Update or delete a shared contact

Updating and deleting a shared contact are similar because both use the contact's edit URL.

Update a shared contact

When updating an entry, preserve all XML retrieved from the server. Otherwise, ignored elements are deleted. Updates can take up to 24 hours to reflect in autocomplete and the contact manager.

To update an existing shared contact:

1. Get the entry to update .
2. Edit the entry.

3. Send a PUT request with the updated entry to the contact's edit URL. Use the application/atom+xml content type and ensure the <id> value exactly matches the existing entry. The edit URL ends with a version number to detect conflicts. For more information, see versioning .

   Update the entry:

   <entry>  
   <id>https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/ DOMAIN 
   /base/8411573</id>  
   <updated>2008-02-28T18:47:02.303Z</updated>  
   <category  
   scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'  
   term='http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact'  
   />  
   <title  
   type='text'> TITLE_NAME 
   </title>  
   <gd:name>  
   <gd:fullName> FIRST_NAME 
     
    LAST_NAME 
   </gd:fullName>  
   </gd:name>  
   <content  
   type='text'>NOTES</content>  
   <link  
   rel='self'  
   type='application/atom+xml'  
   href='https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/ DOMAIN 
   / PROJECTION 
   /8411573'  
   />  
   <link  
   rel='edit'  
   type='application/atom+xml'  
   href='https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/ DOMAIN 
   / PROJECTION 
   /8411573/1204224422303000'  
   />  
   <gd:phoneNumber  
   rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other'  
   primary='true'> PRIMARY_PHONE_NUMBER 
   </gd:phoneNumber>  
   <gd:extendedProperty  
   name=" CUSTOM_PROPERTY 
   "  
   value=" CUSTOM_PROPRTY_VALUE 
   "  
   />
   </entry>

   Replace the following:

   • DOMAIN : Your domain—for example, example.com.
   • TITLE_NAME : A name for the entry—for example, example.com contact list.
   • FIRST_NAME : First name of the contact.
   • LAST_NAME : Last name of the contact.
   • PROJECTION : The projection value. For supported values, see Projection values .
   • PRIMARY_PHONE_NUMBER : Preferred phone number.
   • CUSTOM_PROPERTY : Name for a custom property.

   • CUSTOM_PROPRTY_VALUE : Value for a custom property.

     Example updated entry with the edit URL highlighted:

     <entry>
     <id>https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/example.com/base/8411573</id>
     <updated>2008-02-28T18:47:02.303Z</updated>
     <category  
     scheme='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind'  
     term='http://schemas.google.com/contact/2008#contact'  
     />
     <title  
     type='text'>Fitzgerald</title>
     <gd:name>  
     <gd:fullName>Fitzgerald</gd:fullName>
     </gd:name>
     <content  
     type='text'>Notes</content>
     <link  
     rel='self'  
     type='application/atom+xml'  
     href='https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/example.com/full/8411573'  
     />
     <link  
     rel='edit'  
     type='application/atom+xml'  
     href=' https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/example.com/full/8411573/1204224422303000'  
     />
     <gd:phoneNumber  
     rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#other'  
     primary='true'>456-123-2133</gd:phoneNumber>
     <gd:extendedProperty  
     name="pet"  
     value="hamster"  
     />
     <gd:extendedProperty  
     name="cuisine">  
     <italian  
     />
     </gd:extendedProperty>
     </entry>

Delete shared contacts

Deleted contacts can take up to 24 hours to disappear from auto-complete and the contact manager. Don't update contacts by deleting and re-adding them. Instead, see Updating contacts .

• To delete a shared contact, send a DELETE request to the contact's edit URL. This is the same URL used to update contacts .

Google retains placeholders for deleted contacts for 30 days. Use the showdeleted query parameter to request them.

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