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Contacts query parameters
The Domain Shared Contacts API supports the following standard Google Data API query
parameters:
Name
Description
alt
The type of feed to return, such asatom(default),rss, orjson.
max-results
The maximum number of entries to return. If you want to receive
every contact, rather than only the default maximum, you can
specify a large number formax-results.
start-index
The 1-based index of the first result to retrieve (for paging).
In addition to the standard query parameters, the Domain Shared Contacts API supports
the following parameters:
Name
Description
orderby
Sorting criteria. The only supported value islastmodified.
showdeleted
Include deleted contacts in the returned contacts feed. Valid
values aretrueorfalse. Deleted shared
contacts are shown as entries that contain nothing but an<atom:id>element and a<gd:deleted>element.
Google retains placeholders for deleted shared contacts for 30
days after deletion. During that time, you can request the
placeholders using theshowdeletedquery parameter.
sortorder
Sorting order direction. Can be eitherascendingordescending.
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