SharePoint 2010 get person or group field display name using REST API

Question

Am trying to get the Person or Group field(approver) value using REST API in SharePoint2010. am able to get the account details but i need the display name of the Approver. here is the my code

        $.ajax  
    ({ url: siteURL+ "/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/"+ listName +"("+ietmID+")?$select=Name,Approver/Account&$expand=Approver",// list item ID 
         method: "GET",
         headers: { "Accept": "application/json; odata=verbose" },
         success: function (data)
          {

        var listiteminfo= data.d;  

            var approvers="";
        var approverLenght=listiteminfo.Approver.results;
        //alert(approverLenght.length);
        for (var j = 0; j < approverLenght.length; j++) {
        alert(approverLenght[j].Account);

        }       


             //success(data.d);
          },
        error: function (data)
        {
        alert('error');
       // failure(data.responseJSON.error);
        } 
});

Answer 1

Hi please try with below endpoint

/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/"+ listName +"("+ietmID+")?$select=Name,Approver/Account,Approver/Name,Approver/UserName&$expand=Approver"

Hope it helps you and can find user properties below link to refer

<m:properties>
<d:ContentTypeID>0x010....</d:ContentTypeID>
<d:Name>Doe, John</d:Name>
<d:Account>ABC\john.doe</d:Account>
<d:WorkEMail>[email protected]</d:WorkEMail>
<d:MobilePhone m:null="true" />
<d:AboutMe m:null="true" />
<d:SIPAddress m:null="true" />
<d:IsSiteAdmin m:type="Edm.Boolean">false</d:IsSiteAdmin>
<d:Deleted m:type="Edm.Boolean">false</d:Deleted>
<d:Picture m:null="true" />
<d:Department m:null="true" />
<d:Title m:null="true" />
<d:FirstName>John</d:FirstName>
<d:LastName>Doe</d:LastName>
<d:UserName>John.Doe</d:UserName>
<d:WebSite m:null="true" />
<d:AskMeAbout m:null="true" />
<d:WorkPhone>8885551212</d:WorkPhone>
<d:Office m:null="true" />
<d:Unit m:null="true" />
<d:Id m:type="Edm.Int32">2</d:Id>
<d:ContentType>Person</d:ContentType>
<d:Modified m:type="Edm.DateTime">2016-09-27T00:00:19</d:Modified>
<d:Created m:type="Edm.DateTime">2013-10-17T12:13:59</d:Created>
<d:CreatedById m:type="Edm.Int32">3</d:CreatedById>
<d:ModifiedById m:type="Edm.Int32">1073741823</d:ModifiedById>
<d:Owshiddenversion m:type="Edm.Int32">217</d:Owshiddenversion>
<d:Version>1.0</d:Version>
<d:Path>/sites/test/_catalogs/users</d:Path>
</m:properties>

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