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myContacts

Applies to: Skype for Business 2015

A collection of contact resources that belong to the logged-on user.

For more on web links, see Web links.

Name Description
rel The resource that this link points to. In JSON, this is the outer container.
href The location of this resource on the server, and the target of an HTTP operation.

Resource description

This collection is read-only: it can be used only to view existing contact resources that are on thelogged-on user's contact list. New contacts are added using the Skype for Business client.

Properties

None

This resource can have the following relationships.

Link Description
self The link to the current resource.
contact Represents a person or service that the user can communicate and collaborate with.
contact Represents a person or service that the user can communicate and collaborate with.

Azure Active Directory scopes for online applications

The user must have at least one of these scopes for operations on the resource to be allowed.

Scope Permission Description
User.ReadWrite Read/write Skype user information Allows the app to read and update presence, photo, location, note, call forwarding settings of the signed-in user
Contacts.ReadWrite Read/write Skype user contacts and groups Allows the app to read and write Skype user contacts and groups
Conversations.Initiate Initiate conversations and join meetings Allows the app to initiate instant messages, audio, video, and desktop sharing conversations; and join meetings on-behalf of the signed-in user
Conversations.Receive Receive conversation invites Allows the app to receive instant messages, audio, video, and desktop sharing invitations on-behalf of the signed-in user
Meetings.ReadWrite Create Skype Meetings Allows the app to create Skype meetings on-behalf of the signed-in user

Events

Added

Resource Priority Sender Reason
contact High people Delivered when a contact resource is added.

Sample of returned event data. This sample is given only as an illustration of event syntax. The semantic content is not guaranteed to correspond to a valid scenario. { "_links" : { "self" : { "href" : "http://sample:80/ucwa/v1/applications/appId/events?ack=1" }, "next" : { "href" : "http://sample:80/ucwa/v1/applications/appId/events?ack=2" } }, "sender" : [ { "rel" : "people", "href" : "https://fe1.contoso.com:443/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people", "events" : [ { "link" : { "rel" : "contact", "href" : "https://fe1.contoso.com:443/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282" }, "in" : { "rel" : "myContacts", "href" : "https://fe1.contoso.com:443/ucwa/v1/applications/192/contacts" }, "type" : "added" } ] } ] }

Deleted

Resource Priority Sender Reason
contact High people Delivered when a contact resource is deleted.

Sample of returned event data. This sample is given only as an illustration of event syntax. The semantic content is not guaranteed to correspond to a valid scenario. { "_links" : { "self" : { "href" : "http://sample:80/ucwa/v1/applications/appId/events?ack=1" }, "next" : { "href" : "http://sample:80/ucwa/v1/applications/appId/events?ack=2" } }, "sender" : [ { "rel" : "people", "href" : "https://fe1.contoso.com:443/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people", "events" : [ { "link" : { "rel" : "contact", "href" : "https://fe1.contoso.com:443/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282" }, "in" : { "rel" : "myContacts", "href" : "https://fe1.contoso.com:443/ucwa/v1/applications/192/contacts" }, "type" : "deleted" } ] } ] }

Operations

GET

Gets the list of contacts belonging to myContacts.

Query parameters

Name Description Required?
expand Optional query parameter to override default behavior when returning a collection of groups. Bydefault, a collection of all contact list groups will be returned with data inline. If this queryparameter is provided in the request with value of "false", then the collection of contact listgroups will be returned as links. No

Request body

None

Response body

The response from a GET request contains the properties and links shown in the Properties and Links sections at the top of this page.

Synchronous errors

The errors below (if any) are specific to this resource. Generic errors that can apply to any resource are covered in Generic synchronous errors.

Error Code Subcode Description
Forbidden 403 None The user does not have sufficient privileges to access the contact list.
Forbidden 403 None The user does not have sufficient privileges to access pending contacts
ServiceFailure 500 InvalidExchangeServerVersion Invalid exchange server version.The exchange mailbox of the server might have moved to an unsupported version for the required feature.
Conflict 409 AlreadyExists The already exists error.
Conflict 409 TooManyGroups The too many groups error.
Conflict 409 None Un-supported Service/Resource/API error.
Gone 410 CannotRedirect Cannot redirect since there is no back up pool configured.

Examples

Only server-supplied query parameters, if any, are shown in the request sample.

JSON Request

Get https://fe1.contoso.com:443/ucwa/v1/applications/192/contacts?groupId=samplevalue HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer cwt=PHNhbWw6QXNzZXJ0aW9uIHhtbG5...uZm8
Host: fe1.contoso.com
Accept: application/json

JSON Response

This sample is given only as an illustration of response syntax. The semantic content is not guaranteed to correspond to a valid scenario.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 1277
{
  "rel" : "myContacts",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications/192/contacts"
    },
    "contact" : [
      {
        "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/516"
      }
    ]
  },
  "_embedded" : {
    "contact" : [
      {
        "rel" : "contact",
        "company" : "Contoso Corp.",
        "department" : "Engineering",
        "emailAddresses" : [
          "Alex.Doe@contoso.com"
        ],
        "homePhoneNumber" : "tel:+19185550107",
        "sourceNetworkIconUrl" : "https://images.contoso.com/logo_16x16.png",
        "mobilePhoneNumber" : "tel:4255551212;phone-context=defaultprofile",
        "name" : "Alex Doe",
        "office" : "tel:+1425554321;ext=54321",
        "otherPhoneNumber" : "tel:+19195558194",
        "sourceNetwork" : "SameEnterprise",
        "title" : "Engineer 2",
        "type" : "User",
        "uri" : "sip:alex@contoso.com",
        "workPhoneNumber" : "tel:+1425554321;ext=54321",
        "_links" : {
          "self" : {
            "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282"
          },
          "contactLocation" : {
            "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactLocation"
          },
          "contactNote" : {
            "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactNote"
          },
          "contactPhoto" : {
            "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactPhoto"
          },
          "contactPresence" : {
            "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactPresence"
          },
          "contactPrivacyRelationship" : {
            "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactPrivacyRelationship"
          },
          "contactSupportedModalities" : {
            "href" : "/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactSupportedModalities"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

XML Request

Get https://fe1.contoso.com:443/ucwa/v1/applications/192/contacts?groupId=samplevalue HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer cwt=PHNhbWw6QXNzZXJ0aW9uIHhtbG5...uZm8
Host: fe1.contoso.com
Accept: application/xml

XML Response

This sample is given only as an illustration of response syntax. The semantic content is not guaranteed to correspond to a valid scenario.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: 1810
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resource rel="myContacts" href="/ucwa/v1/applications/192/contacts" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/rtc/2012/03/ucwa">
  <link rel="contact" href="/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/608" />
  <property name="rel">myContacts</property>
  <resource rel="contact" href="/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282">
    <link rel="contactLocation" href="/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactLocation" />
    <link rel="contactNote" href="/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactNote" />
    <link rel="contactPhoto" href="/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactPhoto" />
    <link rel="contactPresence" href="/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactPresence" />
    <link rel="contactPrivacyRelationship" href="/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactPrivacyRelationship" />
    <link rel="contactSupportedModalities" href="/ucwa/v1/applications/192/people/282/contactSupportedModalities" />
    <property name="rel">contact</property>
    <property name="company">Contoso Corp.</property>
    <property name="department">Engineering</property>
    <propertyList name="emailAddresses">
      <item>Alex.Doe@contoso.com</item>
    </propertyList>
    <property name="homePhoneNumber">tel:+19185550107</property>
    <property name="sourceNetworkIconUrl">https://images.contoso.com/logo_16x16.png</property>
    <property name="mobilePhoneNumber">tel:4255551212;phone-context=defaultprofile</property>
    <property name="name">Alex Doe</property>
    <property name="office">tel:+1425554321;ext=54321</property>
    <property name="otherPhoneNumber">tel:+19195558194</property>
    <property name="sourceNetwork">SameEnterprise</property>
    <property name="title">Engineer 2</property>
    <property name="type">User</property>
    <property name="uri">sip:alex@contoso.com</property>
    <property name="workPhoneNumber">tel:+1425554321;ext=54321</property>
  </resource>
</resource>