# Table of contents:

# Introduction

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

Deletes a contact group.

# Client/Request

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

# ABGroupDelete

This element has only one attribute:

# abId

This element contains your Address Book Service GUID.

# groupFilter

This element only contains the <groupIds> element.

# groupIds

This element only contains one or multiple <guid> element(s).

# guid

This element only contains the GUID of the group you would like to delete.

# Server/Response

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

# ABGroupDeleteResponse

This empty element has only one attribute:

# Examples

# Client/Request 

POST /abservice/abservice.asmx HTTP/1.1
SOAPAction: http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook/ABGroupDelete
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 1140

<?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>996CDE1E-AA53-4477-B943-2BE802EA6166</ApplicationID>
                        <IsMigration>false</IsMigration>
                        <PartnerScenario>Timer</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>
                <ABGroupDelete
                        xmlns="http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook"
                >
                        <abId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</abId>
                        <groupFilter>
                                <groupIds>
                                        <guid>f60efbe7-94af-4b16-b926-e4e10878d329</guid>
                                </groupIds>
                        </groupFilter>
                </ABGroupDelete>
        </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

# Server/Response 

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml
Content-Length: 772; charset=utf-8

<?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;MjAyNC0xMS0xOVQxNzo0ODowOS44MDNa</CacheKey>
                        <CacheKeyChanged>true</CacheKeyChanged>
                        <PreferredHostName>contacts.example.com</PreferredHostName>
                        <SessionId>ecfaf8c7-e388-4571-8641-b061a0ac4bdc</SessionId>
                </ServiceHeader>
        </soap:Header>
        <soap:Body>
                <ABGroupDeleteResponse
                        xmlns="http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook"
                />
        </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>