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• Add the Google Contacts Connector
• Authenticate to Google Contacts
  • OAuth
  • OAuth JWT
  • GCP Instance Account
• Complete Your Connection
• More Information

You can use the Google Contacts connector from the CData Sync application to capture data from Google Contacts and move it to any supported destination. To do so, you need to add the connector, authenticate to the connector, and complete your connection.

Add the Google Contacts Connector

To enable Sync to use data from Google Contacts, you first must add the connector, as follows:

1. Open the Connections page of the Sync dashboard.

2. Click Add Connection to open the Select Connectors page.

3. Click the Sources tab and locate the Google Contacts row.

4. Click the Configure Connection icon at the end of that row to open the New Connection page. If the Configure Connection icon is not available, click the Download Connector icon to install the Google Contacts connector. For more information about installing new connectors, see Connections.

Authenticate to Google Contacts

After you add the connector, you need to set the required properties.

On the New Connection page, enter the connection name of your choice.

CData Sync supports authenticating to Google Contacts in several ways. Select your authentication method below to proceed to the relevant section that contains the authentication details.

• OAuth (default)

• OAuth JWT

• GCP Instance Account

OAuth

CData Sync provides an embedded OAuth application with which to connect. To use the application, select OAuth for Auth Scheme. No additional properties are required.

OAuth JWT

To connect with a Google Contacts account, set the following properties:

• OAuth Client Id - Enter the client Id that you were assigned when you registered your application with an OAuth authorization server.

• OAuth Client Secret - Enter the client secret that you were assigned when you registered your application with an OAuth authorization server.

• OAuth JWT Cert – Enter your Java web tokens (JWT) certificate store.

• OAuth JWT Cert Type – Enter the type of key store that contains your JWT Certificate. The default type is PEMKEY_BLOB.

• OAuth JWT Issuer – Enter the issuer of your Java web token. Typically, the issuer is either the client Id or the email address of the OAuth application.

• OAuth JWT Cert Password (optional) – Enter the password for your OAuth JWT certificate.

• OAuth JWT Cert Subject (optional) – Enter the subject of your OAuth JWT certificate.

• OAuth JWT Subject (optional) – Enter the user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access.

• OAuth JWT Subject Type (optional) - Select the subject type (enterprise or user) for the JWT authentication. The default type is enterprise.

• OAuth JWT Public Key Id (optional) – Enter the Id of the public key for JWT.

GCP Instance Account

When you run CData Sync on a GCP virtual machine, Sync can authenticate by using the service account that is tied to the virtual machine. Select GCPInstanceAccount for Auth Scheme to use that account. No additional properties are required.

Complete Your Connection

To complete your connection:

1. Define advanced connection settings on the Advanced tab. (In most cases, though, you should not need these settings.)

2. If you authenticate with OAuth, click Connect to Google Contacts to connect to your Google Contacts account.

3. Click Create & Test to create your connection.

More Information

For more information about interactions between CData Sync and Google Contacts, see Google Contacts Connector for CData Sync.