jaymc Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Does anyone know of an API which can retreieve someones msn,gmail, yahoo contact list I have one which works via PHP but its a bit slow and requires them to enter there email and password Im pretty sure Msoft etc have released a special API which interacts with the client if its open and connected I think facebook and myspace use it for reffering friends Is there such an API? If so, where can I get it? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117199-messaging-contact-list/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Why would there exist a such thing? That information might be considered confidential by the user and therefore it would be pretty ridiculous releasing it via a developer API. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117199-messaging-contact-list/#findComment-602946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Im pretty sure Msoft etc have released a special API which interacts with the client if its open and connected I think facebook and myspace use it for reffering friends I don't think so. All they do is require your email username and password and they grab your contact list from that (e.g. by logging in as you.) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117199-messaging-contact-list/#findComment-602965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymc Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 Im pretty sure myspace has something that gets it if you are logged in to msn, but requires you to "Submit" to send them the details I read somewhere a while back about microsoft making an API Perhaps I'm wrong, it does seem stupid Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117199-messaging-contact-list/#findComment-603157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Perhaps. I just took a look at MySpace (eugh, i'd forgotten what a truly awful site it is) and it does indeed seem that they now require you to login back at microsoft's website and then it somehow transfers the contact list. I'd really not call that an API though. Looks like it's a similar thing with facebook too. Looks far more user friendly on facebook though. Nothing new there i suppose. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117199-messaging-contact-list/#findComment-603422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymc Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 Do you know its called what they are using the microsoft thing? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117199-messaging-contact-list/#findComment-603854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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