google-cloud-platformgoogle-admin-sdk

Getting the Google Identification Number


For users in a Google domain, there's a property called gidNumber. The only way I know of how I can access this id is by connecting to the Google Ldap. When I do a query in Google Admin Directory, I cannot find this property. Are there other methods to accessing the gidNumber other than via ldap?


Solution

  • There are two ID that you can use to identify any user, the first one is the email address ( that could be changed but Google API's use to recognise a userKey ) and then is the ID for a user, which can be get if you run the Admin SDK using as Userkey from a user that you know the email address.