Create personName

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Use this API to create a new personName 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.Read	User.Read.All, User.ReadBasic.All, User.ReadWrite, User.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	User.Read	User.ReadWrite
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

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

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 personName object.

The following table shows the properties that are possible to set when you create a personName object.

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.
displayName	String	Provides an ordered rendering of firstName and lastName depending on the locale of the user or their device.
first	String	First name of the user.
id	String	Identifier used for individually addressing the entity. Inherited from entity
inference	inferenceData	Contains inference detail if the entity is inferred by the creating or modifying application. Inherited from itemFacet.
initials	String	Initials of the user.
languageTag	String	Contains the name for the language (en-US, no-NB, en-AU) following IETF BCP47 format.
last	String	Last name of the user.
maiden	String	Maiden name of the user.
middle	String	Middle name of the user.
nickname	String	Nickname of the user.
pronunciation	yomiPersonName	Guidance on how to pronounce the users name.
suffix	String	Designators used after the users name (for example: PhD.)
title	String	Honorifics used to prefix a users' name (for example: Dr, Sir, Madam, Mrs.)

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/profile/names
Content-type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "Innocenty Popov",
  "first": "Innocenty",
  "initials": "IP",
  "last": "Popov",
  "languageTag": "en-US",
  "maiden": null
}

C#

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

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

var requestBody = new PersonName
{
	DisplayName = "Innocenty Popov",
	First = "Innocenty",
	Initials = "IP",
	Last = "Popov",
	LanguageTag = "en-US",
	Maiden = null,
};

// 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.Names.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

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta users profile names create --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
  "displayName": "Innocenty Popov",\
  "first": "Innocenty",\
  "initials": "IP",\
  "last": "Popov",\
  "languageTag": "en-US",\
  "maiden": null\
}\
'

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

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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewPersonName()
displayName := "Innocenty Popov"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
first := "Innocenty"
requestBody.SetFirst(&first) 
initials := "IP"
requestBody.SetInitials(&initials) 
last := "Popov"
requestBody.SetLast(&last) 
languageTag := "en-US"
requestBody.SetLanguageTag(&languageTag) 
maiden := null
requestBody.SetMaiden(&maiden) 

names, err := graphClient.Me().Profile().Names().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);

PersonName personName = new PersonName();
personName.setDisplayName("Innocenty Popov");
personName.setFirst("Innocenty");
personName.setInitials("IP");
personName.setLast("Popov");
personName.setLanguageTag("en-US");
personName.setMaiden(null);
PersonName result = graphClient.me().profile().names().post(personName);

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 personName = {
  displayName: 'Innocenty Popov',
  first: 'Innocenty',
  initials: 'IP',
  last: 'Popov',
  languageTag: 'en-US',
  maiden: null
};

await client.api('/me/profile/names')
	.version('beta')
	.post(personName);

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\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\PersonName;


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

$requestBody = new PersonName();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Innocenty Popov');
$requestBody->setFirst('Innocenty');
$requestBody->setInitials('IP');
$requestBody->setLast('Popov');
$requestBody->setLanguageTag('en-US');
$requestBody->setMaiden(null);

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->profile()->names()->post($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 = @{
	displayName = "Innocenty Popov"
	first = "Innocenty"
	initials = "IP"
	last = "Popov"
	languageTag = "en-US"
	maiden = $null
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgBetaUserProfileName -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

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.person_name import PersonName

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = PersonName(
	display_name = "Innocenty Popov",
	first = "Innocenty",
	initials = "IP",
	last = "Popov",
	language_tag = "en-US",
	maiden = None,
)

result = await graph_client.me.profile.names.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

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"
    }
  },
  "displayName": "Innocenty Popov",
  "first": "Innocenty",
  "initials": "IP",
  "last": "Popov",
  "languageTag": "en-US",
  "maiden": null,
  "middle": null,
  "nickname": null,
  "suffix": null,
  "title": null,
  "pronunciation": null
}