How to Get User Profile Properties in SharePoint 2013 using JavaScript

Sathish Nadarajan
 
Solution Architect
December 13, 2015
 
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In one of the recent requirement, I was about to render the User Profile Information on an Item Display Template. In that case, I don’t have any other option apart from querying the User Profile Service Application using the PeopleManager Class from the JavaScript. Let us have a quick close look on it.

 $.ajax({
         asynch: false,
         url: location.protocol + "//" + location.host + "/SiteCollectionURL/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetPropertiesFor(accountName=@v)?@v='" + username + "'",
         method: "GET",
         headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" },
         success: function (data) {
          
         if (data.d.UserProfileProperties.results.length > 0) {
                     for (var i = 0; i < data.d.UserProfileProperties.results.length; i++) {
                        
                         if (data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Key === "WorkPhone") { workPhone = data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Value; }
                         if (data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Key === "Title") { designation = data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Value; }
                         if (data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Key === "FirstName") { firstName = data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Value; }
                         if (data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Key === "LastName") { lastName = data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Value; }
                         if (data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Key === "WorkEmail") { email = data.d.UserProfileProperties.results[i].Value; }
     
                         
                     }
                 }
     if (data.d.PictureUrl !== null) { photo = data.d.PictureUrl; }
 
      
 
     },
     error: function (x, y, z) {
                 alert(JSON.stringify(x) + 'n' + JSON.stringify(y) + 'n' + JSON.stringify(z));
             }
 
         });
 

The only key thing here is, we cannot retrieve directly by using the Key. We need to loop through the available properties and make sure that the Key is equal to our expected Property, then take the Value.

If someone knows a method directly fetching that, please post it here.

 

Happy Coding,

Sathish Nadarajan.

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Sathish Nadarajan
 
Solution Architect
 
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Sathish is a Microsoft MVP for SharePoint (Office Servers and Services) having 15+ years of experience in Microsoft Technologies. He holds a Masters Degree in Computer Aided Design and Business ...read more
 

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