n8n-docs/docs/integrations/nodes/n8n-nodes-base.googleContacts.md

Google Contacts

Google Contacts is Google's contact management tool that is available in its free email service Gmail, as a standalone service, and as a part of Google's business-oriented suite of web apps Google Apps.

!!! note "🔑 Credentials" You can find authentication information for this node here.

Basic Operations

• Contact
  • Create a contact
  • Delete a contact
  • Get a contact
  • Retrieve all contacts
  • Update a contact

Example Usage

This workflow allows you to create, update, and get a contact from Google Contacts. You can also find the workflow on n8n.io. This example usage workflow would use the following nodes.

• Start
• Google Contacts

The final workflow should look like the following image.

1. Start node

The start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.

2. Google Contacts node (create: contact)

1. First of all, you'll have to enter credentials for the Google Contacts node. You can find out how to do that here.
2. Enter the family name in the Family Name field.
3. Enter the given name in the Given Name field.
4. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

3. Google Contacts1 node (update: contact)

1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous node.
2. Select 'Update' from the Operation dropdown list.
3. Click on the gears icon next to the Contact ID field and click on Add Expression.
4. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Google Contacts > Output Data > JSON > contactId. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Google Contacts"].json["contactId"]}}.
5. Select * from the Fields dropdown list.
6. Click on the Add Field button and select Company.
7. Click on the Add Company button.
8. Toggle the value to true for the Current field.
9. Enter the company's domain in the Domain field.
10. Enter the company's name in the Name field.
11. Enter the title in the Title field.
12. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

4. Google Contacts2 node (get: contact)

1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous node.
2. Select 'Get' from the Operation dropdown list.
3. Click on the gears icon next to the Contact ID field and click on Add Expression.
4. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Google Contacts > Output Data > JSON > contactId. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Google Contacts"].json["contactId"]}}.
5. Select 'Organizations' from the Fields dropdown list.
6. Click on Execute Node to run the node.