Default
Google Contacts
API integration
Ship Default features without building the integration. Full Google Contacts API access via Proxy, normalized data through Unified APIs — extend models and mappings to fit your product.
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Why integrate with Google Contacts
Common scenarios for SaaS companies building Google Contacts integrations for their customers.
Sync CRM contacts to users' Google address books
SaaS CRMs can push lead and customer records into their users' Google Contacts so that caller ID on mobile devices shows prospect names and companies. This keeps sales reps from missing high-value calls when they're away from their desk.
Auto-populate client records from Google Contacts
Invoicing, accounting, or project management tools can let users import contacts directly from their Google address book instead of typing them in manually. This eliminates duplicate data entry and reduces errors in billing addresses and email fields.
Enrich meeting context with contact metadata
AI meeting assistants and note-taking tools can cross-reference calendar invite attendees against Google Contacts to surface job titles, company names, and phone numbers — giving users richer context before and after every call.
Mine 'Other Contacts' to seed prospect lists
Sales engagement and recruiting platforms can surface the shadow network of people a user has emailed but never explicitly saved, automatically populating pipelines or candidate databases without manual data entry.
Search across a user's network for real-time autocomplete
Any SaaS product that needs a 'pick a person' field — task assignment, deal association, invoice recipients — can query Google Contacts in real time via the Unified Search API to power fast, familiar autocomplete experiences.
What You Can Build
Ship these features with Truto + Google Contacts
Concrete product features your team can ship faster by leveraging Truto’s Google Contacts integration instead of building from scratch.
Contact search autocomplete
Build a type-ahead search field that queries your users' Google Contacts in real time via the Unified Search API, letting them find and select contacts without leaving your app.
One-click client import from Google Contacts
Let users browse or search their Google address book and import selected contacts — complete with name, email, phone, company, and job title — directly into your app's database.
Caller ID sync for mobile sales teams
Push CRM records into your users' Google Contacts so that incoming calls from prospects display the contact's name and company on the native phone dialer.
Label-based segmented sync
Allow users to select specific Google Contacts labels (e.g., 'Active Clients' or 'VIP Leads') and sync only those subgroups into your platform for targeted workflows.
Meeting attendee enrichment
Cross-reference calendar invite email addresses against Google Contacts to automatically attach job titles, organizations, and phone numbers to meeting participants in your app.
Shadow network discovery
Surface contacts from the user's 'Other Contacts' list — people they've emailed but never saved — to auto-populate prospect or candidate pipelines.
Unified APIs
Unified APIs for Google Contacts
Skip writing code for every integration. Use Truto’s category-specific Unified APIs out of the box or customize the mappings with AI.
Unified Search API
Search
Search endpoint for all the apps.
How It Works
From zero to integrated
Go live with Google Contacts in under an hour. No boilerplate, no maintenance burden.
Link your customer’s Google Contacts account
Use Truto’s frontend SDK to connect your customer’s Google Contacts account. We handle all OAuth and API key flows — you don’t need to create the OAuth app.
We handle authentication
Don’t spend time refreshing access tokens or figuring out secure storage. We handle it and inject credentials into every API request.
Call our API, we call Google Contacts
Truto’s Proxy API is a 1-to-1 mapping of the Google Contacts API. You call us, we call Google Contacts, and pass the response back in the same cycle.
Unified response format
Every response follows a single format across all integrations. We translate Google Contacts’s pagination into unified cursor-based pagination. Data is always in the result attribute.
FAQs
Common questions about Google Contacts on Truto
Authentication, rate limits, data freshness, and everything else you need to know before you integrate.
Which API does the Google Contacts integration use?
It uses the Google People API, which replaced the legacy Google Contacts API. This is the current, supported interface for reading and writing contact data in Google Workspace.
What authentication method is required for Google Contacts?
Google Contacts uses OAuth 2.0. Truto handles the full OAuth flow — consent screens, token exchange, and refresh — so your end users simply authorize access through the standard Google sign-in prompt.
Does the Google People API support webhooks for real-time change notifications?
No. Unlike the Gmail API, the Google People API does not offer native push notification webhooks. Change detection is typically handled via scheduled polling using the API's syncToken mechanism, which returns only contacts created, updated, or deleted since the last sync.
What contact fields are available through the integration?
The Google People API exposes names, email addresses, phone numbers, organizations (company and job title), contact group memberships (labels), physical addresses, user-defined custom fields, and notes, among other fields.
Are there specific Truto Unified API resources available for Google Contacts today?
Google Contacts is currently supported through the Unified Search API for search operations. Additional tools and unified API resources can be built on request to cover specific workflows like batch sync, contact creation, or label management.
What are the rate limits for the Google People API?
Google enforces per-user and per-project quotas on the People API. Batch endpoints (batchCreateContacts, batchUpdateContacts) help optimize throughput. Truto manages pagination and respects rate limits automatically, so you don't need to handle backoff logic yourself.
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