Update personCertification

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Update the properties of a personCertification object from 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/certifications/{id}
PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/profile/certifications/{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 are not included in the request body will maintain their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance, don't include existing values that haven't changed.

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.
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 200 OK response code and an updated personCertification object in the response body.

Examples

Request

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/{userId}/profile/certifications/{id}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "issuingAuthority": "International Academy of Marketing Excellence",
  "issuingCompany": "International Academy of Marketing Excellence"
}

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
{
	IssuingAuthority = "International Academy of Marketing Excellence",
	IssuingCompany = "International Academy of Marketing Excellence",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Users["{user-id}"].Profile.Certifications["{personCertification-id}"].PatchAsync(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 certifications patch --user-id {user-id} --person-certification-id {personCertification-id} --body '{\
  "issuingAuthority": "International Academy of Marketing Excellence",\
  "issuingCompany": "International Academy of Marketing Excellence"\
}\
'

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.NewPersonCertification()
issuingAuthority := "International Academy of Marketing Excellence"
requestBody.SetIssuingAuthority(&issuingAuthority) 
issuingCompany := "International Academy of Marketing Excellence"
requestBody.SetIssuingCompany(&issuingCompany) 

certifications, err := graphClient.Users().ByUserId("user-id").Profile().Certifications().ByPersonCertificationId("personCertification-id").Patch(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.setIssuingAuthority("International Academy of Marketing Excellence");
personCertification.setIssuingCompany("International Academy of Marketing Excellence");
PersonCertification result = graphClient.users().byUserId("{user-id}").profile().certifications().byPersonCertificationId("{personCertification-id}").patch(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 = {
  issuingAuthority: 'International Academy of Marketing Excellence',
  issuingCompany: 'International Academy of Marketing Excellence'
};

await client.api('/users/{userId}/profile/certifications/{id}')
	.version('beta')
	.update(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\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\PersonCertification;


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

$requestBody = new PersonCertification();
$requestBody->setIssuingAuthority('International Academy of Marketing Excellence');
$requestBody->setIssuingCompany('International Academy of Marketing Excellence');

$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->byUserId('user-id')->profile()->certifications()->byPersonCertificationId('personCertification-id')->patch($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 = @{
	issuingAuthority = "International Academy of Marketing Excellence"
	issuingCompany = "International Academy of Marketing Excellence"
}

Update-MgBetaUserProfileCertification -UserId $userId -PersonCertificationId $personCertificationId -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_certification import PersonCertification

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = PersonCertification(
	issuing_authority = "International Academy of Marketing Excellence",
	issuing_company = "International Academy of Marketing Excellence",
)

result = await graph_client.users.by_user_id('user-id').profile.certifications.by_person_certification_id('personCertification-id').patch(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/1.1 200 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"
    }
  },
  "source": null,
  "certificationId": "KB-1235466333663322",
  "description": "Blackbelt in Marketing - Brand Management",
  "displayName": "Marketing Blackbelt - Brand Management",
  "endDate": "Date",
  "issuedDate": "Date",
  "issuingAuthority": "International Academy of Marketing Excellence",
  "issuingCompany": "International Academy of Marketing Excellence",
  "startDate": "Date",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://iame.io/dfhdfdfd334.jpg",
  "webUrl": "https://www.iame.io/blackbelt"
}