Profile Interests

Learn how to add and remove Profile interests.

Lens API allows Profile owners to set their interests, enabling the experience layer to filter and deliver content that is more engaging and relevant to their audience.

The Lens API supports a variety of interest categories and subcategories. These are hardcoded at the API level and can be found here. They are also provided by the SDKs.

Please note that profile interests are stored off-chain.

The API remains neutral regarding internationalization (i18n) and how you choose to display interests to your users. Therefore, all interests are returned in English, in capitalized format. Words are separated with an underscore (_), and subcategories are separated with a double underscore (__).

You can add and remove interests from a Profile using the SDKs or the API.

import {  useAddProfileInterests,  useRemoveProfileInterests,  Profile,  ProfileInterestTypes,} from '@lens-protocol/react-web';
function ProfileInterests({ profile }: { profile: Profile }) {  const { execute: addInterests } = useAddProfileInterests();  const { execute: removeInterests } = useRemoveProfileInterests();
  const handleClick = async (interest: ProfileInterestTypes) => {    const request = {      interests: [interest],    };
    if (profile.interests.includes(interest)) {      await removeInterests(request);    } else {      await addInterests(request);    }  };
  return <button onClick={() => handleClick(ProfileInterestTypes.Business)}>Business</button>;}

That's it—you've learned how to add and remove Profile interests.