Get UserProfile using SharePoint 2013 object model

In this post we will discuss about how to retrieve UserProfile properties in SharePoint 2013 using object model.

Below is the code:

using Microsoft.Office.Server.Social;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.Administration;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.UserProfiles;

SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;

SPUser currentUser = SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser;

SPServiceContext serverContext = SPServiceContext.GetContext(web.Site);

UserProfileManager profileManager = new UserProfileManager(serverContext);

UserProfile profile = profileManager.GetUserProfile(currentUser.LoginName);

if (profile != null)
{
string displayName = profile.DisplayName;
}

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