# Table of contents:

• Introduction
• Client/Request
  • ABGroupDelete
    • abId
    • groupFilter
      • groupIds
        • guid
• Server/Response
  • ABGroupDeleteResponse
• Examples
  • Client/Request
  • Server/Response

# 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:

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

# 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:

• xmlns: 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/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>