Update Contact with Google Contacts API

Pipedream makes it easy to connect APIs for Google Contacts and 2,400+ other apps remarkably fast.

Trigger workflow on

HTTP requests, schedules and app events

Next, do this

Update Contact with the Google Contacts API

No credit card required

▶

Watch us build a workflow

8 min

Watch now ➜

Trusted by 1,000,000+ developers from startups to Fortune 500 companies

Developers ♥ Pipedream

Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Update Contact with the Google Contacts API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Update Contact action
1. Connect your Google Contacts account
2. Select a Resource Name
3. Select one or more Update Fields
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Integrations#

Update Contact with Google People (Contacts) API on Channel Updates (Instant) from Telegram Bot API

Telegram Bot + Google Contacts

Try it

Update Contact with Google People (Contacts) API on New Requests (Payload Only) from HTTP / Webhook API

HTTP / Webhook + Google Contacts

Try it

Update Contact with Google People (Contacts) API on New Item in Feed from RSS API

RSS + Google Contacts

Try it

Update Contact with Google People (Contacts) API on New Message from Discord API

Discord + Google Contacts

Try it

Update Contact with Google People (Contacts) API on New Message In Channels from Slack API

Slack + Google Contacts

Try it

Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Update Contact on Google Contacts

Description:Updates a contact. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest/v1/people/updateContact)

Version:0.1.0

Key:google_contacts-update-contact

View on GitHub

Code#

import common from "../common/base.mjs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "google_contacts-update-contact",
  name: "Update Contact",
  description: "Updates a contact. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest/v1/people/updateContact)",
  version: "0.1.0",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    ...common.props,
    resourceName: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.googleContacts,
        "resourceName",
      ],
    },
    updatePersonFields: {
      propDefinition: [
        common.props.googleContacts,
        "updatePersonFields",
      ],
      reloadProps: true,
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    return this.getPersonFieldProps(this.updatePersonFields);
  },
  methods: {
    ...common.methods,
    async processResults(client) {
      const {
        updatePersonFields,
        resourceName,
      } = this;

      const requestBody = this.getRequestBody(updatePersonFields, this);

      const { etag } = await this.googleContacts.getContact(client, {
        resourceName,
        personFields: "names",
      });

      requestBody.etag = etag;

      return this.googleContacts.updateContact(client, {
        resourceName,
        requestBody,
        updatePersonFields: this.getPersonFields(updatePersonFields),
      });
    },
    emitSummary($) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully updated contact with ID ${this.resourceName.split("/").pop()}`);
    },
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Contacts	`googleContacts`	`app`	This component uses the Google Contacts app.
Resource Name	`resourceName`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Update Fields	`updatePersonFields`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`namesemailAddressesphoneNumbersaddressesbiographiesbirthdayscalendarUrlsgendersurls`

Authentication#

Google Contacts uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Contacts account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Contacts and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Contacts API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

profileemailhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.readonlyhttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/contactshttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.other.readonly