How do I get a Hotmail contact list in C#?

Question

How can I get a Hotmail contact list in C#? Are there any working examples? I haven't found any either through Google or through a Stack Overflow search.

Answer 1

Check the website for the Windows Live Contacts API; it should give you what you're looking for, although I haven't used it myself. Looks like you need to download the Windows Live SDK from the Downloads tab on that site.

I found it via this MSDN thread which talks about a possible future Hotmail API, but as far as I can tell, a full Hotmail API doesn't exist (yet).