Programatically reading the My Links into datatable

Scenario:
Webpart to display all the my links

Solution:
Create a simple webpart


Code:

using System.Data;
using Microsoft.Office.Server;
using Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

static DataTable GetQuickLinks(SPSite siteCollectionUrl, string loginName){
 //  string siteCollectionUrl = @"http://localhost";
 //  string loginName = @"domain\username";
 var quickLinksTable ;
           
 using (SPSite siteCollection = new SPSite(siteCollectionUrl))
 {
  using (SPWeb webSite = siteCollection.OpenWeb())
   {
   ServerContext serverContext = ServerContext.GetContext(siteCollection);
   UserProfileManager userProfileManager = new UserProfileManager(serverContext);

     if (userProfileManager.UserExists(loginName))
     {
     // Retreive the user profiles.                
     UserProfile userProfile = userProfileManager.GetUserProfile(loginName);

     // Retreveing Quick Links Items from User Profile.
     QuickLinkManager quickLinkManager = userProfile.QuickLinks;
     QuickLink[] links = quickLinkManager.GetItems();

     // Moving Items from Array of links to Data Table to bind with the Grid
     quickLinksTable = new DataTable();
                       
     quickLinksTable.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Title", typeof(System.String)));
     quickLinksTable.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Url", typeof(System.String)));

     foreach (QuickLink oUserQuickLinks in links)
     {
      var rowLinks = quickLinksTable.NewRow();
      rowLinks["Title"] = oUserQuickLinks.Title;
      rowLinks["URL"] = oUserQuickLinks.Url;
      quickLinksTable.Rows.Add(rowLinks);
      }
     }
    }
  }
 return quickLinksTable;
}

Note:
Make sure you reference Microsoft.Office.Server.UserProfiles namespace and not Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal, as Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal is obsolete.
Article:
User Profile and Social Networking , User profile and web services
microsoft.office.server.userprofiles.quicklinkmanager
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