Get Current User's Colleagues Using JSOM

Question

Is there a way to retrieve the currently logged in user's colleagues' usernames?

I found this which shows how to do it using server object model, but haven't found anything for JavaScript object model.

Answer 1

I might be wrong, but isnt Colleagues the same as SPS-Peers? If so you could get it with UserProfiles.

Example:

function getPeers() {
    var context = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
    var peopleManager = new SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager(context);
    userProfileProperties = peopleManager.getMyProperties();
    context.load(userProfileProperties, 'Peers');
    context.executeQueryAsync(success, fail);
}
function success(){
  var peers = userProfileProperties.get_peers();
  console && console.dir(peers);
}

function fail(sender, args) {
 console && console.log("Error");
}


SP.SOD.loadMultiple(['sp.js', 'userprofile'],function() {
 getPeers();
});

Answer 2

Unfortunately it does not seem possible to archive via SharePoint CSOM/JSOM API since SSOM ColleagueManager class is not supported in CSOM/JSOM API.

But you could utilize SharePoint Web Services, in particular UserProfileService.GetUserColleagues method for that purpose:

SPServices example:

$().SPServices({
    operation: "GetUserColleagues", 
    AccountName: $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser({fieldName: "Name"}), 
    completefunc:function(data,status) {
        //process GetUserColleaguesResult... 
    }
});