How to Parse GetMyProperties REST Response

Question

This is what the pre-parsed data looks like in the console after querying

http://mysharepointsite/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties?$select=Department :

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I am trying to get the department of the current user and I am having a lot of difficulty.

I am currently at a stage where I am trying to copy this SE question, and I managed to at least get somewhere by running this in PowerShell:

$response = Invoke-WebRequest http://mysharepointsite/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties?$select=Department -UseDefaultCredentials
$response.Content

Where Content does in fact contain my department (IT), but it is hidden in a load of xml data which I don't need.

I have no idea how to get just the department name using javascript, but this is the code I have at the moment (which is being executed from a content editor web part):

function getUser() {
    var userid = _spPageContextInfo.userId;

    var requestUri = "http://mysharepointsite/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties";
    var requestHeaders = { "accept": "application/json;odata=verbose" };
    $.ajax({
        url: requestUri,
        contentType: "application/json;odata=verbose",
        headers: requestHeaders,
        success: onSuccess,
        error: onError
    }); 

    function onSuccess(data, request) {
        var x = data.department;
        alert(x);
    } 
    function onError(error) {
        alert("Error on retrieving current user.");
    }
}

$(document).ready(function() {
    getUser();
});

Where in this case, I just get an alert which says undefined. Can anyone please help me understand how to parse this incoming data?

Answer 1

Try replacing

var x = data.department;
alert(x);

with

var parsedData = JSON.parse(data); 
var x = parsedData.department; 
alert(x);

you can also add

console.log(parsedData);

so you can see inside the returned object in your browser's console :)

UPDATE:

You might need to modify your request url to

http://siteurl/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager/GetMyProperties?$select=Department

According to this article