Google People API OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

Google People API publishes 4 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Google People API API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

Address BookContactsDirectoryGooglePeopleProfiles

Scopes: 4 Flows: authorizationCode Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth

Token URL
https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (4)

Scope	Description	Flows
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts	See, edit, download, and permanently delete your contacts	authorizationCode
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.other.readonly	See and download contact info automatically saved in your Other contacts	authorizationCode
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.readonly	See and download your contacts	authorizationCode
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/directory.readonly	See and download your organization's GSuite directory	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/contacts.yml
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/contacts.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
    tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
scopes:
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts
  description: See, edit, download, and permanently delete your contacts
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/contacts.yml
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.other.readonly
  description: See and download contact info automatically saved in your Other contacts
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/contacts.yml
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts.readonly
  description: See and download your contacts
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/contacts.yml
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/directory.readonly
  description: See and download your organization's GSuite directory
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/contacts.yml