User Profile Information

Information about the context or specified user's Chatter profile.

Resource

1/chatter/users/userId

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

Available version

23.0

PATCH available in 29.0

Requires Chatter

Yes

HTTP methods

GET, HEAD, PATCH

Response body for GET

User Detail—Versions 26.0 and later. If the user is external, the properties that the User Detail response body shares with the User Summary response body can have non-null values. Other properties are always null.
User Summary—Versions 25.0 and earlier.

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

1{
2   "aboutMe": "Staff Technical Writer responsible for the Connect API and Connect in Apex documentation."
3}

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 PATCH

User Detail

Example for updating the “About Me” section in the user profile using parameters

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

Chatter REST API Developer Guide