Which API to get Google Apps Directory Custom Fields?

Ferris Argyle

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Jun 3, 2012, 3:40:43 PM6/3/12

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The Provisioning and User Profiles APIs don't appear to return information such as phone # and custom fields based on the docs and my testing; The Contacts API provides this information for external contacts only as far as I can see.

The closest thing which appears to address this requirement is GADS, but this isn't an API.

What is the best way to programmatically access this information?

Thanks

Claudio Cherubino

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Jun 3, 2012, 3:50:45 PM6/3/12

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Hi Ferris,

The User Profiles API returns the same type of information as the Contacts API but for domain users.

Claudio

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Ferris Argyle

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Jun 3, 2012, 5:12:25 PM6/3/12

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Claudio,

Thanks for response.

I'm not seeing the phone numbers or the custom field I added in the result (see below). What am I missing?

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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<id>http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/profiles/domain/.../full/test982</id>

<app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2012-06-03T17:56:43.032Z</app:edited>

<title>Ferris Argyle</title>

<gd:name>

<gd:fullName>Ferris Argyle</gd:fullName>

<gd:givenName>Ferris</gd:givenName>

<gd:familyName>Argyle</gd:familyName>

</gd:name>

<gContact:status indexed='true'/>

<gd:email rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other' address='test982@...' primary='true'/>

</entry>

On Sunday, June 3, 2012 12:50:45 PM UTC-7, Claudio Cherubino wrote:

Hi Ferris,

The User Profiles API returns the same type of information as the Contacts API but for domain users.

Claudio

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Ferris Argyle <far...@google.com> wrote:

The Provisioning and User Profiles APIs don't appear to return information such as phone # and custom fields based on the docs and my testing; The Contacts API provides this information for external contacts only as far as I can see.

The closest thing which appears to address this requirement is GADS, but this isn't an API.

What is the best way to programmatically access this information?

Thanks

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Alain Vongsouvanh

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Jun 4, 2012, 11:24:21 AM6/4/12

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Helo Ferris,

The Google User Profiles API will only return data set by an administrator of the domain using the same API. Some information are read-only and pre-set by our servers such as the user's Name (fullname, givenname, etc.) and primary e-mail address (set to the user's user...@domain.com).

To retrieve information such as the phone number, an administrator first need to set them.