User Profile Information

Information about the logged-in or specified user's Chatter profile.

Resource

1/chatter/users/me

or

1/chatter/users/userId

Available version

23.0

PATCH available in 29.0

HTTP methods

GET, HEAD, PATCH

Request body for PATCH

Root XML tag

<user>

Properties

Name	Type	Description	Available Version
aboutMe	String	The aboutMe property of a User Detail response body. The maximum length is 1000 characters. This property populates the “About Me” section of the user profile, which is visible to all members of a community or an organization.	29.0

JSON example

1swfobject.registerObject("clippy.codeblock-2", "9");{
2   "aboutMe": "Staff Technical Writer responsible for the Connect API and Connect in Apex documentation."
3}
4

Request parameters for PATCH

Name	Type	Description	Available Version
aboutMe	String	The aboutMe property of a User Detail response body. The maximum length is 1000 characters. This property populates the “About Me” section of the user profile, which is visible to all members of a community or an organization.	29.0

Response body for GET and HEAD

• User Summary—If the user is an external user or a portal user, or if the version is 25.0 or earlier.
• User Detail—If the user is an internal user (including the logged-in user) and the version is greater than 25.0.

Response body for PATCH

User Detail

Example request parameters for PATCH

This example uses a parameter to update the aboutMe property. In the UI, this property populates the “About Me” section in the user profile.

1/chatter/users/me?aboutMe=Staff+Technical+Writer+at+Seattle+Apps

Example request body for PATCH

This example uses a request body to update the aboutMe property.

1/chatter/users/me

Request body:

1{
2   "aboutMe": "Staff Technical Writer at Seattle Apps"
3}

Example response body for PATCH

1{
2   "aboutMe": "Staff Technical Writer at Seattle Apps",
3
4   "address": {
5      "city": "Seattle",
6      "country": "US",
7      "formattedAdress": "2001 8th Ave\nSeattle, WA 98121\nUS"
8      "state": "WA",
9      "street": "2001 8th Ave",
10      "zip": "98121"
11   },
12   "chatterActivity": {
13      "commentCount": 0,
14      "commentReceivedCount": 1,
15      "likeReceivedCount": 0,
16      "postCount": 4
17   },
18   "chatterInfluence": {
19      "percentile": "0.5",
20      "rank": 1
21   },
22   "companyName": "Seattle Apps",
23   "email": "mraven@seattleapps.com",
24   "firstName": "Marion",
25   "followersCount": 1,
26   "followingCounts": {
27      "people": 5,
28      "records": 2,
29      "total": 7
30   },
31   "groupCount": 3,
32   "id": "005D0000001Kl6xIAC",
33   "isActive": true,
34   "isInThisCommunity": true,
35   "lastName": "Raven",
36   "managerId": "000000000000000AAA",
37   "managerName": null,
38   "motif": {
39      "color": "1797C0",
40      "largeIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile64.png",
41      "mediumIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile32.png",
42      "smallIconUrl": "/img/icon/profile16.png"
43   },
44   "mySubscription": null,
45   "name": "Marion Raven",
46   "phoneNumbers": [{
47      "phoneNumber": "(206) 999-2846",
48      "type": "Work"
49   }],
50   "photo": {
51      "fullEmailPhotoUrl": "https://instance_name/ncsphoto/
52SqRfG_-PUTY6KtfOp_f0cEw-MQI3xmkJ21oNEOQ-5sZVyX4qlsJTXfOWM77RW7yt",
53      "largePhotoUrl": "https://instance_name/profilephoto/729D00000000BDV/F",
54      "photoVersionId": "729D00000000BDV",
55      "smallPhotoUrl": "https://instance_name/profilephoto/729D00000000BDV/T",
56      "standardEmailPhotoUrl": "https://instance_name/ncsphoto/
57SqRfG_-PUTY6KtfOp_f0cEw-MQI3xmkJ21oNEOQ-5sbktFTIf9vWhFTTALJiaFz_",
58      "url": "/services/data/v30.0/chatter/users/005D0000001LL8OIAW/photo"
59   },
60   "thanksReceived": null,
61   "title": null,
62   "type": "User",
63   "url": "/services/data/v30.0/chatter/users/005D0000001Kl6xIAC",
64   "userType": "Internal",
65   "username": "mraven@seattleapps.com"
66}