# Biography

{% hint style="info" %}
Please note that in all urls & code samples you'll need to replace`:username` and `:corporation` with appropriate values
{% endhint %}

## Get Biography

<mark style="color:green;">`GET`</mark> [**/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography**](https://public-api.expertfile.com/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography)

**Headers**

| Name          | Value              |
| ------------- | ------------------ |
| Content-Type  | `application/json` |
| Authorization | `Bearer <token>`   |

**Url**

<table><thead><tr><th width="339.3333333333333">Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>corporation</td><td>number</td><td>Corporation ID</td></tr><tr><td>username</td><td>string</td><td>Unique username</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
 {
  data: [
    {
      biography: 'Biography text for expert here.'
    }
  ],
  success: true
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Code

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Node" %}

```javascript
const accessToken = `<ACCESS TOKEN>`

fetch('https://public-api.expertfile.com/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography', {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken}`
    }
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json => {
    const { success, data } = json

    if (success) {
        const { biography } = data[0]
        console.log('biography', biography)
    }

})
.catch(error => console.error(error));
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
$accessToken = urlencode('<ACCESS TOKEN>');
$url = 'https://public-api.expertfile.com/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography';

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt(
    $ch,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
    array('Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'Authorization: Bearer ' . $accessToken)
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$json = json_decode($response);

if($json->success){
    echo $json->data[0]->biography;
}

curl_close($ch);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Curl" %}

```
curl https://public-api.expertfile.com/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS TOKEN>"

```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Update Biography

<mark style="color:blue;">`POST`</mark> [**/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography**](https://public-api.expertfile.com/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography)

**Headers**

| Name          | Value              |
| ------------- | ------------------ |
| Content-Type  | `application/json` |
| Authorization | `Bearer <token>`   |

**Url**

<table><thead><tr><th width="339.3333333333333">Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>corporation</td><td>number</td><td>Corporation ID</td></tr><tr><td>username</td><td>string</td><td>Unique username</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Body**

| Name                                          | Type   | Description                                                                                   |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| description<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string | <p>Content of biography<br><mark style="color:purple;"><strong>\*optional</strong></mark></p> |

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
{ 
    data: { 
        id: null 
    }, 
    success: true 
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Code

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Node" %}

```javascript
const data = new URLSearchParams();
const accessToken = `<ACCESS TOKEN>`

data.append('description', 'Your biography text');

fetch('https://public-api.expertfile.com/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken}`
    },
    body: data
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json => {
    const { success, data } = json

    if (success) {
        const { id } = data
    }

})
.catch(error => console.error(error));

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
$accessToken = urlencode('<ACCESS TOKEN>');

$url = 'https://public-api.expertfile.com/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography';
$data = ['description' => 'Your biography text'];

$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt(
    $ch,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
    array('Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'Authorization: Bearer ' . $accessToken)
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($data));

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$json = json_decode($response);

if($json->success){
    var_dump($json->data);
}

curl_close($ch);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Curl" %}

```
curl -X POST https://public-api.expertfile.com/v2/organization/:corporation/staff/:username/biography \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS TOKEN>" \
    -d '{"description":"Your biography text"}'
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}