Code to create a contact using Google's People API

createContact.py

from __future__ import print_function
import httplib2
import os

from apiclient import discovery
from oauth2client import client
from oauth2client import tools
from oauth2client.file import Storage

try:
    import argparse
    flags = argparse.ArgumentParser(parents=[tools.argparser]).parse_args()
except ImportError:
    flags = None

# If modifying these scopes, delete your previously saved credentials
# at ~/.credentials/people.googleapis.com-python-quickstart.json
SCOPES = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts'
CLIENT_SECRET_FILE = 'client_secret.json'
APPLICATION_NAME = 'People API Python Quickstart'


def get_credentials():
    """Gets valid user credentials from storage.

    If nothing has been stored, or if the stored credentials are invalid,
    the OAuth2 flow is completed to obtain the new credentials.

    Returns:
        Credentials, the obtained credential.
    """
    home_dir = os.path.expanduser('./')
    credential_dir = os.path.join(home_dir, '.credentials')
    if not os.path.exists(credential_dir):
        os.makedirs(credential_dir)
    credential_path = os.path.join(credential_dir,
                                   'people.googleapis.com-python-quickstart.json')

    store = Storage(credential_path)
    credentials = store.get()
    if not credentials or credentials.invalid:
        flow = client.flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRET_FILE, SCOPES)
        flow.user_agent = APPLICATION_NAME
        if flags:
            credentials = tools.run_flow(flow, store, flags)
        else: # Needed only for compatibility with Python 2.6
            credentials = tools.run(flow, store)
        print('Storing credentials to ' + credential_path)
    return credentials

credentials = get_credentials()
http = credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http())
service = discovery.build('people', 'v1', http=http,
    discoveryServiceUrl='https://people.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest')
service.people().createContact(body={
	    "names": [
	        {
	            "givenName": "Samkit"
	        }
	    ],
	    "phoneNumbers": [
	        {
	            'value': "8600086024"
	        }
	    ],
        "emailAddresses": [
            {
                'value': '[email protected]'
            }
        ]
	}).execute()

check if client_secret.json file is present in the same folder, if its there share your code so w can validate further

check if client_secret.json file is present in the same folder, if its there share your code so w can validate further

Thanks
def get_credentials():
Upon Def is ok.
But the
service.people().createContact(parent='people/me', body={ "names": [ { "givenName": "Samkit" } ], "phoneNumbers": [ { 'value': "8600086024" } ], "emailAddresses": [ { 'value': '[email protected]' } ] }).execute() @techmodule
This code can not run
File "/Users/nguyenngoclinh/.conda/envs/1z_vietnam/lib/python3.7/site-packages/googleapiclient/_helpers.py", line 134, in positional_wrapper
return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)

Full code

from __future__ import print_function
import httplib2
from oauth2client import tools
from apiclient.discovery import build
from oauth2client.file import Storage
from oauth2client.client import OAuth2WebServerFlow
from apiclient import discovery

from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
# Set up a Flow object to be used if we need to authenticate. This
# sample uses OAuth 2.0, and we set up the OAuth2WebServerFlow with
# the information it needs to authenticate. Note that it is called
# the Web Server Flow, but it can also handle the flow for
# installed applications.
#
# Go to the Google API Console, open your application's
# credentials page, and copy the client ID and client secret.
# Then paste them into the following code.
FLOW = OAuth2WebServerFlow(
    client_id='592262365202-h6qu4mrf2b043e2gv2qf5grjg0j532s5.apps.googleusercontent.com',
    client_secret='VVxrBm9SE1ONzyX1oIEwSfB2',
    scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contacts',
    user_agent='contact_cms/YOUR_APPLICATION_VERSION')

# If the Credentials don't exist or are invalid, run through the
# installed application flow. The Storage object will ensure that,
# if successful, the good Credentials will get written back to a
# file.

def get_credentials(FLOW):
    storage = Storage('info.dat')
    credentials = storage.get()
    if credentials is None or credentials.invalid == True:
        credentials = tools.run_flow(FLOW, storage)
    return credentials


# Create an httplib2.Http object to handle our HTTP requests and
# authorize it with our good Credentials.
def get_http(credentials):
    http = httplib2.Http()
    http = credentials.authorize(http)
    return http

# Build a service object for interacting with the API. To get an API key for
# your application, visit the Google API Console
# and look at your application's credentials page.
def print_list_google_contact_with_number_of_contacts(creds, numberofcontact):
    # Call the People API
    service = build('people', 'v1', credentials=creds)
    print('Ban dang in ra ', numberofcontact, ' danh ba')

    results = service.people().connections().list(
        resourceName='people/me',
        pageSize=numberofcontact,
        personFields='names,emailAddresses,phoneNumbers,emailAddresses,addresses').execute()
    connections = results.get('connections', [])

    # for person in connections:
    #     names = person.get('names', [])
    #     if names:
    #         name = names[0].get('displayName')
    #         print(name)
    for person in connections:
        names = person.get('names', [])
        if names:
            name = names[0].get('displayName')
        else:
            name = None
        phoneNumbers = person.get('phoneNumbers', [])
        if phoneNumbers:
            phoneNumber = phoneNumbers[0].get('value')
        else:
            phoneNumber = None
        Cities = person.get('addresses', [])
        if Cities:
            City = Cities[0].get('city')
        else:
            City = None
        emails = person.get('emailAddresses', [])
        if emails:
            email = emails[0].get('value')
        else:
            email = None
        print(f'{name}: {phoneNumber}: {City}: {email}')

def creat_a_google_contact(http):
    service = discovery.build('people', 'v1', http=http, discoveryServiceUrl='https://people.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest')
    service.people().createContact(parent='people/me', body={
        "names": [
            {
                'givenName': "Samkafafsafsafit"
            }
        ],
        "phoneNumbers": [
            {
                'value': "8600086024"
            }
        ],
        "emailAddresses": [
            {
                'value': "[email protected]"
            }
        ]
    }).execute()

def main():
    creds=get_credentials(FLOW)
    http=get_http(creds)
    printout=print_list_google_contact_with_number_of_contacts(creds,10)
    creat_a_google_contact(http)
    return print(printout)
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Problems for this cod

def creat_a_google_contact(http):
    service = discovery.build('people', 'v1', http=http, discoveryServiceUrl='https://people.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest')
    service.people().createContact(parent='people/me', body={
        "names": [
            {
                'givenName': "Samkafafsafsafit"
            }
        ],
        "phoneNumbers": [
            {
                'value': "8600086024"
            }
        ],
        "emailAddresses": [
            {
                'value': "[email protected]"
            }
        ]
    }).execute()

Logs of Errors
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/nguyenngoclinh/cms/cmsproject/google_contacts_cms/setup_your_app.py", line 116, in <module>
    main()
  File "/Users/nguyenngoclinh/cms/cmsproject/google_contacts_cms/setup_your_app.py", line 113, in main
    creat_a_google_contact(http)
  File "/Users/nguyenngoclinh/cms/cmsproject/google_contacts_cms/setup_your_app.py", line 104, in creat_a_google_contact
    'value': "[email protected]"
  File "/Users/nguyenngoclinh/.conda/envs/1z_vietnam/lib/python3.7/site-packages/googleapiclient/discovery.py", line 840, in method
    raise TypeError('Got an unexpected keyword argument "%s"' % name)
TypeError: Got an unexpected keyword argument "parent"

Relate for this error
    def method(self, **kwargs):
        # Don't bother with doc string, it will be over-written by createMethod.

        for name in six.iterkeys(kwargs):
            if name not in parameters.argmap:
                raise TypeError('Got an unexpected keyword argument "%s"' % name)

Remove parent='people/me', from function its a change from google APIs end, its depricated.

Thank you So Much
It worked

def creat_a_google_contact(http):
    service = discovery.build('people', 'v1', http=http, discoveryServiceUrl='https://people.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest')
    service.people().createContact(body={
        "names": [
            {
                'givenName': "Samkafafsafsafit"
            }
        ],
        "phoneNumbers": [
            {
                'value': "8600086024"
            }
        ],
        "emailAddresses": [
            {
                'value': "[email protected]"
            }
        ]
    }).execute()

Hi
i also make the delete fuction but it is not work :(

def delete_contacts_with_resourceName(creds,http,number_of_contact):
    # Call the People API
    service = build('people', 'v1', credentials=creds)
    print('Ban dang xoa', number_of_contactcontact, 'contacts')

    results = service.people().connections().list(
        resourceName='people/me',
        pageSize=number_of_contactofcontact,
        personFields='names,emailAddresses,phoneNumbers,emailAddresses,addresses').execute()
    service = discovery.build('people', 'v1', http=http,
                              discoveryServiceUrl='https://people.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest')
    connections = results.get('connections', [])
    for person in connections:
        abcd = person.get('resourceName')
        service.people().deleteContact(resourceName={abcd}).execute()

Dear, i used your new code in my localhost is ok? but after i deploy to server, it can not run? the link to authithencate not open in brower

It's not developed for the remote servers, we can use this for console applications.