Class ContactGroup

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• ContactGroup is deprecated and the People API advanced service should be used instead.

• It represents a group of contacts and previously provided methods for managing them, such as adding, removing, and deleting groups.

• All previously available methods within ContactGroup are now deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

• System groups, like "My Contacts" or "Coworkers," are predefined and cannot be deleted.

• Using these deprecated methods requires authorization with the https://www.google.com/m8/feeds scope.

ContactGroup

Deprecated. Instead, use the People API advanced service

A ContactGroup is is a group of contacts.

Deprecated methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
addContact(contact)	ContactGroup	Adds the given contact to this group // The code below creates a new contact and adds it to the "Work Friends" // contact group const contact = ContactsApp.createContact( 'John', 'Doe', '[e-mail]', ); const group = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('Work Friends'); group.addContact(contact);
deleteGroup()	void	Deletes this contact group.
getContacts()	Contact[]	Gets all the contacts in this contact group.
getGroupName()	String	Returns the name of this group.
getId()	String	Gets the id of this contact group.
getName()	String	Gets the name of this contact group.
isSystemGroup()	Boolean	Gets a boolean value to determine whether this contact group is a system group (undeletable) or not.
removeContact(contact)	ContactGroup	Removes the given contact from this group // The code below retrieves all the contacts named "John Doe' and removes them // from the "Work Friends" contact group const contacts = ContactsApp.getContactsByName('John Doe'); const group = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('Work Friends'); for (const i in contacts) { group.removeContact(contacts[i]); }
setGroupName(name)	void	Sets the name of this group.
setName(name)	ContactGroup	Sets the name of this contact group.

Deprecated methods

addContact(contact)

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Adds the given contact to this group

// The code below creates a new contact and adds it to the "Work Friends"
// contact group
const contact = ContactsApp.createContact(
    'John',
    'Doe',
    '[e-mail]',
);
const group = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('Work Friends');
group.addContact(contact);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
contact	Contact	the contact to be added to the group

Return

ContactGroup — this contact group

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

See also

• removeContact(contact)

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deleteGroup()

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Deletes this contact group.

Deletes non-system groups only; system groups cannot be deleted.

// The code below retrieves a contact group named "Work Friends" and deletes it
const group = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('Work Friends');
group.deleteGroup();

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

See also

• isSystemGroup()

---

getContacts()

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Gets all the contacts in this contact group.

// The code below retrieves all the contacts in the group named "Work Friends"
const group = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('Work Friends');
const contacts = group.getContacts();

Return

Contact[] — the contacts in this group

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

---

getGroupName()

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Returns the name of this group.

Return

String — the name of this group

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

---

getId()

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Gets the id of this contact group.

// The code below retrieves a contact group named "Work Friends" and gets its id
const group = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('Work Friends');
const id = group.getId();

Return

String — the id of this group

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

---

getName()

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Gets the name of this contact group.

// The code below creates a new contact group and then retrieves its name
const group = ContactsApp.createContactGroup('Work Friends');
const name = group.getName();

Return

String — this name of this contact group

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

See also

• setName(name)

---

isSystemGroup()

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Gets a boolean value to determine whether this contact group is a system group (undeletable) or not.

Systems groups are a set of groups that are predefined in Google Contacts, such as "My Contacts", "Family", "Coworkers", etc. The name of a system group usually contains the words "System Group".

// The code below retrieves two contact groups, then logs whether or not
// each is a system group.
const myGroup = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('Work Friends');
const systemGroup = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('System Group: Coworkers');
Logger.log(myGroup.isSystemGroup());      // Returns false, if the group exists.
Logger.log(systemGroup.isSystemGroup());  // Returns true.

Return

Boolean — whether or not this contact group is a system group

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

---

removeContact(contact)

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Removes the given contact from this group

// The code below retrieves all the contacts named "John Doe' and removes them
// from the "Work Friends" contact group
const contacts = ContactsApp.getContactsByName('John Doe');
const group = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('Work Friends');
for (const i in contacts) {
  group.removeContact(contacts[i]);
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
contact	Contact	the contact to be removed from the group

Return

ContactGroup — this contact group

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

See also

• addContact(contact)

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setGroupName(name)

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Sets the name of this group.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	String	the name to set for this group

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

---

setName(name)

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Sets the name of this contact group.

// The code below retrieves the contact group named "Work Friends" and renames
// it to "Work Buddies"
const group = ContactsApp.getContactGroup('Work Friends');
group.setName('Work Buddies');

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	String	the new name for the contact group

Return

ContactGroup — this contact group

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

See also

• getName()