Getting google contacts with javascript

Question

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](http://www.cloudsponge.com/contact-importers/gmail). 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, Aug 15 '14 at 14:12

Tristan · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-26T09:35:02.887

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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 '16 at 09:35

answered Nov 29 '13 at 12:15

Tristan

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What is `clientId` and `apiKey`? How do I get those? – BernaMariano Apr 07 '14 at 21:06
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To get those you need to register in the Google Developers Console https://console.developers.google.com – Tristan Apr 08 '14 at 07:57
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how can i get google contacts by auth 2.0 ? I have no apiKey. – rajeshpanwar Apr 17 '14 at 06:45
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I suggest to use hello.js - It makes it very easy to start with Google authentication AND contacts. – VitalyB Aug 17 '14 at 16:46
@Tristan Do we need to pay for getting an account in console.developers.google.com ? – I'm nidhin Jan 12 '15 at 11:29
@Tristan Isn't there a security concern with putting the API key in plaintext? Is there a way to do this so that the API key is not visible to the user? – user3475234 Jan 29 '15 at 19:20
Sir whats api key in ur case is it the secret key? – Vartika May 30 '15 at 11:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '15 at 15:41

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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 '15 at 15:41

JoseAngel ConchelloBueyes

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