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METHOD_RemoveContact

This method sends a request to 
BEMS
 to remove a contact from the user's 
BlackBerry Connect
 app contacts list.
The following table describes the parameters that you can include in this method.
Parameter
Type
Required
Description
contactId
String
√
This parameter specifies the ID of the user to remove from the contact list. 
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 and the notification that is sent to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app when a contact is removed from the user's contact list.
Parameter
Type
Description
method
String
This parameter specifies the invoked method (for example, RemoveContact). 
state
Sting
This parameter specifies the state of the request to 
BEMS
 (for example, Processing or Complete).

Example code

The following example sends a request to 
BEMS
 to remove "user1" from the user's 
BlackBerry Connect
 app contact list.
{
  "method":"RemoveContact",
  "params":
    {
     "contactId":"sip:user1@example.com"
    },
  "id":"c14",
  "jsonrpc":"2.0"
}
If the request is successful, 
BEMS
 sends the following response to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app and processes the request
{
  "id":"c14",
  "error":null,
  "result":
   {
    "data":
     {
      "method":"RemoveContact",
      "state":"PROCESSING"
     }
   },
  "jsonrpc":"2.0",
  "background":false
}
If there are no errors, 
BEMS
 sends the following notification to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app and the contact is removed. 
{
   "id": "c58",
   "sequence":1018691100000047,
   "result": 
    {
     "data": 
      {
       "method":"RemoveContact",
       "state":"COMPLETE"
      }
    },
   "jsonrpc":"2.0"
}