Create personCertification

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new personCertification 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

POST /me/profile/certifications
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/profile/certifications

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 a JSON representation of the personCertification object.

The following table shows the properties that are possible to set when creating a new personCertification 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.
certificationId	String	The referenceable identifier for the certification.
description	String	Description of the certification.
displayName	String	Title of the certification.
endDate	Date	The date that the certification expires.
inference	inferenceData	Contains inference detail if the entity is inferred by the creating or modifying application. Inherited from itemFacet.
issuedDate	Date	The date that the certification was issued.
issuingAuthority	String	Authority which granted the certification.
issuingCompany	String	Authority which granted the certification.
source	personDataSource	Where the values originated if synced from another service. Inherited from itemFacet.
startDate	Date	The date that the certification became valid.
thumbnailUrl	String	URL referencing a thumbnail of the certification.
webUrl	String	URL referencing the certification.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and an personCertification object in the response body.

Examples

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/profile/certifications
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "certificationId": "KB-1235466333663322",
  "description": "Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management",
  "displayName": "Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg",
  "webUrl": "https://www.iame.io/blackbelt"
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new PersonCertification
{
	CertificationId = "KB-1235466333663322",
	Description = "Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management",
	DisplayName = "Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management",
	ThumbnailUrl = "https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg",
	WebUrl = "https://www.iame.io/blackbelt",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.Profile.Certifications.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc-beta users profile certifications create --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
  "certificationId": "KB-1235466333663322",\
  "description": "Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management",\
  "displayName": "Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management",\
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg",\
  "webUrl": "https://www.iame.io/blackbelt"\
}\
'

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewPersonCertification()
certificationId := "KB-1235466333663322"
requestBody.SetCertificationId(&certificationId) 
description := "Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
displayName := "Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
thumbnailUrl := "https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg"
requestBody.SetThumbnailUrl(&thumbnailUrl) 
webUrl := "https://www.iame.io/blackbelt"
requestBody.SetWebUrl(&webUrl) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
certifications, err := graphClient.Me().Profile().Certifications().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

PersonCertification personCertification = new PersonCertification();
personCertification.setCertificationId("KB-1235466333663322");
personCertification.setDescription("Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management");
personCertification.setDisplayName("Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management");
personCertification.setThumbnailUrl("https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg");
personCertification.setWebUrl("https://www.iame.io/blackbelt");
PersonCertification result = graphClient.me().profile().certifications().post(personCertification);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const personCertification = {
  certificationId: 'KB-1235466333663322',
  description: 'Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management',
  displayName: 'Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management',
  thumbnailUrl: 'https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg',
  webUrl: 'https://www.iame.io/blackbelt'
};

await client.api('/me/profile/certifications')
	.version('beta')
	.post(personCertification);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\PersonCertification;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new PersonCertification();
$requestBody->setCertificationId('KB-1235466333663322');
$requestBody->setDescription('Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management');
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management');
$requestBody->setThumbnailUrl('https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg');
$requestBody->setWebUrl('https://www.iame.io/blackbelt');

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->profile()->certifications()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.People

$params = @{
	certificationId = "KB-1235466333663322"
	description = "Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management"
	displayName = "Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management"
	thumbnailUrl = "https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg"
	webUrl = "https://www.iame.io/blackbelt"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgBetaUserProfileCertification -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.person_certification import PersonCertification
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = PersonCertification(
	certification_id = "KB-1235466333663322",
	description = "Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management",
	display_name = "Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management",
	thumbnail_url = "https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg",
	web_url = "https://www.iame.io/blackbelt",
)

result = await graph_client.me.profile.certifications.post(request_body)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

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

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
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"
    }
  },
  "source": null,
  "certificationId": "KB-1235466333663322",
  "description": "Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management",
  "displayName": "Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management",
  "endDate": "Date",
  "issuedDate": "Date",
  "issuingAuthority": null,
  "issuingCompany": null,
  "startDate": "Date",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg",
  "webUrl": "https://www.iame.io/blackbelt"
}