Create workPosition

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 workPosition 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/positions
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/profile/positions

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 workPosition object.

The following table shows the properties that are possible to set when you create a new workPosition 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.
categories	String collection	Categories that the user has associated with this position.
colleagues	relatedPerson collection	Colleagues that are associated with this position.
detail	positionDetail	Contains detailed information about the position.
inference	inferenceData	Contains inference detail if the entity is inferred by the creating or modifying application. Inherited from itemFacet.
isCurrent	Boolean	Denotes whether or not the position is current.
manager	relatedPerson	Contains detail of the user's manager in this position.
source	personDataSource	Where the values originated if synced from another service. Inherited from itemFacet.

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

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

{
  "detail": {
    "company": {
      "displayName": "Adventureworks Ltd.",
      "department": "Consulting",
      "officeLocation": "AW23/344",
      "address": {
        "type": "business",
        "street": "123 Patriachy Ponds",
        "city": "Moscow",
        "countryOrRegion": "Russian Federation",
        "postalCode": "RU-34621"
      },
      "webUrl": "https://www.adventureworks.com"
    },
    "jobTitle": "Senior Product Branding Manager II",
    "role": "consulting"
  },
  "isCurrent": true
}

C#

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

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

var requestBody = new WorkPosition
{
	Detail = new PositionDetail
	{
		Company = new CompanyDetail
		{
			DisplayName = "Adventureworks Ltd.",
			Department = "Consulting",
			OfficeLocation = "AW23/344",
			Address = new PhysicalAddress
			{
				Type = PhysicalAddressType.Business,
				Street = "123 Patriachy Ponds",
				City = "Moscow",
				CountryOrRegion = "Russian Federation",
				PostalCode = "RU-34621",
			},
			WebUrl = "https://www.adventureworks.com",
		},
		JobTitle = "Senior Product Branding Manager II",
		Role = "consulting",
	},
	IsCurrent = true,
};

// 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.Positions.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 positions create --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
  "detail": {\
    "company": {\
      "displayName": "Adventureworks Ltd.",\
      "department": "Consulting",\
      "officeLocation": "AW23/344",\
      "address": {\
        "type": "business",\
        "street": "123 Patriachy Ponds",\
        "city": "Moscow",\
        "countryOrRegion": "Russian Federation",\
        "postalCode": "RU-34621"\
      },\
      "webUrl": "https://www.adventureworks.com"\
    },\
    "jobTitle": "Senior Product Branding Manager II",\
    "role": "consulting"\
  },\
  "isCurrent": true\
}\
'

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.NewWorkPosition()
detail := graphmodels.NewPositionDetail()
company := graphmodels.NewCompanyDetail()
displayName := "Adventureworks Ltd."
company.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
department := "Consulting"
company.SetDepartment(&department) 
officeLocation := "AW23/344"
company.SetOfficeLocation(&officeLocation) 
address := graphmodels.NewPhysicalAddress()
type := graphmodels.BUSINESS_PHYSICALADDRESSTYPE 
address.SetType(&type) 
street := "123 Patriachy Ponds"
address.SetStreet(&street) 
city := "Moscow"
address.SetCity(&city) 
countryOrRegion := "Russian Federation"
address.SetCountryOrRegion(&countryOrRegion) 
postalCode := "RU-34621"
address.SetPostalCode(&postalCode) 
company.SetAddress(address)
webUrl := "https://www.adventureworks.com"
company.SetWebUrl(&webUrl) 
detail.SetCompany(company)
jobTitle := "Senior Product Branding Manager II"
detail.SetJobTitle(&jobTitle) 
role := "consulting"
detail.SetRole(&role) 
requestBody.SetDetail(detail)
isCurrent := true
requestBody.SetIsCurrent(&isCurrent) 

positions, err := graphClient.Me().Profile().Positions().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);

WorkPosition workPosition = new WorkPosition();
PositionDetail detail = new PositionDetail();
CompanyDetail company = new CompanyDetail();
company.setDisplayName("Adventureworks Ltd.");
company.setDepartment("Consulting");
company.setOfficeLocation("AW23/344");
PhysicalAddress address = new PhysicalAddress();
address.setType(PhysicalAddressType.Business);
address.setStreet("123 Patriachy Ponds");
address.setCity("Moscow");
address.setCountryOrRegion("Russian Federation");
address.setPostalCode("RU-34621");
company.setAddress(address);
company.setWebUrl("https://www.adventureworks.com");
detail.setCompany(company);
detail.setJobTitle("Senior Product Branding Manager II");
detail.setRole("consulting");
workPosition.setDetail(detail);
workPosition.setIsCurrent(true);
WorkPosition result = graphClient.me().profile().positions().post(workPosition);

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 workPosition = {
  detail: {
    company: {
      displayName: 'Adventureworks Ltd.',
      department: 'Consulting',
      officeLocation: 'AW23/344',
      address: {
        type: 'business',
        street: '123 Patriachy Ponds',
        city: 'Moscow',
        countryOrRegion: 'Russian Federation',
        postalCode: 'RU-34621'
      },
      webUrl: 'https://www.adventureworks.com'
    },
    jobTitle: 'Senior Product Branding Manager II',
    role: 'consulting'
  },
  isCurrent: true
};

await client.api('/me/profile/positions')
	.version('beta')
	.post(workPosition);

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\WorkPosition;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\PositionDetail;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\CompanyDetail;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\PhysicalAddress;


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

$requestBody = new WorkPosition();
$detail = new PositionDetail();
$detailCompany = new CompanyDetail();
$detailCompany->setDisplayName('Adventureworks Ltd.');
$detailCompany->setDepartment('Consulting');
$detailCompany->setOfficeLocation('AW23/344');
$detailCompanyAddress = new PhysicalAddress();
$detailCompanyAddress->setType(new PhysicalAddressType('business'));
$detailCompanyAddress->setStreet('123 Patriachy Ponds');
$detailCompanyAddress->setCity('Moscow');
$detailCompanyAddress->setCountryOrRegion('Russian Federation');
$detailCompanyAddress->setPostalCode('RU-34621');
$detailCompany->setAddress($detailCompanyAddress);
$detailCompany->setWebUrl('https://www.adventureworks.com');
$detail->setCompany($detailCompany);
$detail->setJobTitle('Senior Product Branding Manager II');
$detail->setRole('consulting');
$requestBody->setDetail($detail);
$requestBody->setIsCurrent(true);

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->profile()->positions()->post($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 = @{
	detail = @{
		company = @{
			displayName = "Adventureworks Ltd."
			department = "Consulting"
			officeLocation = "AW23/344"
			address = @{
				type = "business"
				street = "123 Patriachy Ponds"
				city = "Moscow"
				countryOrRegion = "Russian Federation"
				postalCode = "RU-34621"
			}
			webUrl = "https://www.adventureworks.com"
		}
		jobTitle = "Senior Product Branding Manager II"
		role = "consulting"
	}
	isCurrent = $true
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgBetaUserProfilePosition -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.work_position import WorkPosition
from msgraph.generated.models.position_detail import PositionDetail
from msgraph.generated.models.company_detail import CompanyDetail
from msgraph.generated.models.physical_address import PhysicalAddress

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = WorkPosition(
	detail = PositionDetail(
		company = CompanyDetail(
			display_name = "Adventureworks Ltd.",
			department = "Consulting",
			office_location = "AW23/344",
			address = PhysicalAddress(
				type = PhysicalAddressType.Business,
				street = "123 Patriachy Ponds",
				city = "Moscow",
				country_or_region = "Russian Federation",
				postal_code = "RU-34621",
			),
			web_url = "https://www.adventureworks.com",
		),
		job_title = "Senior Product Branding Manager II",
		role = "consulting",
	),
	is_current = True,
)

result = await graph_client.me.profile.positions.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"
    }
  },
  "source": null,
  "categories": null,
  "detail": {
    "company": {
      "displayName": "Adventureworks Ltd.",
      "pronunciation": null,
      "department": "Consulting",
      "officeLocation": "AW23/344",
      "address": {
        "type": "business",
        "postOfficeBox": null,
        "street": "123 Patriachy Ponds",
        "city": "Moscow",
        "state": null,
        "countryOrRegion": "Russian Federation",
        "postalCode": "RU-34621"
      },
      "webUrl": "https://www.adventureworks.com"
    },
    "description": null,
    "endMonthYear": null,
    "jobTitle": "Senior Product Branding Manager II",
    "role": "consulting",
    "startMonthYear": "datetime-value",
    "summary": null
  },
  "manager": null,
  "colleagues": null,
  "isCurrent": true
}