Work with the UserProfile object

The UserProfile object is used to set and retrieve user profile data.

Client side aggregation of previous portal versions:

void clone()

Enabler API:

Not available

iWidget API:

Not available

Client side aggregation of previous portal versions:

String getAttribute(String name)

Enabler API:

var userModel = com.ibm.mashups.enabler.user.Factory.getUserModel();

var user = userModel.findCurrentUser().start();
var result = user.getAttribute(name);

iWidget API:

var userProfile = iContext.getUserProfile();
var result = userProfile.getItemValue(itemName);

Parent: Comparing the new and the old client-side programming model