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METHOD_GetContactList

This method retrieves the contact list of the user.
The following table describes the parameters that you can include in this method.
Parameter
Type
Required
Description
dependencies
String
This parameter specifies the other methods that this method is dependent on. It specifies the comma delimited dependent request IDs.
reconnect
String
This parameter specifies that the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app re-establish the existing session. For example, if 
BlackBerry Connect
 goes to the background, when it comes to the foreground the same session is continued. 

BEMS
 response and notification

The following table describes the parameters that 
BEMS
 returns when the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app retrieves the user's contact list and the notification that is sent to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app.
Parameter
Type
Description
method
String
This parameter specifies the invoked method (for example, GetContactList). 
state
String
This parameter specifies the state of the request to 
BEMS
 (for example, Processing and Complete). 
contacts
Object
This parameter specifies the key value pair of the contacts for the user. The key values are the SIP URI for each contact.

Code example 

The following example sends a request to 
BEMS
 to retrieve all contacts in the user's contact list. 
{ "method":"GetContactList", "params":{}, "id":"c11", "jsonrpc":"2.0" }
If the request is successful, 
BEMS
 returns the following response to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app.
{ "id":"c11", "error":null, "result": { "data": { "method":"GetContactList", "state":"PROCESSING" } }, "jsonrpc":"2.0" }
If there are no errors, 
BEMS
 sends the following notification to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app and the user's contact list is displayed.
{ "id":"c11", "sequence":1018528500000011, "result": { "data": { "contacts":{}, "method":"GetContactList", "state":"COMPLETE" } }, "jsonrpc":"2.0" }