| title | Create personInterest |
|---|---|
| description | Create a new personInterest. |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| author | kevinbellinger |
| ms.subservice | people |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
| ms.date | 06/10/2024 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
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Create a new [personInterest](../resources/personinterest.md] in a user's profile.
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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.
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POST /me/profile/interests
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/profile/interests| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
| Content-Type | application/json. Required. |
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the personInterest object.
The following table shows the properties that are possible to set within a new 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. The 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. |
| source | personDataSource | Where the values originated if synced from another service. Inherited from itemFacet. |
| webUrl | String | Contains a link to a web page or resource about the interest. |
If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a new personInterest object in the response body.
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/profile/interests
Content-type: application/json
{
"categories": [
"Sports"
],
"description": "World's greatest football club",
"displayName": "Chelsea FC",
"webUrl": "https://www.chelseafc.com"
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The following example shows the 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"
}
},
"categories": [
"Sports"
],
"description": "World's greatest football club",
"displayName": "Chelsea FC",
"webUrl": "https://www.chelseafc.com",
"collaborationTags": null
}