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keevitaja's avatar

Manage google contacts using api

Hello,

i am clueless in that department, so it might sound like a silly question! I hope you forgive me.

I want to build a small web app for my personal usage and i'd like it to access my personal google contacts and do some crud stuff there.

Is it doable and is it doable without paying google any money for business solutions and perhaps there are some noob tutorials available?

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pstephan1187's avatar

Try doing some google searches. If you are looking for "google contacts free api", then do a google search for that. Once you confirm if you can use their api for free, then look over their documentation or do another search for "google contacts api php" or something along those lines. If the api is available then there is a php sdk for it.

keevitaja's avatar

Thank you @pstephan1187

I have done all these steps... I was just hoping for someone with some experience with it and get some good pointers. Have you done it before?

pstephan1187's avatar

I have not worked with google's contacts api before, but it would be like working with any other api. Find a good SDK/Package that you like, include it in your app, and go to town... What kind of pointers are you looking for?

keevitaja's avatar

Like which package to use, is this package ready for L5, some code examples in a form of a tutorial if not provided with package... the general stuff.

keevitaja's avatar

so no one has never worked with personal google contacts in laravel before?

Shaun's avatar

I haven't explored this yet, but this is something I'd love to try.

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