Get user information SharePoint using REST Api

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Hi,

While working on a requirement, I encountered a scenario where I need to show welcome pop up to the first time users. First time user, SharePoint does not provide any api or any solution which gives information about users who logged on first time on your web site. I have documented the whole solution on some other post(Add welcome pop up for first time users of your site using AngularJs Material) But this post I only want to scope it to retrieve information of logged on user. Information mean current user's accountId, First name, Last name, Email and other required details.

I am only talking about client side code here i.e. using REST api or SP default APIs. Below are the various ways to get the property of current user who is logged on to SP site. There are many ways to achieve this requirement but I prefer to use SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager Api to get it. It gives us vast option to retrieve any user information. Here are some details of getting various details:
  1. Get all properties of current user:
    http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties
  2. Get single property of current user:
    http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties/PictureUrl
    OR
    http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties?$select=PictureUrl
  3. Get Multiple Properties for the current user:
    http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties?$select=PictureUrl,AccountName
  4. Get all properties of Specific User:
    For Office 365/SharePoint Online:
    http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetPropertiesFor(accountName=@v)?@v='i:0%23.f|membership|mohit.vashishtha@siteurl.onmicrosoft.com'
    For SharePoint 2013 On-Premise:
    http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetPropertiesFor(accountName=@v)?@v='domain\username'
  5. Get Specific UserProfile Property of Specific User:For Office 365/SharePoint Online:
    http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetUserProfilePropertyFor(accountName=@v,propertyName='LastName')?@v='i:0%23.f|membership|mohit.vashishtha@siteurl.onmicrosoft.com'
    For SharePoint 2013 On-Premise:
    http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetPropertiesFor(accountName=@v)?@v='domain\username'
NOTE: I had issues with getting the specific property for a user on #5. This worked fine though:
http://siteUrl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetPropertiesFor(accountName=@v)?@v='domain\mohit.vashishtha'&$select=DisplayName,AccountName,PictureUrl
Here are some details about user properties:
List of User Properties (Use the GetPropertiesFor function for these):
  • AccountName
  • DirectReports
  • DisplayName
  • Email
  • ExtendedManagers
  • ExtendedReports
  • IsFollowed
  • LatestPost
  • Peers
  • PersonalUrl
  • PictureUrl
  • Title
  • UserProfileProperties
  • UserUrl
List of User Profile Properties (Use the GetUserProfilePropertyFor function for these):
  • AboutMe
  • SPS-LastKeywordAdded
  • AccountName
  • SPS-Locale
  • ADGuid
  • SPS-Location
  • Assistant
  • SPS-MasterAccountName
  • CellPhone
  • SPS-MemberOf
  • Department
  • SPS-MUILanguages
  • EduExternalSyncState
  • SPS-MySiteUpgrade
  • EduOAuthTokenProviders
  • SPS-O15FirstRunExperience
  • EduPersonalSiteState
  • SPS-ObjectExists
  • EduUserRole
  • SPS-OWAUrl
  • Fax
  • SPS-PastProjects
  • FirstName
  • SPS-Peers
  • HomePhone
  • SPS-PersonalSiteCapabilities
  • LastName
  • SPS-PersonalSiteInstantiationState
  • Manager
  • SPS-PhoneticDisplayName
  • Office
  • SPS-PhoneticFirstName
  • PersonalSpace
  • SPS-PhoneticLastName
  • PictureURL
  • SPS-PrivacyActivity
  • PreferredName
  • SPS-PrivacyPeople
  • PublicSiteRedirect
  • SPS-ProxyAddresses
  • QuickLinks
  • SPS-RegionalSettings-FollowWeb
  • SID
  • SPS-RegionalSettings-Initialized
  • SISUserId
  • SPS-ResourceAccountName
  • SPS-AdjustHijriDays
  • SPS-ResourceSID
  • SPS-AltCalendarType
  • SPS-Responsibility
  • SPS-Birthday
  • SPS-SavedAccountName
  • SPS-CalendarType
  • SPS-SavedSID
  • SPS-ClaimID
  • SPS-School
  • SPS-ClaimProviderID
  • SPS-ShowWeeks
  • SPS-ClaimProviderType
  • SPS-SipAddress
  • SPS-ContentLanguages
  • SPS-Skills
  • SPS-DataSource
  • SPS-SourceObjectDN
  • SPS-Department
  • SPS-StatusNotes
  • SPS-DisplayOrder
  • SPS-Time24
  • SPS-DistinguishedName
  • SPS-TimeZone
  • SPS-DontSuggestList
  • SPS-UserPrincipalName
  • SPS-Dotted-line
  • SPS-WorkDayEndHour
  • SPS-EmailOptin
  • SPS-WorkDayStartHour
  • SPS-FeedIdentifier
  • SPS-WorkDays
  • SPS-FirstDayOfWeek
  • Title
  • SPS-FirstWeekOfYear
  • UserName
  • SPS-HashTags
  • UserProfile_GUID
  • SPS-HireDate
  • WebSite
  • SPS-Interests
  • WorkEmail
  • SPS-JobTitle
  • WorkPhone
  • SPS-LastColleagueAdded
Happy SharePointing !!!

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