# Accessing Yahoo!, Hotmail and Gmail address book? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 17, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-yahoo-hotmail-and-gmail-address-book/69888 "2006-02-17T23:55:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softwareengineer_99)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-yahoo-hotmail-and-gmail-address-book/69888/1 "2006-02-17T23:55:32Z")
Just wondering if any one has been able to come up with a solution to access Hotmail / Gmail / Yahoo address books via their ROR app? Thanks for any tips/guidance you can provide. Frank ---
**Author:** ![softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softwareengineer_99)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-yahoo-hotmail-and-gmail-address-book/69888/2 "2006-02-18T00:22:40Z")
I think these companies would have to release an API for you to be able to do it and I don’t think any of them have an API for their services… double check though. I would assume if you did anything hack like it could break whenever the respective companies did not like what you were doing. I am not trying to be negative. 🙂 Are you looking to always access this information or is it a one time thing? What exactly are you trying to do? Software engineer from where? What school? On 17-Feb-06, at 5:54 PM, softwareengineer 99 wrote: > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) John K. [http://www.kopanas.com](http://www.kopanas.com) ===================================================================== [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - source of the freshest software engineering information on the net [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference ---
**Author:** ![softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softwareengineer_99)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-yahoo-hotmail-and-gmail-address-book/69888/3 "2006-02-18T03:11:46Z")
MySpace allows you to import address book from all the providers. Also the following sites are selling scripts for importing address book in PHP [Hotmail Yahoo Gmail Aol Contacts/Address Book Importer/Grabber](http://www.improsys.com/importer.htm) and [http://www.addressbookimport.com/](http://www.addressbookimport.com/) I graduated from [http://www.ngcsu.edu](http://www.ngcsu.edu) with a dual degree in Accounting and CIS. Frank John K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: I think these companies would have to release an API for you to be able to do it and I don’t think any of them have an API for their services… double check though. I would assume if you did anything hack like it could break whenever the respective companies did not like what you were doing. I am not trying to be negative. 🙂 Are you looking to always access this information or is it a one time thing? What exactly are you trying to do? Software engineer from where? What school? On 17-Feb-06, at 5:54 PM, softwareengineer 99 wrote: > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) John K. [http://www.kopanas.com](http://www.kopanas.com) ===================================================================== [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - source of the freshest software engineering information on the net [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference ---
**Author:** ![softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@softwareengineer\_99](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softwareengineer_99)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-yahoo-hotmail-and-gmail-address-book/69888/4 "2006-02-20T11:30:22Z")
Plaxo have a free javascript widget that you might be able to use. Can import from Hotmail, Yahoo, Plaxo, Gmail and Outlook and Outlook Express. More info here: [http://www.plaxo.com/api/widget](http://www.plaxo.com/api/widget) Demo here: [http://www.plaxo.com/api/widget\_demo](http://www.plaxo.com/api/widget_demo) softwareengineer 99 wrote: > MySpace allows you to import address book from all the providers. Also > the following sites are selling scripts for importing address book in > PHP > > [Hotmail Yahoo Gmail Aol Contacts/Address Book Importer/Grabber](http://www.improsys.com/importer.htm) > and > [http://www.addressbookimport.com/](http://www.addressbookimport.com/) > > I graduated from [http://www.ngcsu.edu](http://www.ngcsu.edu) with a dual degree in Accounting > and CIS. > > Frank > > John K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: I think these companies would > have to release an API for you to be > able to do it and I don’t think any of them have an API for their > services… double check though. > > I would assume if you did anything hack like it could break whenever > the respective companies did not like what you were doing. > > I am not trying to be negative. 🙂 Are you looking to always access > this information or is it a one time thing? What exactly are you > trying to do? > > Software engineer from where? What school? > > On 17-Feb-06, at 5:54 PM, softwareengineer 99 wrote: > > > Rails mailing list > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) > > John K. > [http://www.kopanas.com](http://www.kopanas.com) > > ===================================================================== > [http://www.soen.info](http://www.soen.info) - source of the freshest software engineering > information on the net > [http://cusec.soen.info](http://cusec.soen.info) - software engineering conference