Create Contact
google_contacts.create_contact
ActionCRM & salesconnection required
Calls the People API POST /people:createContact.
Create a contact in Google Contacts (People API).
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- OAuth 2.0
- Providers
- Google Contacts
- Secret shape
- {"client_id", "client_secret", "refresh_token"}
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
11 fields, none required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
given_name First name. Supports {{ }}. | string | No | — | — | — |
family_name Stored on the contact in Google Contacts; blank leaves it unset. | string | No | — | — | — |
middle_name Stored on the contact in Google Contacts; blank leaves it unset. | string | No | — | — | — |
email Email address. | string | No | — | email format | — |
phone Phone number. | string | No | — | — | — |
organization Company; blank leaves it out of the call. | string | No | — | — | — |
job_title Stored on the contact in Google Contacts; blank leaves it unset. | string | No | — | — | — |
notes Free-text notes on the contact. | string | No | — | — | — |
address Postal address, written as one line. | string | No | — | — | — |
website A URL for the contact. | string | No | — | — | — |
group_resource_name Contact group to file them under, e.g. contactGroups/abc123 from google_contacts.list_contact_groups. | string | No | — | — | — |
- At least one of given_name, family_name, email, phone must be set.
Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
ok | boolean | — |
resource_name Id of the created contact. | string | — |
etag Needed by google_contacts.update_contact. | string | — |
display_name | string | — |
email | string | — |
phone | string | — |
contact The contact as stored: resource_name, display_name, email (the primary one), etag (required to update the contact), given_name, middle_name, family_name, emails[{value, type, primary}], phone, phones[{value, type, primary}], organization, job_title, notes, addresses[{formatted, type, street, city, region, postal_code, country, country_code}], urls[{value, type, primary}], photo_url, group_resource_names, updated, sources[{type, id}], deleted. | object | — |
{
"contact": {},
"display_name": "",
"email": "",
"etag": "",
"ok": false,
"phone": "",
"resource_name": ""
}Notes
- Google Contacts has no natural key, so creating the same person twice makes two contacts. Search first and branch, or file both under a group you can reconcile.
See Create Contact run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the Google Contacts connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.