pimutils / pimutils/vdirsyncer

failure using type="google_contacts" (type="google_calendar" works with same client_id, client_secret and token)

Open
#1,082 4 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
1.9k
Forks
185
Avg merge
11h 49m
Merged PRs (30d)
1

Description

I get the following error when trying to use the "google_contacts" type.

Note that calendar sync against the same gmail account using the same client_id, client_secret and token are working fine.

vdirsyncer -v DEBUG -c migrate-contacts-user_at_gmail.com-to-localfiles.conf discover
Discovering collections for pair sync_contacts
critical: Failed to initialize user_at_gmail_dot_com
critical: - google_contacts storage doesn't take the parameters: type

Debian Bookworm using the distribution packaged vdirsyncer.

vdirsyncer version 0.19.0

python version Python 3.11.2

migrate-contacts-user_at_gmail.com-to-localfiles.conf:

a = "user_at_gmail_dot_com"
b = "localfiles"
collections = ["from a", "from b"]
conflict_resolution = "a wins"

metadata = ["displayname"]

[storage user_at_gmail_dot_com]
type = "google_contacts"
token_file = "~/.vdirsyncer/token/user_at_gmail.com"
client_id = "redacted"
client_secret = "redacted"

[storage localfiles]
type = "filesystem"
path = "~/.vdirsyncer/archive/local-contact-replicas/user_at_gmail.com"
fileext = ".vcf"

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by running the reported vdirsyncer -v DEBUG -c ... discover command with the shown google_contacts configuration, then compare its storage initialization with the working google_calendar setup. Trace where storage parameters are validated; done means the documented credentials and token can initialize google_contacts and discovery proceeds without rejecting type.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.