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Google People API

The Google People API provides access to information about profiles and contacts. It allows you to list, create, update, delete, and search contacts, as well as manage contact groups. It replaces the legacy Google Contacts API and provides access to user profiles and directory information.

Google People API publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including ContactGroups API, People API, People:createContact API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Address Book, Contacts, Directory, Google, and People.

The Google People API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Google People API’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, support, and 10 more developer resources.

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59.8/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
Address BookContactsDirectoryGooglePeopleProfiles

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Composite quality — 59.8/100 · strong
Contract Quality 17.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Google People API ContactGroups API

The ContactGroups API from Google People API — 2 operation(s) for contactgroups.

Google People API People API

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

Google People API People:createContact API

The People:createContact API from Google People API — 1 operation(s) for people:createcontact.

Google People API People:searchContacts API

The People:searchContacts API from Google People API — 1 operation(s) for people:searchcontacts.

Postman Collections 4

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Google People API (Contacts) ContactGroups API

POSTMAN

Google API (Contacts) ContactGroups People API

POSTMAN

Google People API (Contacts) ContactGroups People:createContact API

POSTMAN

Google People API (Contacts) ContactGroups People:searchContacts API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Google People API (Contacts)

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Contacts Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Contacts Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Google Contacts Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Contacts Context

21 classes · 1 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google People API API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Google Contact (Person)

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Contacts Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Google Contacts Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Contacts Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Contacts Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Contacts Agentic Access

11 operations · 6 acting

11 operations · 6 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: google-contacts
name: Google People API
description: The Google People API provides access to information about profiles and contacts. It allows you to list, create,
  update, delete, and search contacts, as well as manage contact groups. It replaces the legacy Google Contacts API and provides
  access to user profiles and directory information.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-contacts.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-contacts/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Address Book
- Contacts
- Directory
- Google
- People
- Profiles
apis:
- aid: google-contacts:google-contacts-contactgroups-api
  name: Google People API ContactGroups API
  description: The ContactGroups API from Google People API — 2 operation(s) for contactgroups.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/people
  baseURL: https://people.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - ContactGroups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-contacts-contactgroups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/how-tos/authorizing
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/contacts.json
- aid: google-contacts:google-contacts-people-api
  name: Google People API People API
  description: The People API from Google People API — 4 operation(s) for people.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/people
  baseURL: https://people.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - People
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-contacts-people-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/how-tos/authorizing
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/contacts.json
- aid: google-contacts:google-contacts-people-createcontact-api
  name: Google People API People:createContact API
  description: The People:createContact API from Google People API — 1 operation(s) for people:createcontact.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/people
  baseURL: https://people.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - People:createContact
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-contacts-people-createcontact-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/how-tos/authorizing
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/contacts.json
- aid: google-contacts:google-contacts-people-searchcontacts-api
  name: Google People API People:searchContacts API
  description: The People:searchContacts API from Google People API — 1 operation(s) for people:searchcontacts.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/people
  baseURL: https://people.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - People:searchContacts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-contacts-people-searchcontacts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/how-tos/authorizing
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/contacts.json
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-people-api/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-contacts-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-contacts-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-contacts-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-contacts-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-contacts-scopes.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://developers.google.com/people
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/getting-started
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/people
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/how-tos/authorizing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developers.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://developers.google.com/people/v1/support
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/contacts.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com