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using api to remove contact from group
June 22, 2012, 07:48:30 pm
The most obvious (and only that I could see) option would be:

civicrm_api3_group_contact_delete (line 126)

But the API 3 page says it is deprecated, with no recommendations on what to use instead,

Any suggestions?
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Re: using api to remove contact from group
June 23, 2012, 12:20:20 am
Use create with a 'status' => 'Removed' (which is what delete does). The reason delete is deprecated is that it implies a full delete but it actually just updates status to 'removed'
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Re: using api to remove contact from group
June 23, 2012, 12:21:18 am
Oh yeah - you mean

civicrm_api('group_contact','create',$params);

don't you? Ie. don't call the functions in the api folder directly
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Re: using api to remove contact from group
June 23, 2012, 08:15:34 am
Cheers Eileen, yes I figured out that is how you are meant to call the api, a bit of string manipulation never hurt anyone lol
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Re: using api to remove contact from group
June 23, 2012, 03:04:15 pm
Hi,

Yes it has, remember that the forum belong to the collective documentation, and you can't imagine how long we end up fighting a typo or old syntax years after it was deemed "not the proper way" :)
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Re: using api to remove contact from group
June 24, 2012, 05:29:45 am
And to make matters worse, we change 'the proper way' every now and then..... ;)
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Re: using api to remove contact from group
July 04, 2012, 01:49:01 pm
Quote from: Erik Hommel on June 24, 2012, 05:29:45 am
And to make matters worse, we change 'the proper way' every now and then..... ;)

Tis the best way, keep people on their toes lol
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