User Profile Information

Information about the context 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

Requires Chatter

Yes

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 context 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/v32.0/chatter/users/005D0000001LL8OIAW/photo"
59   },
60   "thanksReceived": null,
61   "title": null,
62   "type": "User",
63   "url": "/services/data/v32.0/chatter/users/005D0000001Kl6xIAC",
64   "userType": "Internal",
65   "username": "mraven@seattleapps.com"
66}