Introduction
Connect Google Contacts to Sana to quickly find your contacts directly from Sana. Use this contact information when working in other apps connected to Sana, so you can reference and reuse accurate people data without leaving your workflow. In summary, the connector has the following key characteristics:
Category: Productivity
Connector type: Real-time
Auth type: OAuth
Hosting type: Managed
Capabilities
This connector is able to do the following:
Capability |
Search contacts |
View contact details |
Delete contacts |
Tools
While the capabilities above describe what the connector can do at a high level, the underlying tools show exactly which operations the agent can use when you ask Sana about Google Contacts. In practice, the agent may call one or more tools to achieve a single capability.
Tool |
Delete contact |
Get contact |
List contacts |
Scope and permissions
This connector uses OAuth. When you connect your account, you will need to sign into your account and grant the required permissions:
Scope | Purpose |
profile | Read basic profile info for the signed-in user (e.g. name, profile picture, language) |
View the user's primary email address to identify them | |
contacts | Full read/write access to the user's Google Contacts |
contacts.readonly | Read-only access to the user's Google Contacts |
contacts.other.readonly | Read-only access to "Other contacts" |
Set up instructions
Prerequisites:
Your Sana workspace admin has enabled this integration – if the workspace admin has disabled the integration it won't appear in the list of available integrations.
Step 1: Go to the integrations page in Sana
In Sana, click on ... More in the sidebar, then select Integrations
Step 2: Find Google Contacts in the list of available integrations
Scroll to the Available integrations section and locate Google Contacts.
Step 3: Connect the integration
Click the integration card and select "Connect just for me", this will open a pop-up powered by Pipedream. Follow the steps in the pop-up to complete the set-up.
Step 4: Sign in to Google Contacts and approve the requested scopes
You'll be redirected to Google Contacts to go through their OAuth flow. Sign in and approve the scopes Sana needs to operate the connector.
Step 5: Complete the set up
You've successfully connected your Google Contacts account. Click Continue to complete the setup and start using the connector.
Known limitations
Update: The connector does not support updating contacts in Google Contacts.
Saved contacts only: The connector can only find your saved contacts — not contacts available in your organization's directory.