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Updating a photo for a shared contact is slightly different than updating a
shared contact's information. For information about working with a shared
contact's information, see
Update or delete a shared contact.
When using photo links, you must specify the authorization token in the HTTP
header. For more information, see
Learn about authentication and authorization.
Update a photo for a shared contact
Every shared contact has a photo link element. The photo link element appears
whether the contact has an associated photo or not. If the contact does have a
photo, then the element contains a gd:etag attribute that specifies an ETag
HTTP header for the photo. An ETag lets you refer to a specific version of a
particular entry. In this case, it lets you refer to a specific verion of a
photo. If the contact has no photo, then there's no gd:etag attribute, and
the href attribute provides the URL to use to add a
photo to the contact.
To delete a photo, you must use the HTTP DELETE method.
When updating or deleting a photo, send the photo's ETag in the If-Match
header of the HTTP request. If you don't have the latest version of the photo
use If-Match: * to override the versioning system and delete the photo.
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