Google Contacts API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Google Contacts API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet Google Contacts: Organize contacts, update details, and manage contact photos. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Google Contacts request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Google Contacts connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Google Contacts action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/googleContacts/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Google Contacts connection. Then call an action such as Batch Get Contact Groups:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/googleContacts/latest/actions/batch-get-contact-groups" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authenticate with a MindCloud API Key plus a connectionId for your Google Contacts account. See Google Contacts API Authentication for the full flow and how to get your connection credentials.

Google Contacts actions

All 24 published actions for this Google Contacts version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTBatch Create Contacts
• DELETEBatch Delete Contacts
• GETBatch Get Contact Groups
• GETBatch Get People
• PUTBatch Update Contacts
• POSTCopy Other Contact To My Contacts Group
• POSTCreate Contact
• POSTCreate Contact Group
• DELETEDelete Contact
• DELETEDelete Contact Group
• DELETEDelete Contact Photo
• GETGet Contact Group
• GETGet Person
• GETList Contact Groups
• GETList Contacts
• GETList Directory People
• GETList Other Contacts
• PUTModify Contact Group Members
• GETSearch Contacts
• GETSearch Directory People
• GETSearch Other Contacts
• PUTUpdate Contact
• PUTUpdate Contact Group
• PUTUpdate Contact Photo

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