Sharepoint Webservice get another user's phone number?

Question

I'm developing an Infopath form. I'd like to only use a webservice if possible.
Of course with code I can tap right into AD. But not what I need for this project.

I'm looking around I've check out

• /_vti_bin/usergroup.asmx
• /_vti_bin/userprofileservice.asmx

What webservice will get me the users phone number... not the current user... but a user I've selected from a menu selection. I've been searching through:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd878586(v=office.12).aspx

When I try this:

var accountName = "LayEN";
var propertyName = "PreferredName";

var soapEnv =
"<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:tns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/'> \
    <soap:Body> \
        <GetUserProfileByName xmlns='http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/UserProfileService'> \
            <AccountName>" + accountName+ "</AccountName> \
        </GetUserProfileByName> \
    </soap:Body> \
</soap:Envelope>";

$.ajax({
    url: "/_vti_bin/userprofileservice.asmx",
    type: "POST",
    dataType: "xml",
    data: soapEnv,
    complete: processResult,
    contentType: "text/xml; charset='utf-8'"    
});

function processResult(xData, status) {

    console.log (xData.responseXML);

     $(xData.responseXML).find("PropertyData > Name:contains('PreferredName')").each(function() {
        if($(this).parent().find("Values").text().length > 0)
        $("#list").append('<li>' + $(this).parent().find("Values").text() + '</li>');
    });


}

I get this error:

soap:ClientA user with the account name Windows2000\LayEN could not be found. ---> An error was encountered while retrieving the user profile.UserCannotBeFoundAn error was encountered while retrieving the user profile.

Answer 1

GetUserProfileByName in UserProfileService.asmx should allow you to get what you want. You simply have to provide it an AccountName.

Also, Clayton has an expansive walkthrough of using the GetUserProfileByName operation in a variety of ways that may be beneficial.

Answer 2

Thanks PiracteEric! Looking through Clayton's article helped. The problem was our Synchronization connection. The Sync job was running. But no one ever setup the sync connection. Yikes. Well solved that one.