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How to add a contact to multiple groups in Google Contact

  • 2 August 2023
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I have a dictionary that looks something like this: 

Output

  1. Group A
  2. Group B
  3. Group C

These list items correspond to groups in Google Contacts, and my goal is for Zapier to create a Google Contact and add them to every group included in this list. There are 30+ groups that a single contact can belong to. 

This is a problem because when looking up “how to add a contact to multiple groups in Google Contact” the best solution I found in the Zapier community called for using paths (where you add a path for group), and Zapier only allows you to add 5 paths.

Does anyone know another way to add a contact to multiple groups in Google Contact? 🙏 Thank you!

 

 
 
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Troy Tessalone
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Hi @ThomasOfficer 

Good question.

Try using the Looping app: https://zapier.com/apps/looping/help

You’ll need to know the internal GContacts Group ID.

 

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ThomasOfficer
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@Troy Tessalone Thank you for replying! Can you please elaborate? When I use the step ‘Add Contact to Group in Google Groups` in my loop, how select which group? 

I think what you’re suggesting is that I create a table that maps GContacts Group labels to their IDs…. but how would I use such a table in my loop?

Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
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@ThomasOfficer 

Lookup Table resource:

 

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ThomasOfficer
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@Troy Tessalone That worked!

  • I created a Zapier table mapping GContact labels to GContact label IDs
  • In my Zap, in the loop, I look up the GContact ID and use it in the ‘Add Contact to Group in Google Groups` step

Thank you!

ThomasOfficer
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@Troy Tessalone One more wrinkle: I’m designing my Zap such that it either updates OR creates a record in Google Contacts. Ideally, my zap would have 2x loops:

How could I solve this? Thank you again

Troy Tessalone
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@ThomasOfficer 

If you are not able to add another Looping app in the other Path, then you will have to chain Zaps together using Wehooks.

 

So you would have 3 Zaps.

 

Zap 1 (for each Path)

Action: Webhooks - POST

Use the webhook generated from Zap 2 for the respective Path.

 

Zap 2 (repeat for each path from Zap 1)

Trigger: Webhook - Catch Hook

This will generate a unique webhook URL to put in Zap 1 for the respective Path.

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