# Table of contents:

• Introduction
• Client/Request
  • ABDelete
• Server/Response
  • ABDeleteResponse
• Examples
  • Client/Request
  • Server/Response

# Introduction

ABDelete is one of the SOAP actions the Address Book Service provides.

Delete an Address Book.

# Client/Request

The template used in this action is described on the Address Book Service main page.

# ABDelete

This element has only one attribute:

• xmlns: This is always set to http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook.

This element contains only one child:

• <abId>: This element contains the GUID of the Address Book to delete.

# Server/Response

The template used in this action is described on the Address Book Service main page.

# ABDeleteResponse

This element has only one attribute:

• xmlns: This is always set to http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook.

# Examples

# Client/Request

POST /abservice/abservice.asmx HTTP/1.1
SOAPAction: http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook/ABDelete
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 921

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
	xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
	xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
>
	<soap:Header>
		<ABApplicationHeader xmlns="http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook">
			<ApplicationId>AAD9B99B-58E6-4F23-B975-D9EC1F9EC24A</ApplicationId>
			<IsMigration>false</IsMigration>
			<PartnerScenario>Initial</PartnerScenario>
		</ABApplicationHeader>
		<ABAuthHeader xmlns="http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook">
			<ManagedGroupRequest>false</ManagedGroupRequest>
			<TicketToken>t=ticket&amp;p=profile</TicketToken>
		</ABAuthHeader>
	</soap:Header>
	<soap:Body>
		<ABDelete xmlns="http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook">
			<abId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</abId>
		</ABDelete>
	</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

# Server/Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 718

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
	xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>
	<soap:Header>
		<ServiceHeader xmlns="http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook">
			<Version>12.01.1111.0000</Version>
			<CacheKey>12r1;MjAyNi0wMi0wOFQxODoxMzozNS41MTFa</CacheKey>
			<CacheKeyChanged>true</CacheKeyChanged>
			<PreferredHostName>contacts.example.com</PreferredHostName>
			<SessionId>ecfaf8c7-e388-4571-8641-b061a0ac4bdc</SessionId>
		</ServiceHeader>
	</soap:Header>
	<soap:Body>
		<ABDeleteResponse xmlns="http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook" />
	</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>