Google Contacts node / Create Google Contacts needs updating: Country & Nicknames

Describe the problem/error/question

Here is the latest description of the Google People API.

There are various problems when creating a contact:

  • Addresses
    We can only set “countryCode”, which only sets the Phone Country Code, but not the Country itself in the address field.

  • Nicknames
    Even if nicknames are set to be retrieved, they are not. This is likely due to the fact that most items are deprecated with only ALTERNATE_NAME remaining.


Thanks for updating the node. :slight_smile:

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.82.3
  • **Database (default: SQLite):**default
  • **n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**default
  • **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):**Cloudron

You are probably gonna have to make custom API calls by using the HTTP Request node.

ChatGPT can help you to build those requests very fast.

I know that because it helped me build this template with Google People API:

But yeah… It’s hard to keep all nodes up to date with the latest API changes. When that happens, HTTP Request node is your best friend.

:point_right: If my reply answers your question please remember to mark it as the solution

Thanks, @solomon.
Another problem I am facing is that it will not create contacts from BaseRow as Google Conctacts when these are in the Google Directory.
Any ideas how to fix this?

I don’t know what you mean when you say “Google Directory”.
Can you please show me an example? Maybe some screenshots so I can see the context

Hi Solomon,
I was referring to the Google Workspace Directory. However, we have managed to sync the directory contacts as well. (I don’t exactly recall how since we tried many different things, sorry.)
I believe we can close this topic.
Thank you!

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Awesome! Congratulations :muscle:
You can close the topic by choosing any reply as the solution. Even your own.