Google People

Google People API

The People API from Google People — 4 operation(s) for people.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 4

GET /people/{resourceName} Google People Get Person #
DELETE /people/{resourceName}:deleteContact Google People Delete Contact #
PATCH /people/{resourceName}:updateContact Google People Update Contact #
GET /people/me/connections Google People List Connections #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest
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Authentication
https://developers.google.com/people/v1/how-tos/authorizing
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GettingStarted
https://developers.google.com/people/v1/getting-started

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-people/refs/heads/main/openapi/google-people-people-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-people/refs/heads/main/json-schema/Person.json

Other Resources

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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-people/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

google-people-people-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Google People API
  description: The Google People API provides access to information about profiles and contacts. It enables reading and managing the authenticated user's contacts and accessing profile information for authenticated users across Google services.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Google
    url: https://developers.google.com/people
servers:
- url: https://people.googleapis.com/v1
security:
- OAuth2: []
tags:
- name: People
paths:
  /people/{resourceName}:
    get:
      operationId: getPerson
      summary: Google People Get Person
      description: Provides information about a person by specifying a resource name.
      parameters:
      - name: resourceName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The resource name of the person (e.g., people/me).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: personFields
        in: query
        required: true
        description: A field mask to restrict which fields on the person are returned.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
      tags:
      - People
  /people/{resourceName}:deleteContact:
    delete:
      operationId: deleteContact
      summary: Google People Delete Contact
      description: Delete a contact person.
      parameters:
      - name: resourceName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
      tags:
      - People
  /people/{resourceName}:updateContact:
    patch:
      operationId: updateContact
      summary: Google People Update Contact
      description: Update contact data for an existing contact person.
      parameters:
      - name: resourceName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: updatePersonFields
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
      tags:
      - People
  /people/me/connections:
    get:
      operationId: listConnections
      summary: Google People List Connections
      description: Provides a list of the authenticated user's contacts.
      parameters:
      - name: personFields
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: pageSize
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: pageToken
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sortOrder
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - LAST_MODIFIED_ASCENDING
          - LAST_MODIFIED_DESCENDING
          - FIRST_NAME_ASCENDING
          - LAST_NAME_ASCENDING
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListConnectionsResponse'
      tags:
      - People
components:
  schemas:
    ListConnectionsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        connections:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
        nextPageToken:
          type: string
        totalPeople:
          type: integer
        totalItems:
          type: integer
    Person:
      type: object
      properties:
        resourceName:
          type: string
        etag:
          type: string
        names:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              displayName:
                type: string
              familyName:
                type: string
              givenName:
                type: string
              middleName:
                type: string
        emailAddresses:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              value:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
        phoneNumbers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              value:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
        addresses:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              formattedValue:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
              streetAddress:
                type: string
              city:
                type: string
              region:
                type: string
              postalCode:
                type: string
              country:
                type: string
        organizations:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
              title:
                type: string
        photos:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              url:
                type: string
        birthdays:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              date:
                type: object
                properties:
                  year:
                    type: integer
                  month:
                    type: integer
                  day:
                    type: integer
        biographies:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              value:
                type: string
        urls:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              value:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
          tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
          scopes:
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts: Manage contacts
            https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.readonly: View contacts