Exchange Contact (Rest API)

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URL: 

[GET] http://api.emailsrvr.com/v0/customers/(customer account number)/domains/(domain name)
        /ex/contacts


Description:

Returns a list of contacts under the domain.


Remarks:

For the text/xml format, refer to the following schema document: ContactList.xsd


Example: 

get '/customers/12345678/domains/example.com/ex/contacts?size=100&page=1&contains=john', 'text/xml'


XML Result Example: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<contactList xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:xml:contactList">
  <offset>0</offset>
  <size>50</size>
  <total>3</total>
  <contacts>
    <contact>
      <name>apiexcontact66</name>
      <displayName>API Test</displayName>
      <externalEmail>externalemail58@yahoo.com</externalEmail>
    </contact>
    <contact>
      <name>apiexcontact73</name>
      <displayName>API Test</displayName>
      <externalEmail>externalemail98@yahoo.com</externalEmail>
    </contact>
    <contact>
      <name>apiexcontact81</name>
      <displayName>API Test</displayName>
      <externalEmail>externalemail46@yahoo.com</externalEmail>
    </contact>
  </contacts>
</contactList>


Json Result Example:

{"offset":0,"size":50,"total":3,"contacts":[{"name":"apiexcontact66","displayName":"API Test","externalEmail":"externalemail58@yahoo.com"},{"name":"apiexcontact73","displayName":"API Test","externalEmail":"externalemail98@yahoo.com"},{"name":"apiexcontact81","displayName":"API Test","externalEmail":"externalemail46@yahoo.com"}]}


Errors:

Description HTTP Response Code Sample Message
Format is invalid 406 Invalid format
Domain is not found 404 abc.com not found


Show

URL: 

[GET] http://api.emailsrvr.com/v0/customers/(customer account number)/domains/(domain name)
        /ex/contacts/(contact name)


Description:

Returns the contact's details.


Remarks:

For the text/xml format, refer to the following schema document: Contact.xsd


Example: 

get '/customers/12345678/domains/example.com/ex/contacts/alex.smith', 'text/xml'


XML Result Example: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<contact xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="urn:xml:contact">
  <name>apiexcontact73</name>
  <displayName>API Test</displayName>
  <externalEmail>externalemail98@yahoo.com</externalEmail>
  <isHidden>false</isHidden>
  <contactInfo>
    <firstName>API</firstName>
    <lastName>Test</lastName>
    <jobTitle>Dev</jobTitle>
    <company>My Company</company>
    <department>R&D</department>
    <businessNumber>111-1111</businessNumber>
    <homeNumber>222-2222</homeNumber>
    <mobileNumber>333-3333</mobileNumber>
    <faxNumber>444-4444</faxNumber>
    <pagerNumber>1234</pagerNumber>
    <addressLine1>123 Main Street</addressLine1>
    <city>Blacksburg</city>
    <state>VA</state>
    <zip>24060</zip>
    <country>USA</country>
    <notes>My Notes</notes>
  </contactInfo>
</contact>


Json Result Example:

{"name":"apiexcontact73","displayName":"API Test","externalEmail":"externalemail98@yahoo.com","isHidden":false,"contactInfo":{"firstName":"API","lastName":"Test","jobTitle":"Dev","company":"My Company","department":"R&D","businessNumber":"111-1111","homeNumber":"222-2222","mobileNumber":"333-3333","faxNumber":"444-4444","pagerNumber":"1234","addressLine1":"123 Main Street","city":"Blacksburg","state":"VA","zip":"24060","country":"USA","notes":"My Notes"}}


Errors:

Description HTTP Response Code Sample Message
Format is invalid 406 Invalid format
Domain is not found 404 abc.com not found
Contact is not found 404 Contact not found


Add/Edit

URL: 

Add: [POST] http://api.emailsrvr.com/v0/customers/(customer account number)/domains/(domain name)
                /ex/contacts/(contact name)

Edit: [PUT] http://api.emailsrvr.com/v0/customers/(customer account number)/domains/(domain name)
                /ex/contacts/(contact name)


Description:

Adds or edits the contact's details as specified. If the contact does not exist, use Add, if it does, use Edit.


Field Name Data Type Description
displayName string Name of contact when displayed (Required for add)
externalEmail string Email address (Required for add)
isHidden boolean Whether the contact is hidden from the Global List
firstName string First name
lastName string Last name
jobTitle string Job title
company string Company
department string Department
businessnumber string Business phone number
homenumber string Home phone number
mobilenumber string Mobile phone number
faxnumber string Fax number
pagernumber string Pager number
addressLine1 string Street address
city string City
state string State
zip string Zip or postal code
country string Country
notes string Notes field


Example: 

post '/customers/12345678/domains/example.com/ex/contacts/alex.smith', 'text/xml',
{
  'displayName' => 'Johnny Customer',
  'externalEmail' => 'jonny@apple.com'
}

put '/customers/12345678/domains/example.com/ex/contacts/alex.smith', 'text/xml',
{
  'externalEmail' => 'jonnysNewEmail@microsoft.com',
  'company' => 'Microsoft',
  'businessnumber' => '425 555 5555'
}


Errors:

Description HTTP Response Code Sample Message
Format is invalid 406 Invalid format
Domain is not found 404 abc.com not found
Contact is not found 404 No user with the email address jane.doe@abc.com exists
New display name doesn't meet the naming requirements 400 Invalid display name
Boolean form field has non-boolean input 400 Invalid format for Enabled, input must be True or False
Form data has unrecognized field 400 Unrecognized field: size
Required form field is missing 400 Missing required field: displayName
Required form field has null or empty string input 400 Required field displayName cannot be empty
New display name doesn't meet the naming requirements 400 Invalid display name
New contact name (user name) already exists 400 The email address john.doe@abc.com is already in use
New contact name (user name) is reserved by Exchange 400 user name reserved


Delete

URL: 

[DELETE] http://api.emailsrvr.com/v0/customers/(customer account number)/domains/(domain name)
            /ex/contacts/(contact name)


Description:

Deletes the contact.


Remarks:

Contact is deleted immediately without verification and data is lost permanently.


Example: 

delete '/customers/12345678/domains/example.com/ex/contacts/alex.smith', 'text/xml'

Errors:

Description HTTP Response Code Sample Message
Domain is not found 404 abc.com not found
Contact is not found 404 No user with the email address jane.doe@abc.com exists
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