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 skillProficiency 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.ReadWrite |
AgentIdUser.ReadWrite.All, AgentIdUser.ReadWrite.IdentityParentedBy, User.ReadWrite.All |
| Delegated (personal Microsoft account) |
User.ReadWrite |
Not available. |
| Application |
Not supported. |
Not supported. |
HTTP request
POST /me/profile/skills
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/profile/skills
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of skillProficiency object.
The following table shows the properties that are possible to set when you create a new skillProficiency 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 skill (for example, personal, professional, hobby). |
| collaborationTags |
String collection |
Contains experience scenario tags a user has associated with the interest. Allowed values in the collection are: askMeAbout, ableToMentor, wantsToLearn, wantsToImprove. |
| displayName |
String |
Contains a friendly name for the skill. |
| inference |
inferenceData |
Contains inference detail if the entity is inferred by the creating or modifying application. Inherited from itemFacet. |
| proficiency |
skillProficiencyLevel |
Detail of the users proficiency with this skill. The possible values are: elementary, limitedWorking, generalProfessional, advancedProfessional, expert, unknownFutureValue. |
| source |
personDataSource |
Where the values originated if synced from another service. Inherited from itemFacet. |
| webUrl |
String |
Contains a link to an information source about the skill. |
Response
If successful, this method returns 201, Created response code and a new skillProficiency object in the response body.
Examples
Request
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/profile/skills
Content-type: application/json
{
"categories": [
"Professional"
],
"allowedAudiences": "organization",
"displayName": "API Design",
"proficiency": "generalProfessional",
"collaborationTags": [
"ableToMentor"
]
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;
var requestBody = new SkillProficiency
{
Categories = new List<string>
{
"Professional",
},
AllowedAudiences = AllowedAudiences.Organization,
DisplayName = "API Design",
Proficiency = SkillProficiencyLevel.GeneralProfessional,
CollaborationTags = new List<string>
{
"ableToMentor",
},
};
// 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.Skills.PostAsync(requestBody);
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
requestBody := graphmodels.NewSkillProficiency()
categories := []string {
"Professional",
}
requestBody.SetCategories(categories)
allowedAudiences := graphmodels.ORGANIZATION_ALLOWEDAUDIENCES
requestBody.SetAllowedAudiences(&allowedAudiences)
displayName := "API Design"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName)
proficiency := graphmodels.GENERALPROFESSIONAL_SKILLPROFICIENCYLEVEL
requestBody.SetProficiency(&proficiency)
collaborationTags := []string {
"ableToMentor",
}
requestBody.SetCollaborationTags(collaborationTags)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
skills, err := graphClient.Me().Profile().Skills().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
SkillProficiency skillProficiency = new SkillProficiency();
LinkedList<String> categories = new LinkedList<String>();
categories.add("Professional");
skillProficiency.setCategories(categories);
skillProficiency.setAllowedAudiences(EnumSet.of(AllowedAudiences.Organization));
skillProficiency.setDisplayName("API Design");
skillProficiency.setProficiency(SkillProficiencyLevel.GeneralProfessional);
LinkedList<String> collaborationTags = new LinkedList<String>();
collaborationTags.add("ableToMentor");
skillProficiency.setCollaborationTags(collaborationTags);
SkillProficiency result = graphClient.me().profile().skills().post(skillProficiency);
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
const skillProficiency = {
categories: [
'Professional'
],
allowedAudiences: 'organization',
displayName: 'API Design',
proficiency: 'generalProfessional',
collaborationTags: [
'ableToMentor'
]
};
await client.api('/me/profile/skills')
.version('beta')
.post(skillProficiency);
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\SkillProficiency;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\AllowedAudiences;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\SkillProficiencyLevel;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new SkillProficiency();
$requestBody->setCategories(['Professional', ]);
$requestBody->setAllowedAudiences(new AllowedAudiences('organization'));
$requestBody->setDisplayName('API Design');
$requestBody->setProficiency(new SkillProficiencyLevel('generalProfessional'));
$requestBody->setCollaborationTags(['ableToMentor', ]);
$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->profile()->skills()->post($requestBody)->wait();
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.People
$params = @{
categories = @(
"Professional"
)
allowedAudiences = "organization"
displayName = "API Design"
proficiency = "generalProfessional"
collaborationTags = @(
"ableToMentor"
)
}
# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgBetaUserProfileSkill -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.skill_proficiency import SkillProficiency
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.allowed_audiences import AllowedAudiences
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.skill_proficiency_level import SkillProficiencyLevel
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = SkillProficiency(
categories = [
"Professional",
],
allowed_audiences = AllowedAudiences.Organization,
display_name = "API Design",
proficiency = SkillProficiencyLevel.GeneralProfessional,
collaboration_tags = [
"ableToMentor",
],
)
result = await graph_client.me.profile.skills.post(request_body)
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": [
"Professional"
],
"displayName": "API Design",
"proficiency": "advancedProfessional",
"webUrl": null,
"collaborationTags": [
"ableToMentor"
]
}