myContacts

Article
04/19/2022

Applies to: Skype for Business 2015

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

Web Link

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

Links

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.

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.

Resource

Priority

Sender

Reason

contact

High

people

Delivered when a contact resource is 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