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Retrieve the profiles of the people who report to a specific user.

The content element of each returned entry includes the vcard information for the person being represented by the entry.

Atom API request details

Resource Description
/atom/peopleManaged.do Retrieves the profiles of the people managed by a specific user.

Atom API request details
Resource	Description
/atom/peopleManaged.do	Retrieves the profiles of the people managed by a specific user.

Use one or more of the input parameters to narrow the search. Separate multiple parameters with an ampersand (&).

Input parameters

Parameter Description
email Internet e-mail address of the user whose direct reports you are interested in.Format the HTTP request using the proper URL encoding. For example, the encoded form of the @ symbol is %40 as in:
adam_eventide%40garden.com

Do not use this parameter if Lotus Connections is configured to prevent e-mail addresses from being displayed. It will return an error code 400 for an invalid request. Use the key or userid parameters instead.
format Specifies whether you want a full profile or partial profile to be returned. Options are lite or full. The default value is full.
key An ID generated by Profiles to identify a person.
A user's key value is contained in the element with a class attribute value of x-profile-key in the user's profile feed. You can access a user's feed by searching all profiles by name, which returns information you can then use to retrieve the person's feed.
output Controls the output type of the Profiles entry content element. Options are:

hcard

Produces content according to the xhtml/vcard microformat specification. hcard content is in XML format which means it can be addressed by XPath. This value is the default option.

vcard

Produces content according to the VCARD 2.1 standard. vcard content is text based, but more compact. This output format specifies the rel="edit" link element for each profile. Use this format if you want to update a profile.

userid Unique ID that represents a specific person. This value is specified in the <snx:userid> element.

Input parameters
Parameter	Description
email	Internet e-mail address of the user whose direct reports you are interested in.Format the HTTP request using the proper URL encoding. For example, the encoded form of the @ symbol is %40 as in: adam_eventide%40garden.com Do not use this parameter if Lotus Connections is configured to prevent e-mail addresses from being displayed. It will return an error code 400 for an invalid request. Use the key or userid parameters instead.
format	Specifies whether you want a full profile or partial profile to be returned. Options are lite or full. The default value is full.
key	An ID generated by Profiles to identify a person. A user's key value is contained in the element with a class attribute value of x-profile-key in the user's profile feed. You can access a user's feed by searching all profiles by name, which returns information you can then use to retrieve the person's feed.
output	Controls the output type of the Profiles entry content element. Options are: hcard Produces content according to the xhtml/vcard microformat specification. hcard content is in XML format which means it can be addressed by XPath. This value is the default option. vcard Produces content according to the VCARD 2.1 standard. vcard content is text based, but more compact. This output format specifies the rel="edit" link element for each profile. Use this format if you want to update a profile.
userid	Unique ID that represents a specific person. This value is specified in the <snx:userid> element.

Example

To get profiles of all the people who report to the user with the user ID 9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2, send this HTTP request:

> GET /profiles/atom/peopleManaged.do?userid=9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2  HTTP/1.1
> Authorization: Basic ...
> Host: profiles.enterprise.acme.com:9447
> Accept: */*

The following content is returned by the server:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
  <id>tag:profiles.ibm.com,2006:feed</id>
  <generator version="2.5" uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn">
   Lotus Connections - Profiles
  </generator>
  <title type="text">people managed by Amy Jones5</title>
  <author>
    <name>Lotus Connections - Profiles</name>
  </author>
  <updated>2009-03-18T19:46:48.031Z</updated>
  <opensearch:totalResults 
   xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
    32
  </opensearch:totalResults>
  <fh:complete xmlns:fh="http://purl.org/syndication/history/1.0">
  </fh:complete>
  <link 
   href="https://profiles.enterprise.acme.com:9447/profiles/atom/
    peopleManaged.do?email=ajones5%40us.acme.com" 
   rel="self" 
   type="application/atom+xml">
  </link>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:profiles.ibm.com,2006:entry9bf4efz0-8j0y-1028-8b5a-xc07163b51b2</id>
    <title type="text">Amy Jones115</title>
    <updated>2009-03-18T08:12:51.140Z</updated>
    <category 
     term="profile" 
     scheme="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/type">
    </category>
    <contributor>
      <name>Amy Jones115</name>
      <userid xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn">
       633833c0-7d67-102c-8534-e2ebc3ec5536
      </userid>
      <email>ajones115@us.acme.com</email>
    </contributor>
    <link 
     href="https://profiles.enterprise.acme.com:9447/profiles/html/
      profileView.do?key=f4c4ab81-e5c8-4585-8dcb-3d33b98ef1cd" 
     rel="related" 
     type="text/html">
    </link>
    <link 
     href="https://profiles.enterprise.acme.com:9447/profiles/photo.do?
      key=f4c4ab81-e5c8-4585-8dcb-3d33b98ef1cd&amp;lastMod=1237363971140" 
     rel="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/image" 
     type="image">
    </link>
    <link 
     href="https://profiles.enterprise.acme.com:9447/profiles/audio.do?
      key=f4c4ab81-e5c8-4585-8dcb-3d33b98ef1cd&amp;lastMod=1237363971140" 
     rel="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/sn/pronunciation" 
     type="audio">
    </link>
    <link 
     href="https://profiles.enterprise.acme.com:9447/profiles/vcard/profile.do?
      key=f4c4ab81-e5c8-4585-8dcb-3d33b98ef1cd" 
     rel="alternate" 
     type="text/directory">
    </link>
    <summary type="text">
     Profile information for Amy Jones115
    </summary>
    <content type="xhtml">
     <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
       <span class="vcard">
         <div>
           <img 
            src="https://profiles.enterprise.acme.com:9447/profiles/photo.do?
             key=f4c4ab81-e5c8-4585-8dcb-3d33b98ef1cd&amp;lastMod=1237363971140" 
            class="photo">
           </img>
         </div>
         <div>
           <a 
            class="fn url" 
            href="https://profiles.enterprise.acme.com:9447/profiles/atom/
             profile.do?key=f4c4ab81-e5c8-4585-8dcb-3d33b98ef1cd">
             Amy Jones115
           </a>
         </div>
         <div>
           <a 
            class="sound url" 
            href="https://profiles.enterprise.acme.com:9447/profiles/audio.do?
             key=f4c4ab81-e5c8-4585-8dcb-3d33b98ef1cd&amp;lastMod=1237363971140">
             Pronunciation
           </a>
         </div>
         <div>
           <a 
            class="email" 
            href="mailto:ajones115@us.acme.com">ajones115@us.acme.com
           </a>
         </div>
         <div class="x-groupwareMail" style="display:none"></div>
         <div class="org"><span class="organization-unit"></span></div>
         <div class="role">IBM Employee</div>
         <div class="title"></div>
         <div class="adr work postal">
           <div class="street-address">5 Technology Park Drive</div>
           <div class="extended-address x-streetAddress2"></div>
           <span class="locality">Westford</span>
           <span class="region">Massachusetts</span>
           <span class="postal-code">01886</span>
           <div class="country-name">United States</div>
           <div class="x-country-code" style="display:none">us</div>
           <div class="x-worklocation-code" style="display:none">WM</div>
         </div>
         <div class="x-office">
           <span class="x-building"></span>
           <span class="x-floor"></span>
           <span class="x-office-number"></span>
         </div>
         <div class="tel">
           <abbr class="type">Work:</abbr>
           <span class="value">1-978-399-0000</span>
         </div>
         <div class="x-manager-uid" style="display:none">Amy Jones5</div>
         <div class="x-is-manager" style="display:none"></div>
         <div class="x-profile-key">f4c4ab81-e5c8-4585-8dcb-3d33b98ef1cd</div>
         <div class="uid">633833c0-7d67-102c-8534-e2ebc3ec5536</div>
         <div class="x-profile-uid">Amy Jones115</div>
         <div class="x-lconn-userid">633833c0-7d67-102c-8534-e2ebc3ec5536</div>
         <div class="rev" style="display:none">2009-03-18T08:12:51.140Z</div>
       </span>
     </div>
    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
   ...
  </entry>
</feed>

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