Get phone number label using Google Contacts API and .Net

Question

I'm trying to retrieve phone numbers with respective labels from Google with the following code.

        RequestSettings settings = new RequestSettings("myapp", username, password){
                                                                                           UseSSL = true,
                                                                                           AutoPaging = true,
                                                                                           PageSize = 5000
                                                                                       };
        ContactsRequest c = new ContactsRequest(settings);
        Feed<Contact> feed = c.GetContacts();
        foreach (var entry in feed.Entries)
        {
            foreach (PhoneNumber phoneNumber in entry.Phonenumbers){
                Debug.Write(phoneNumber.Label ?? "Empty"); //Always null!
                Debug.Write(phoneNumber.Value ?? "Empty");//Have value
            }
        }

However, I had set label to the phone numbers in my Google account such as "Home", "Movile", but those values are not been returned. Am I missing something here?

Answer 1

The Contacts API uses the rel attribute for standard labels:

• Home: http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#home
• Work: http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#work
• Other: http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other

Custom labels are held in the label attribute, and these two attributes are mutually exclusive as described here.