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

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 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.

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}