How to get friends profile picture from gmail contacts? - ios

Question

I'm trying to import GMail contacts (friends list). I have got friends' mail id, name, and phone number, but if I tried to get the images it says "401 error".
The code I have used is as follows:
GDataLink *photoLink = [contact photoLink];
NSLog(#"%#",photoLink);
NSURL *imageURL = [photoLink URL];
NSLog(#"image url = %#",imageURL);
How can I get friends' profile picture? Where did I go wrong?

Answer 1

Looking at some other (public) code that's roughly the same as what you're doing, I see that you should be using an auth token with these photo links. Without that auth token, Google assumes you might be malicious and will send back a 401 error.
E.G.
GDataLink *photoLink = [contact photoLink];
NSString *imageETag = [photoLink ETag];
if (imageETag == nil || ![mContactImageETag isEqual:imageETag]) {
if (imageETag != nil) {
// get an NSURLRequest object with an auth token
NSURL *imageURL = [photoLink URL];
GDataServiceGoogleContact *service = [self contactService];
// requestForURL:ETag:httpMethod: sets the user agent header of the
// request and, when using ClientLogin, adds the authorization header
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [service requestForURL:imageURL
ETag:nil
httpMethod:nil];
[request setValue:#"image/*" forHTTPHeaderField:#"Accept"];
GTMHTTPFetcher *fetcher = [GTMHTTPFetcher fetcherWithRequest:request];
[fetcher setAuthorizer:[service authorizer]];
[fetcher beginFetchWithDelegate:self
didFinishSelector:#selector(imageFetcher:finishedWithData:error:)];
}
}
}