Getting google contacts with javascript

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How can I get the contacts of a user that has already authenticated using OAuth 2, using Javascript?

The authentication is already made, so I need only how to get the contact list. I have read that Google Contacts Api 1 and 2 had some examples for Javascript codes, but i can't find anything on the Google Contacts V3 site. Could it be that this can no more be done?

You can use external SDKs to get contacts in an easiest way, like cloudsponge.com. It's has an easy SDK for several languages, a widget importer and support a lot of different contact services. Disclaimer: I work for CloudSponge. — Rael Gugelmin Cunha
– Rael Gugelmin Cunha, Commented Aug 15, 2014 at 14:12

Tristan · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-26 09:35:02Z

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Google Contacts API v3 does not provide a JavaScript SDK.

However, if you want to handle the contact importing on the client-side you can do it with an ajax call :

var clientId = 'XXX';
var apiKey = 'XXX';
var scopes = 'https://www.google.com/m8/feeds';

$(document).on('click', '.js-google_contacts', function() {
   gapi.client.setApiKey(apiKey);
   window.setTimeout(checkAuth, 3);
});

function checkAuth() {
  gapi.auth.authorize({
    client_id: clientId,
    scope: scopes,
    immediate: false
  }, handleAuthResult);
}

function handleAuthResult(authResult) {
  if (authResult && !authResult.error) {
    $.get('https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full?alt=json&access_token=' +
           authResult.access_token + '&max-results=700&v=3.0',
      function(response) {
         //Handle Response
      });
  }
}

Hope that helps!

edited Jul 26, 2016 at 9:35

answered Nov 29, 2013 at 12:15

Tristan

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7 Comments

BernaMariano Over a year ago

What is clientId and apiKey? How do I get those?

Tristan Over a year ago

To get those you need to register in the Google Developers Console console.developers.google.com

rajeshpanwar Over a year ago

how can i get google contacts by auth 2.0 ? I have no apiKey.

VitalyB Over a year ago

I suggest to use hello.js - It makes it very easy to start with Google authentication AND contacts.

I'm nidhin Over a year ago

@Tristan Do we need to pay for getting an account in console.developers.google.com ?

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JoseAngel ConchelloBueyes · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-12 15:41:32Z

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This is what we found to work to get individual data:

var response = (JSON.stringify(response.feed.entry[0].gd$email, null, 4));
console.log(response);

If you run JSON.stringify(response) you can see all of the headers that you can call on.

answered Oct 12, 2015 at 15:41

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