How to import contact list from yahoo API with C# Desktop Application

Question

I have Windows Desktop Application and i want to import Contacts from Yahoo. Is there any solution to import contacts from yahoo directly?.Since, YQL and OAuth are the option for Web development. Google provided an API for import contacts from gmail. which is pretty straight forward.

Answer 1

Yes, I got my answer http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/91646/Implementing-Yahoo-Contact-Reader-Using-ASP-NET Since, Yahoo provide security all you need to do a Domain verification first. rest worked fine.

Answer 2

Yahoo did not provided any API for importing contacts through API. You can make use of REST to communicate with API - a good article of Implementing Yahoo Contact Reader In ASP.NET and CSharp will be helpful to you. Thank You