Read Domain Contacts and Profiles

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• After setup, the People API allows you to read directory contacts and profiles within a user's domain.

• Domain administrators must enable external contact and profile sharing for the API to access domain data.

• You can retrieve a list of all directory people, or focus on specific people by using the search functionality with prefix queries.

• The API provides methods for efficiently listing directory people that have changed since the last sync, minimizing data transfer.

• Detailed documentation and code samples in Java and HTTP are available to guide implementation and usage of the API.

After you've completed the steps in Get Ready to Use the People API, you are ready to read directory contacts and profiles.

The following code samples demonstrate how to send a few simple requests. For a full list of methods, see the reference documentation.

Important: Reading domain data requires that the domain admin must have enabled external contact and profile sharing of domain-scoped data for their domain.

List the directory people

To get a list of contacts and profiles in the user's domain directory, use the following code:

Protocol

GET /v1/people:listDirectoryPeople?sources=DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_CONTACT&sources=DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_PROFILE&readMask=names,emailAddresses HTTP/1.1
Host: people.googleapis.com

Java

List<String> sources = new ArrayList<>();
sources.add("DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_CONTACT");
sources.add("DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_PROFILE");

ListDirectoryPeopleResponse response = peopleService.people().listDirectoryPeople()
    .setSources(sources)
    .setReadMask("metadata,names,emailAddresses")
    .execute();

List<Person> people = response.getPeople();

List the directory people that have changed

Java

// Initial request
List<String> sources = new ArrayList<>();
sources.add("DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_CONTACT");
sources.add("DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_PROFILE");

ListDirectoryPeopleResponse fullSyncResponse = peopleService.people().listDirectoryPeople()
    .setSources(sources)
    .setReadMask("metadata,names,emailAddresses")
    .setRequestSyncToken(true)
    .execute();
// Fetch all the pages
while (fullSyncResponse.getNextPageToken() != null) {
  fullSyncResponse = peopleService.people().listDirectoryPeople()
      .setSources(sources)
      .setReadMask("metadata,names,emailAddresses")
      .setRequestSyncToken(true)
      .setPageToken(fullSyncResponse.getNextPageToken())
      .execute();
}

// Some time passes

// Fetch incremental changes using the sync token returned in the last fullSyncResponse.
try {
  ListDirectoryPeopleResponse incrementalSyncResponse = peopleService.people().listDirectoryPeople()
      .setSources(sources)
      .setReadMask("metadata,names,emailAddresses")
      .setSyncToken(fullSyncResponse.getNextSyncToken())
      .execute();
  for (Person person : incrementalSyncResponse.getDirectoryPeople()) {
    handlePerson(person);
  }
  
  // Fetch all the pages
  while (incrementalSyncResponse.getNextPageToken() != null) {
    incrementalSyncResponse = peopleService.people().listDirectoryPeople
        .setSources(sources)
        .setReadMask("metadata,names,emailAddresses")
        .setSyncToken(fullSyncResponse.getNextSyncToken())
        .setPageToken(incrementalSyncResponse.getNextPageToken())
        .execute();
    for (Person person : incrementalSyncResponse.getDirectoryPeople()) {
      handlePerson(person);
    }
  }
} catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
  if (e.getStatusCode() == 410) {
    // Sync token expired. Make full sync request.
  }
}

void handlePerson(Person person) {
  if (person.getMetadata().getDeleted()) {
    // Handle deleted person
  } else {
    // Handle changed person
  }
}

Note: Writes may have a propagation delay of several minutes for sync requests. Incremental syncs are not intended for read-after-write use cases.

More details about sync behavior at ListDirectory.

Search the directory people

To get a list of contacts and profiles in the user's domain directory matching a prefix query, use the following code:

Protocol

POST /v1/people:searchDirectoryPeople?query=John&sources=DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_CONTACT&sources=DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_PROFILE&readMask=names,emailAddresses HTTP/1.1
Host: people.googleapis.com

Java

List sources = new ArrayList<>();
sources.add("DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_CONTACT");
sources.add("DIRECTORY_SOURCE_TYPE_DOMAIN_PROFILE");

SearchDirectoryPeopleResponse response = peopleService.people().searchDirectoryPeople()
    .setQuery("John")
    .setSources(sources)
    .setReadMask("metadata,names,emailAddresses")
    .execute();

List<Person> people = response.getPeople();