Update personinterest

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Update the properties of a personInterest object in a user's profile.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) User.ReadWrite User.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) User.ReadWrite Not available.
Application Not supported. Not supported.

HTTP request

PATCH /me/profile/interests/{id}
PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/profile/interests/{id}

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintain their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance, don't include existing values that haven't changed.

The following table shows the properties that are possible to update within an existing personInterest object in a user's profile.

Property Type Description
allowedAudiences String The audiences that are able to see the values contained within the entity. Inherited from itemFacet. Possible values are: me, family, contacts, groupMembers, organization, federatedOrganizations, everyone, unknownFutureValue.
categories String collection Contains categories a user has associated with the interest (for example, personal, recipies).
collaborationTags String collection Contains experience scenario tags a user has associated with the interest. Allowed values in the collection are: askMeAbout, ableToMentor, wantsToLearn, wantsToImprove.
description String Contains a description of the interest.
displayName String Contains a friendly name for the interest.
inference inferenceData Contains inference detail if the entity is inferred by the creating or modifying application. Inherited from itemFacet.
webUrl String Contains a link to a web page or resource about the interest.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated personInterest object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/profile/interests/{id}
Content-type: application/json

{
  "categories": [
    "Sports"
  ]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "0fb4c1e3-c1e3-0fb4-e3c1-b40fe3c1b40f",
  "allowedAudiences": "organization",
  "inference": null,
  "createdDateTime": "2020-07-06T06:34:12.2294868Z",
  "createdBy": {
    "application": null,
    "device": null,
    "user": {
      "displayName": "Innocenty Popov",
      "id": "db789417-4ccb-41d1-a0a9-47b01a09ea49"
    }
  },
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-07-06T06:34:12.2294868Z",
  "lastModifiedBy": {
    "application": null,
    "device": null,
    "user": {
      "displayName": "Innocenty Popov",
      "id": "db789417-4ccb-41d1-a0a9-47b01a09ea49"
    }
  },
  "categories": [
    "Sports"
  ],
  "description": "World's greatest football club",
  "displayName": "Chelsea FC",
  "webUrl": "https://www.chelseafc.com",
  "collaborationTags": null
}