Unable to set profile picture using Graph Explorer

Question

I'm trying to update my profile picture using Microsoft Graph Explorer (v1.0) but I'm unable to do it, I'm always getting the following error :

An internal server error occurred. The operation failed., The file you chose isn't an image. Please choose a different file.

The problem is that the file I'm trying to update my picture with is an image inserted in the request body (a base64 representation of it, I used this site in order to get it: https://www.base64-image.de/).

I'm also using the header Content-Type with the value image/jpeg and I think that, as I'm logged, I don't need the authorization header. The URL I'm using is: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/photo/$value

Answer 1

This endpoint takes the raw image as input, not a base64 encoded version. From the documentation:

Request body

In the request body, include the binary data of the photo in the request body.

Since it isn't possible to stream a file like this using Graph Explorer, updating the photo isn't supported by Graph Explorer.