallelspace at 2008-3-7
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 ...

Can't share information - temporary problem with service

426 byte By BronwenZ at 2008-3-6
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 ...

Problem getting Contact information using RPS token

2463 byte By 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 ...

How do I use an RPS ticket with LiveContacts API?

1421 byte By KevinFrancis at 2008-3-3
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=\"" + ...

development account?

1406 byte By LazerWonder at 2008-3-1
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 ...

How does one actually use the filters?

1266 byte By SimonTam at 2008-2-28
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 = ...

Reg UserHandle

336 byte By SrinivasaReddy at 2008-2-27
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 ...

why can't i get an auth token

1587 byte By SimonTam at 2008-2-26
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 ...

Question on Authentication

413 byte By 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 ...

invalid request on wstlogin.srf (WS-Trust)

1188 byte By 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" ...

invalid request on wstlogin.srf (WS-Trust)

1195 byte By 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" ...

Mutual SSL Authentication

462 byte By RichieBoy at 2008-2-22
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 ...

invalid request on wstlogin.srf (WS-Trust)

1188 byte By 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" ...

Can't access Contacts

365 byte By fredb86 at 2008-2-21
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 ...

How to get DomainAuthenticationToken for our site?

225 byte By mstestws at 2008-2-20
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>

403: Forbidden' for url: 'https://cumulus.services.live.com/vasreddy@hotmail.co.uk/LiveContact

1484 byte By SrinivasaReddy at 2008-2-19
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, ...

Using POST with Contacts API

437 byte By fredb86 at 2008-2-18
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 ...

Using POST with Contacts API

437 byte By fredb86 at 2008-2-17
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 ...

Are "Windows Live Data" and "Astoria" the same or different?

1051 byte By MichaelHerman-Parallelspace at 2008-2-16
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 ...

Can't access Contacts

365 byte By fredb86 at 2008-2-15
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 ...

Domain Authentication documentation

541 byte By 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 ...

Address Book owner

587 byte By 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 ...

Retrieve Live contacts ASP.net

94 byte By e-dude at 2008-2-15
Hi, Is there an asp.net (C#) example available for retrieving live contacts? Thanks

What is this forum about?

1155 byte By FedericoRaggi-MSFT at 2008-2-15
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 ...

Authenticating and retrieving contacts with PHP

223 byte By ergimantas at 2008-2-14
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.

Unable to get some Fields of a contact using Live Contacts API !!

869 byte By AjayBothra at 2008-2-14
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 ...

how to use Calendar API data from msn to third party website?

160 byte By VishalMithaiwala at 2008-2-13
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

Owner Contact Information

927 byte By BillBrasky at 2008-2-13
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 ...

Authenticating and retrieving contacts with PHP

223 byte By ergimantas at 2008-2-12
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.

Are "Windows Live Data" and "Astoria" the same or different?

1046 byte By MichaelHerman-Parallelspace at 2008-2-11
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 ...

Unable to get some Fields of a contact using Live Contacts API !!

869 byte By AjayBothra at 2008-2-10
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 ...

Are "Windows Live Data" and "Astoria" the same or different?

1046 byte By MichaelHerman-Parallelspace at 2008-2-10
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 ...

Internal Server Error when trying to GET windows Live Contacts

3882 byte By littlemissconfused at 2008-2-8
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 ...

getting Error 400, Bad Request when trying to use PUT (update) request of Live Contacts API

4827 byte By AjayBothra at 2008-2-8
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 ...

Internal Server Error when trying to GET windows Live Contacts

4138 byte By littlemissconfused at 2008-2-7
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 ...

Creating websites using VB .Net or XML language!

866 byte By K_australia at 2008-2-7
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 ...

"Last updated" information

708 byte By AndreasLindström at 2008-2-7
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 ...

"Last updated" information

708 byte By AndreasLindström at 2008-2-7
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 ...

Working / Sample Java code

608 byte By 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 ...

Question

155 byte By Hisham_85 at 2008-2-6
<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>

Altering Contacts / Groups

241 byte By Hisham_85 at 2008-2-5
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)?

"Last updated" information

708 byte By AndreasLindström at 2008-2-5
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 ...

Working / Sample Java code

608 byte By 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 ...

Owner Contact Information

927 byte By BillBrasky at 2008-2-4
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 ...

Altering Contacts / Groups

241 byte By Hisham_85 at 2008-2-4
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)?

Question

155 byte By Hisham_85 at 2008-2-4
<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>

Are "Windows Live Data" and "Astoria" the same or different?

1051 byte By MichaelHerman-Parallelspace at 2008-2-3
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 ...

How to get contact information with RPS

2886 byte By FerhatKARATAS at 2008-2-3
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 = ...

Question

155 byte By Hisham_85 at 2008-2-2
<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>

Owner Contact Information

927 byte By BillBrasky at 2008-2-2
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 ...

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