Get Google Plus friend list using Google + API / Google People API iOS

Question

I'm trying to retrieve the list of friend list using Google + API. but it returns an empty list every time. Have they disabled it? Used https://developers.google.com/+/web/api/rest/latest/people/list?authuser=0#examples to test this.

Since The Google+ People API list endpoint is deprecated, I tried to use Goggle People API. But it returns the whole contact list (not Google + friend list). Also without the email addresses of the contacts. Tried with, https://developers.google.com/people/api/rest/v1/people.connections/list?authuser=1

(If we can not get only the Google + friend list then I can show all the contact list instead of Google + friend list. But I need to get the email addresses of the contacts.)

Can someone please help.

Answer 1

the People.list endpoint itself, has been deprecated:

The Google+ People API list endpoint has been deprecated. In the past, the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login scope allowed access to a list of people in the user's circles in addition to their name and profile information. Starting in September 2016, new grants of the plus.login scope will allow access to only the user's name and profile info; calls to the API return empty circle data for those new sign-ins. In 2017 Q1, you will get empty circle data back for all users.

https://developers.google.com/+/web/people/#retrieve-a-collection-of-people