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METHOD_UnblockContact

This method notifies 
BEMS
 that the user is unblocking a contact on the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app contacts list. 
Parameter
Type
Required
Description
contactId
String
√
This parameter specifies the ID of the user to unblock. Users can unblock other users that are a part of their contact list and users that are not a part of the contact list.
When you unblock another user, the user that initiates the unblock starts to receive ContactUpdate notifications for the previously blocked user. If the user has other active sessions with the user blocked, they won't receive ContactUpdates for the user in those sessions. The user can get the blocked user's status by searching for their contact details. 
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 to send to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app when the user unblocks a contact in the contact list.
Parameter
Type
Description
method
String
This parameter specifies the invoked method (for example, UnblockContact).
state
String
This parameter specifies the state of the request to 
BEMS
 (for example, Processing or Complete).  

Code example

The following code example sends a request to 
BEMS
 to unblock "user33" in the contact list.
{
  "id":"c12",
  "method":"UnblockContact",
  "params": 
    {
      "contactIds":{"user33@example.com}"
    },
  "jsonrpc":"2.0"
}
If the request is successful, 
BEMS
 sends the following response to the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app and processes the request.
{
   "id":"c12",
   "error":null,
   "result": {
       "data":
        {
          "method":"UnblockContact",
          "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 unblocked. 
{
   "id":"c12",
   "sequence":1018699900000077,
   "result": {
       "data":
        {
          "method":"UnblockContact",
          "state":"COMPLETE"
        }
      },
   "jsonrpc":"2.0",
 }