Class CustomField

CustomField

Deprecated. Instead, use the People API advanced service

A custom field in a Contact.

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
getLabel()	Object	Gets the label for this field.
setLabel(label)	CustomField	Sets the label of this field.

Deprecated methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
deleteCustomField()	void	Deletes this field.
getValue()	Object	Gets the value of the field.
setLabel(field)	CustomField	Sets the label of this field.
setValue(value)	CustomField	Sets the value of this field.

Detailed documentation

getLabel()

Gets the label for this field. This may be a Field, ExtendedField, or a String.

// Logs the label for all the address fields associated with contact
// 'John Doe'. This method can be similarly called for any field that has
// a label.
var contacts = ContactsApp.getContactsByName('John Doe');
var addressFields = contacts[0].getAddresses();
for (var i = 0; i < addressFields.length; i++) {
  Logger.log(addressFields[i].getLabel());
}

Return

Object — the label for this field

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

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setLabel(label)

Sets the label of this field.

// Sets the label to 'Apartment' for the first address field associated
// with contact 'John Doe'. This method can be similarly called for any
// field that has a label.
var contacts = ContactsApp.getContactsByName('John Doe');
var addressFields = contacts[0].getAddresses();
addressFields[0].setLabel('Apartment');

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
label	String	the new label for this field

Return

CustomField — this field, useful for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

Deprecated methods

deleteCustomField()

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Deletes this field.

var contacts = ContactsApp.getContactsByName('John Doe');
var fields = contacts[0].getCustomFields();
for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
  if (fields[i].getLabel() == 'foo') {
    fields[i].deleteCustomField();
  }
}

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

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getValue()

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Gets the value of the field.

// Logs the value of all the custom fields for contact 'John Doe'
var contacts = ContactsApp.getContactsByName('John Doe');
var fields = contacts[0].getCustomFields();
for (var i in fields) {
  Logger.log(fields[i].getValue());
}

Return

Object — the value stored in the field

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

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setLabel(field)

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Sets the label of this field.

// Sets the first custom field associated with contact 'John Doe' to use 'Mail application' as
// a label, with 'Gmail' as the value.
var contacts = ContactsApp.getContactsByName('John Doe');
var field = contacts[0].getCustomFields()[0];
field.setLabel('Mail application');
field.setValue('Gmail');

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
field	ExtendedField	the new standard label

Return

CustomField — this field, useful for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds

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setValue(value)

Deprecated. This function is deprecated and should not be used in new scripts.

Sets the value of this field.

// Sets the first custom field associated with contact 'John Doe' to use 'Mail application' as
// a label, with 'Gmail' as the value.
var contacts = ContactsApp.getContactsByName('John Doe');
var field = contacts[0].getCustomFields()[0];
field.setLabel('Mail application');
field.setValue('Gmail');

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
value	Object	the new value

Return

CustomField — this field, useful for chaining

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.google.com/m8/feeds