Google Contacts

---
name: google-contacts
description: |
  Google Contacts API integration with managed OAuth. Manage contacts, contact groups, and search your address book.
  Use this skill when users want to create, read, update, or delete contacts, manage contact groups, or search for people in their Google account.
  For other third party apps, use the api-gateway skill (https://clawhub.ai/byungkyu/api-gateway).
compatibility: Requires network access and valid Maton API key
metadata:
  author: maton
  version: "1.0"
  clawdbot:
    emoji: 🧠
    requires:
      env:
        - MATON_API_KEY
---

# Google Contacts

Access the Google People API with managed OAuth authentication. Manage contacts, contact groups, and search your address book.

## Quick Start

```bash
# List contacts
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/google-contacts/v1/people/me/connections?personFields=names,emailAddresses,phoneNumbers&pageSize=10')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF
```

## Base URL

```
https://gateway.maton.ai/google-contacts/{native-api-path}
```

Replace `{native-api-path}` with the actual Google People API endpoint path. The gateway proxies requests to `people.googleapis.com` and automatically injects your OAuth token.

## Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

```
Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY
```

**Environment Variable:** Set your API key as `MATON_API_KEY`:

```bash
export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at [maton.ai](https://maton.ai)
2. Go to [maton.ai/settings](https://maton.ai/settings)
3. Copy your API key

## Connection Management

Manage your Google Contacts OAuth connections at `https://ctrl.maton.ai`.

### List Connections

```bash
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=google-contacts&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF
```

### Create Connection

```bash
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'google-contacts'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF
```

### Get Connection

```bash
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF
```

**Response:**
```json
{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2025-12-08T07:20:53.488460Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-01-31T20:03:32.593153Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "google-contacts",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}
```

Open the returned `url` in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

### Delete Connection

```bash
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF
```

### Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Google Contacts connections, specify which one to use with the `Maton-Connection` header:

```bash
python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/google-contacts/v1/people/me/connections?personFields=names&pageSize=10')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '21fd90f9-5935-43cd-b6c8-bde9d915ca80')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF
```

If omitted, the gateway uses the default (oldest) active connection.

## API Reference

### Contact Operations

#### List Contacts

```bash
GET /google-contacts/v1/people/me/connections?personFields=names,emailAddresses,phoneNumbers&pageSize=100
```

**Query Parameters:**
- `personFields` (required): Comma-separated list of fields to return (see Person Fields section)
- `pageSize`: Number of contacts to return (max 1000, default 100)
- `pageToken`: Token for pagination
- `sortOrder`: `LAST_MODIFIED_ASCENDING`, `LAST_MODIFIED_DESCENDING`, `FIRST_NAME_ASCENDING`, or `LAST_NAME_ASCENDING`

**Response:**
```json
{
  "connections": [
    {
      "resourceName": "people/c1234567890",
      "names": [{"displayName": "John Doe", "givenName": "John", "familyName": "Doe"}],
      "emailAddresses": [{"value": "[email protected]"}],
      "phoneNumbers": [{"value": "+1-555-0123"}]
    }
  ],
  "totalPeople": 1,
  "totalItems": 1,
  "nextPageToken": "..."
}
```

#### Get Contact

```bash
GET /google-contacts/v1/people/{resourceName}?personFields=names,emailAddresses,phoneNumbers
```

Use the resource name from list or create operations (e.g., `people/c1234567890`).

#### Create Contact

```bash
POST /google-contacts/v1/people:createContact
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "names": [{"givenName": "John", "familyName": "Doe"}],
  "emailAddresses": [{"value": "[email protected]"}],
  "phoneNumbers": [{"value": "+1-555-0123"}],
  "organizations": [{"name": "Acme Corp", "title": "Engineer"}]
}
```

#### Update Contact

```bash
PATCH /google-contacts/v1/people/{resourceName}:updateContact?updatePersonFields=names,emailAddresses
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "etag": "%EgcBAgkLLjc9...",
  "names": [{"givenName": "John", "familyName": "Smith"}],
  "emailAddresses": [{"value": "[email protected]"}]
}
```

**Note:** Include the `etag` from the get/list response to ensure you're updating the latest version.

#### Delete Contact

```bash
DELETE /google-contacts/v1/people/{resourceName}:deleteContact
```

#### Batch Get Contacts

```bash
GET /google-contacts/v1/people:batchGet?resourceNames=people/c123&resourceNames=people/c456&personFields=names,emailAddresses
```

#### Batch Create Contacts

```bash
POST /google-contacts/v1/people:batchCreateContacts
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "contacts": [
    {
      "contactPerson": {
        "names": [{"givenName": "Alice", "familyName": "Smith"}],
        "emailAddresses": [{"value": "[email protected]"}]
      }
    },
    {
      "contactPerson": {
        "names": [{"givenName": "Bob", "familyName": "Jones"}],
        "emailAddresses": [{"value": "[email protected]"}]
      }
    }
  ],
  "readMask": "names,emailAddresses"
}
```

#### Batch Delete Contacts

```bash
POST /google-contacts/v1/people:batchDeleteContacts
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "resourceNames": ["people/c123", "people/c456"]
}
```

#### Search Contacts

```bash
GET /google-contacts/v1/people:searchContacts?query=John&readMask=names,emailAddresses
```

**Note:** Search results may have a slight delay for newly created contacts due to indexing.

### Contact Group Operations

#### List Contact Groups

```bash
GET /google-contacts/v1/contactGroups?pageSize=100
```

**Response:**
```json
{
  "contactGroups": [
    {
      "resourceName": "contactGroups/starred",
      "groupType": "SYSTEM_CONTACT_GROUP",
      "name": "starred",
      "formattedName": "Starred"
    },
    {
      "resourceName": "contactGroups/abc123",
      "groupType": "USER_CONTACT_GROUP",
      "name": "Work",
      "formattedName": "Work",
      "memberCount": 5
    }
  ],
  "totalItems": 2
}
```

#### Get Contact Group

```bash
GET /google-contacts/v1/contactGroups/{resourceName}?maxMembers=