Import contacts from Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail in Rail by Omnicontacts ==

This is simple to import contacts from varous mails providers/networks by using the omnicontacts gem.

Please follow below steps to implement the omnicontacts in rails for import contacts,

Step 1:

gem install 'omnicontacts'

• Include in Gemfile

gem 'omnicontacts'

Step 2:

Place omnicontacts.rb file in app/intializers to include following things,

• importer :gmail, “client_id”, “client_secret”, {:redirect_path => “/oauth2callback”, :ssl_ca_file => “/etc/ssl/certs/curl-ca-bundle.crt”} importer :yahoo, “consumer_id”, “consumer_secret”, {:callback_path => ‘/callback’} importer :hotmail, “client_id”, “client_secret”

Step 3:

Get the respected client_id and secret keys from various with your personal mail Id from following URL's,

1) Gmail : https://code.google.com/apis/console  => get client_id and secret token and attenttion with redirection url
2) Yahoo : https://developer.apps.yahoo.com    => myprojects
3) Hotmail - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287659.aspx - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287659.aspx
           - http://isdk.dev.live.com/ISDK.aspx?category=scenarioGroup_hotmail&index=1

Step 4:

Continue your developmentation after got the contacts collection as I implemented in this app.