Using SPServices to get user's "My Links" via jQuery

Question

I am trying to get the current user's list of "My Links" using SPServices & jQuery

I am new to SPServices and I found this page about how to get values from the user's profile and specifically the supported operation GetUserLinks, however, I am not sure how to format this request.

Here is my lame attempt:

var UserName = $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser({
   fieldName: "Name",
   debug: false
});
var UserLinks = $().SPServices.UserProfileService.GetUserLinks(UserName)

I appreciate any help constructing this!

Answer 1

The correct syntax is :

$().SPServices({
  operation: "GetUserLinks",
  accountName:"username",
  completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
    console.log(xData)
  }
});

Your syntax for the SPGetCurrentUser is correct but that doesn't on my Sharepoint... I see, at least, two other options to find the current user :

1. With SharepointPlus (a JavaScript API) :

   $SP().whoami({url:"http://my.si.te/subdir/"}, function(people) {
     console.log(people["AccountName"]);
   });
   

2. Or you can change your masterpage to always have the details regarding the current user into your code. Have a look at this English blog post or this French blog post. Then it's easy to get the username from the HTML directly.