SharePoint Online: Write User Profile Properties with REST API

In my previous posts, we saw how to Set user profile properties using JSOM & JavaScript and Set another user's profile properties with CSOM

Now, here are some code snippets I have put together to set SharePoint User Profile properties with the SharePoint REST API

• This code only works with SharePoint Online at this time.
• Can be used to set single value as well as multi value user profile properties.
• Can be used to set default (OOB) as well as custom user profile properties.

1) Set Single Value User Profile property with REST API:

	(function ($) {
	'use strict';
	var requestHeaders = {
	'X-RequestDigest': $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
	"accept": "application/json; odata=nometadata",
	"content-type": "application/json;odata=nometadata"
	};
	var userData = {
	'accountName': "i:0#.f|membership|user@yourtenant.onmicrosoft.com",
	'propertyName': 'AboutMe', //can also be used to set custom single value profile properties
	'propertyValue': 'Value set from REST API!'
	}
	$.ajax({
	url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/SetSingleValueProfileProperty",
	type: "POST",
	headers: requestHeaders,
	data: JSON.stringify(userData),
	success: function (data) {
	console.log(data)
	},
	error: function (jqxr, errorCode, errorThrown) {
	console.log(jqxr.responseText);
	}
	});
	})(jQuery);

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2) Set Mutli Value User Profile property with REST API:

	(function ($) {
	'use strict';
	var requestHeaders = {
	'X-RequestDigest': $("#__REQUESTDIGEST").val(),
	"accept": "application/json; odata=nometadata",
	"content-type": "application/json;odata=nometadata"
	};
	var userData = {
	'accountName': "i:0#.f|membership|user@yourtenant.onmicrosoft.com",
	'propertyName': 'SPS-Skills', //Can also set custom userprofile properties.
	'propertyValues': ["SharePoint", "Office 365", "Architecture", "Azure"]
	};
	$.ajax({
	url: _spPageContextInfo.webAbsoluteUrl + "/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/SetMultiValuedProfileProperty",
	type: "POST",
	headers: requestHeaders,
	data: JSON.stringify(userData),
	success: function (data) {
	console.log(data)
	},
	error: function (jqxr, errorCode, errorThrown) {
	console.log(jqxr.responseText);
	}
	});
	})(jQuery);

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Hope you find this useful!