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Question (People API) : by query of "other contacts", how can I get other fields of them (photos, coverPhotos, etc...) ?

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
api

Research direction

Start with the linked People API documentation and the OtherContacts.list() entry point, especially the Person fields and supported request fields named in the issue. Determine whether other contacts have usable IDs and whether additional fields can be requested; done means providing a documented answer or confirmed limitation and any supported workaround.

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Description

priority: p4 type: feature request

Using OtherContacts.list(), I succeeded to get a list of Person instances there (relevant link here and here ), but as the API says, I can only request to
fetch this information:

"emailAddresses,names,phoneNumbers"

How can I get the rest? Is there even an ID for each item here (had it for Contacts API here ) ?
Is there perhaps a workaround to get the rest of the fields for each item of the list here?

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