# Introduction
`ABGroupContactAdd` is one of the SOAP actions the [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) provides.

Adds a contact from the Forward List (FL) to a contact group.

# Client/Request
The template used in this action is described on the [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) main page.

## ABGroupContactAdd
This element has only one attribute:
* `xmlns:` Is always set to `http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook`.

### abId
This element contains your [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) GUID.

### groupFilter
This element only contains the `<groupIds>` element.

#### groupIds
This element only contains one or multiple `<guid>` element(s).

##### guid
The GUID of the group you'd like to add a contact to.

### contacts
This element only contains the `<Contact>` element.

#### Contact
This element only contains the [`<contactInfo>`](contactinfo.md) element.

This element has one optional child:
* `<contactId>`: Used to add an existing contact to a group.

##### contactInfo
*NOTE: This element is only used when adding a new contact to a group.*

For more information about this element, read the [`<contactInfo>`](contactinfo.md) article.

The relevant elements are:
* `<isSmtp>`: Used with `<phones>` or `<emails>` if this is a new contact
  outside of the Messenger Network.
* `<emails>`: Used with `<isSmtp>` if this is a new email-only contact.
* `<phones>`: Used with `<isSmtp>` if this is a new phone-only contact.


### groupContactAddOptions
This element has two children:
* `<fGenerateMissingQuickName>`: Should this action generate the `<quickName>`
  in the `<contactInfo>` element (`true` or `false`).
* `<EnableAllowListManagement>`: Usually only set to `true`.

# Server/Response
The template used in this action is described on the [Address Book Service](../abservice.md) main page.

## ABGroupContactAddResponse
This element has only one attribute:
* `xmlns:` Is always set to `http://www.msn.com/webservices/AddressBook`.

### ABGroupContactAddResult
This element only contains the `<guid>` element.

#### guid
This element contains the GUID of the contact that was added to the group.