How import contact from yahoo/gmail/hotmail using php script

Question

How can we import contact from yahoo/gmail/hotmail using php script and or using curl. Thanks

Answer 1

yahoo, gmail and hotmail have exposed the services to grab contacts. Following are the URLs.

yahoo http://developer.yahoo.com/addressbook/

gmail http://code.google.com/apis/contacts/

hotmail http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb447750.aspx

Answer 2

The best way is to use OpenInvitor, one code takes it all and supports almost every email provider and social network:

http://openinviter.com/

The best things is that it is very frequently updated, if any email provide change anything on their site.