amykyta3 / sheets2contacts

Update Google contacts using a Google sheets document

sheets2contacts

Update Google contacts using a Google sheets document

Installing Dependencies

sudo pip2 install gdata google-api-python-client
sudo apt-get install python-httplib2 python-oauth2client

Set up Google App

• Use the following wizards to enable the Google Sheets and Google Contacts APIs
  • https://console.developers.google.com/start/api?id=people.googleapis.com
  • https://console.developers.google.com/start/api?id=sheets.googleapis.com
  • https://console.developers.google.com/start/api?id=contacts-json.googleapis.com
• Create credentials for the two APIs:
  • https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials
  • Click "Create Credentials"--> "OAuth client ID"
  • Select "other" and name it "sheets2contacts"
  • Once created, download the JSON file.
  • Save it as 'client_id.json' in the same folder as sheets2contacts.py

Sync!

Example source address book: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16E0UPFYSgJK18hsiwfHgr27c0suVjR0ilYO9PjKpx18/edit?usp=sharing Sync with google contacts by:

./sheets2contacts.py --sheet <URL>

1. For first-time run, a browser will open asking you to login to your Google account to authenticate access to Sheets and Contacts
2. Contacts will get synced to your account
   • All contacts synced are placed into group "Synced with sheets2contacts", as well as other groups specified in the sheet.
   • Contacts only get deleted if they are a member of the "Synced with sheets2contacts" group.