User Photo

To use an image from the Files page as a user photo, pass the file ID in the fileId property of the request body or in the fileId request parameter. Images uploaded on the User page don’t have a file ID and can’t be used as the fileId.

To upload a binary file as the user photo, you must send it in a multipart/form-data message. For information about how to create the multipart/form-data message, see Uploading Binary Files.

To display user profile photos in a feed, cache the user photos. Then use the photoVersionId property of the Photo response body to determine when you need to update a photo. This technique helps you avoid running over limits and may improve mobile client performance.

Resource

1/chatter/users/userId/photo

1/connect/communities/communityId/chatter/users/userId/photo

Available since version

23.0

Requires Chatter

Yes

HTTP methods

GET, POST or HEAD

Request body for POST

Root XML tag

<photo>

JSON example

1{   "cropSize" : "120",
2    "cropX" : "0",
3    "cropY" : "0",
4    "fileId" : "069D00000001IOh"
5}

Properties

Name	Type	Description	Required or Optional	Available Version
cropSize	Integer	The length, in pixels, of any edge of the crop square.	Required to crop an uploaded file or an existing file.	29.0
cropX	Integer	The position X, in pixels, from the left edge of the image to the start of the crop square. Top left is position (0,0).	Required to crop an uploaded file or an existing file.	29.0
cropY	Integer	The position Y, in pixels, from the top edge of the image to the start of the crop square. Top left is position (0,0).	Required to crop an uploaded file or an existing file.	29.0
fileId	String	18–character ID of an existing file. The key prefix must be 069 and the file size must be less than 2 MB. Images uploaded on the Group page and on the User page don’t have file IDs and therefore can’t be used. Note	Required to choose an existing file.	25.0
versionNumber	Integer	Version number of an existing file. If not provided, the latest version is used.	Optional	25.0

Request parameters for POST

Parameter Name	Type	Description	Required or Optional	Available Version
cropSize	Integer	The length, in pixels, of any edge of the crop square.	Required to crop an uploaded file or an existing file.	29.0
cropX	Integer	The position X, in pixels, from the left edge of the image to the start of the crop square. Top left is position (0,0).	Required to crop an uploaded file or an existing file.	29.0
cropY	Integer	The position Y, in pixels, from the top edge of the image to the start of the crop square. Top left is position (0,0).	Required to crop an uploaded file or an existing file.	29.0
fileId	String	18 character ID of an existing file. The key prefix must be 069 and the file size must be less than 2 MB. Files uploaded on the Group page and on the User Profile page don’t have a file ID and can’t be posted or cropped. Files uploaded on the Files page have a file ID and can be posted and cropped. Note	Required to choose an existing file.	25.0
versionNumber	Integer	Version number of the existing content. If not provided, the latest version is used.	Optional	25.0

Photos are processed asynchronously and may not be visible right away.

Note

Response body for GET or HEAD

Photo

Response body for POST

Photo