contacts

Google Contacts via Google Workspace CLI

Use gws contacts (via the People API) to manage Google Contacts from the command line.

Common Operations

List and Search Contacts

# List contacts
gws contacts list

# List with pagination
gws contacts list --limit 50

# Search contacts
gws contacts search "John"

# Search by email
gws contacts search "[email protected]"

View Contact Details

# Get a specific contact
gws contacts get <resource-name>

# Get as JSON
gws contacts get <resource-name> --format json

Create Contacts

# Create a new contact
gws contacts create \
  --given-name "John" \
  --family-name "Doe" \
  --email "[email protected]"

# Create with phone number
gws contacts create \
  --given-name "Jane" \
  --family-name "Smith" \
  --email "[email protected]" \
  --phone "+1-555-0123"

# Create with organization
gws contacts create \
  --given-name "Bob" \
  --family-name "Johnson" \
  --email "[email protected]" \
  --organization "Company Inc" \
  --title "Engineer"

Update Contacts

# Update email
gws contacts update <resource-name> --email "[email protected]"

# Update phone
gws contacts update <resource-name> --phone "+1-555-9999"

Delete Contacts

# Delete a contact
gws contacts delete <resource-name>

Contact Groups

# List contact groups
gws contacts groups list

# Create a group
gws contacts groups create --name "Project Team"

# Add contact to group
gws contacts groups add <group-resource> <contact-resource>

Tips

• Resource names follow the format people/<person-id>
• The People API is used behind the scenes for contacts
• Use --format json for structured output
• Contact search supports name, email, and phone number queries