remove_contacts_from_group
Remove specific contacts from a Google Contacts group by unlinking them from the designated label. Specify the group and contact resource names to manage your contact organization.
Instructions
Remove contacts from a contact group (remove a label from contacts).
Args:
group_resource_name: Contact group resource name (e.g., "contactGroups/12345")
contact_resource_names: List of contact resource names to remove (e.g., ["people/12345", "people/67890"])
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| group_resource_name | Yes | ||
| contact_resource_names | Yes |
Implementation Reference
- src/tools.py:538-556 (handler)MCP tool handler that initializes the Google Contacts service and calls the service method to remove specified contacts from a group, returning formatted results or error messages.
async def remove_contacts_from_group( group_resource_name: str, contact_resource_names: List[str] ) -> str: """Remove contacts from a contact group (remove a label from contacts). Args: group_resource_name: Contact group resource name (e.g., "contactGroups/12345") contact_resource_names: List of contact resource names to remove (e.g., ["people/12345", "people/67890"]) """ service = init_service() if not service: return "Error: Google Contacts service is not available. Please check your credentials." try: result = service.remove_contacts_from_group(group_resource_name, contact_resource_names) return format_group_membership_result(result, "remove") except Exception as e: return f"Error: Failed to remove contacts from group - {str(e)}" - Core service method implementing the removal of contacts from a contact group via the Google People API contactGroups.members.modify endpoint, handling API response and errors.
def remove_contacts_from_group( self, group_resource_name: str, contact_resource_names: List[str] ) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Remove contacts from a contact group. Args: group_resource_name: Contact group resource name contact_resource_names: List of contact resource names to remove Returns: Result dictionary with any errors """ try: modify_body = {"resourceNamesToRemove": contact_resource_names} response = ( self.service.contactGroups() .members() .modify(resourceName=group_resource_name, body=modify_body) .execute() ) return { "success": True, "removed_count": len(contact_resource_names), "not_found": response.get("notFoundResourceNames", []), "could_not_remove": response.get("canNotRemoveLastContactGroupResourceNames", []), } except HttpError as error: raise GoogleContactsError(f"Error removing contacts from group: {error}") - src/tools.py:64-75 (registration)Registration function that calls register_contact_group_tools(mcp), which defines and registers the remove_contacts_from_group tool via @mcp.tool() decorator.
def register_tools(mcp: FastMCP) -> None: """Register all Google Contacts tools with the MCP server. Args: mcp: FastMCP server instance """ register_contact_tools(mcp) register_directory_tools(mcp) register_contact_group_tools(mcp) def register_contact_tools(mcp: FastMCP) -> None: - src/main.py:94-96 (registration)Entry point that initializes FastMCP and calls register_tools(mcp) to register all tools including remove_contacts_from_group.
if __name__ == "__main__": main()