Generate Delve link dynamically using User's Email ID

Have you ever wondered to have a link on user name that navigates to their Delve page?
Well there's a solution. It works on SharePoint Online.

Requirement: A SharePoint page in SharePoint Online that displays lists users of the current site with their permission levels. End user should have the ability to view the user's Delve page.

Solution: Delve has several Query string properties.
                https://delve.office.com/?<properties>
       
                u = user id
                v = delve sections (eg: v=work or v=profiledetails)
                p = email id

By default, when you navigate to Delve page, it uses the parameter "u". I feel it is bit difficult to fetch user ID (guid) than email ID. Therefore we can use the parameter "p".

Note: You cannot use full email address. It should be user's login name.

Let us assume the user from xyz organization.

User: John doe
Login name: jdoe@xyz.com
Full email: John.Doe@xyz.com

Then the Delve url for John would be
https://delve.office.com/?p=jdoe@xyz.com&v=work


https://delve.office.com/?p=<user's login name>&v=work

Hope you find it useful ! :)

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