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Google People

The Google People API provides access to information about profiles and contacts. It enables reading and managing the authenticated user's contacts, contact groups, and profile information across Google services.

Google People publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including contactGroups API, People API, people:batchGet API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Address Book, Contacts, Google, People, and Profiles.

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

Google People’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, support, and 11 more developer resources.

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60.5/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
5 APIs
Address BookContactsGooglePeopleProfiles

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 60.5/100 · strong
Contract Quality 17.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 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 5

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

Google People contactGroups API

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

Google People People API

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

Google People people:batchGet API

The people:batchGet API from Google People — 1 operation(s) for people:batchget.

Google People people:createContact API

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

Google People people:searchContacts API

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

Postman Collections 5

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

Google People contactGroups API

POSTMAN

Google contactGroups People API

POSTMAN

Google People contactGroups people:batchGet API

POSTMAN

Google People contactGroups people:createContact API

POSTMAN

Google People contactGroups people:searchContacts API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 1

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

Google People API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google People Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google People Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Google People Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

context Context

19 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google People API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

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

Google People Person

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

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

Google People Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Google People Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google People Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google People Scopes

2 scopes · authorizationCode

2 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Google People Agentic Access

12 operations · 6 acting

12 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 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

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-people
name: Google People
description: The Google People API provides access to information about profiles and contacts. It enables reading and managing
  the authenticated user's contacts, contact groups, and profile information across Google services.
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-people.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-people/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Address Book
- Contacts
- Google
- People
- Profiles
apis:
- aid: google-people:google-people-contactgroups-api
  name: Google People contactGroups API
  description: The contactGroups API from Google People — 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-people-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/Person.json
- aid: google-people:google-people-people-api
  name: Google People People API
  description: The People API from Google People — 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-people-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/Person.json
- aid: google-people:google-people-people-batchget-api
  name: Google People people:batchGet API
  description: The people:batchGet API from Google People — 1 operation(s) for people:batchget.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/people
  baseURL: https://people.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - people:batchGet
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-people-people-batchget-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/Person.json
- aid: google-people:google-people-people-createcontact-api
  name: Google People people:createContact API
  description: The people:createContact API from Google People — 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-people-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/Person.json
- aid: google-people:google-people-people-searchcontacts-api
  name: Google People people:searchContacts API
  description: The people:searchContacts API from Google People — 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-people-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/Person.json
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-people/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-people-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-people-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-people-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-people-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-people-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/googleapis
- 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/context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com