Add User Image

PUT /api/users/{UserID} /profile/image

Add a profile photo for a user. Valid for Communifire version 5.2 and above.

Example Request

POST https://myintranet.communifire.com/api/users/56/profile/image?FileName=windows.jpg

Send the byte stream of the image in the body.

Example Response

True/false is returned as ResponseData.

{
    "IsError":false,
    "ResponseMessage":"",
    "ResponseData":true
}

Please Note The content type that you pass in the header of your request should be application/octet-stream.

C# Sample Code

public static void UpdateUserImage()
{
    string filePath = @"C:\[FILENAME]";

    string postData = filePath;
    string serviceUrl = "[CommunifireURL]/api/users/1/profile/image?filename=[FILENAME]";

    // Create a new HttpRequest
    var myRequest = (System.Net.HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(serviceUrl);

    myRequest.Method = "PUT";
    // Set the content header type. Note: use "application/octet-stream" for file data
    myRequest.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";

    // Add the API key
    myRequest.Headers.Add("Rest-Api-Key", "[APIKEY]");

    // Add the data to be posted in the request stream
    if (postData != null)
    {
        byte[] fileDataInByte;

        fileDataInByte = File.ReadAllBytes(postData);
        //set request stream (Content)
        using (var requestStream = myRequest.GetRequestStream())
        {
            requestStream.Write(fileDataInByte, 0, fileDataInByte.Length);
        }
    }

    // Post the request and get the response details
    using (var response = myRequest.GetResponse())
    {
        if (response.ContentLength > 0)
        {
            using (var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
            {
                //check the results assuming XML is returned: note for JSON: use JSON stringfy
                string result = reader.ReadToEnd();
                Console.Write(result);
            }
        }
    }
}