XF 2.2 Get user avatar URL

[pupu]

How do third-party programs get the URL of the Xenforo user avatar?





Is the default XenForo avatar also available?
In order to save database space, not all users can upload avatars.
For example this

 

[Paul B]

I don't really understand the question about third party programs.
What are you trying to do.

The single letters are known as dynamic avatars - that's an option in the settings.

 

[pupu]

I don't really understand the question about third party programs.
What are you trying to do.

The single letters are known as dynamic avatars - that's an option in the settings.
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How do third-party programs get Xenforo's user avatar?

If I want to use exe to get the user avatar on the forum, what should I do and how to request it?

 

[Paul B]

You can use the API which will return all avatar URLs: GET users/{id}/ .

"avatar_urls": {
    "o": "https://localhost/xf/data/avatars/o/0/2.jpg?1566934356",
    "h": "https://localhost/xf/data/avatars/h/0/2.jpg?1566934356",
    "l": "https://localhost/xf/data/avatars/l/0/2.jpg?1566934356",
    "m": "https://localhost/xf/data/avatars/m/0/2.jpg?1566934356",
    "s": "https://localhost/xf/data/avatars/s/0/2.jpg?1566934356"
},

REST API endpoints (2.2)

This document assumes you have already created an API key and setup the necessary headers for your request. Learn more about using the API.

xenforo.com

 

[Paul B]

Or if you don't want to use the API, you can work it out based on the user ID.

My ID is 521.
Avatars are stored in five directories (h, l, m, o, s) numbered 0 upwards, with 1,000 files per directory, based on the user ID.

So for me, the original file would be: https://xenforo.com/community/data/avatars/o/0/521.jpg .

Your ID is 196224.
For you it is: https://xenforo.com/community/data/avatars/o/196/196224.jpg .

 

[pupu]

Or if you don't want to use the API, you can work it out based on the user ID.

My ID is 521.
Avatars are stored in five directories (h, l, m, o, s) numbered 0 upwards, with 1,000 files per directory, based on the user ID.

So for me, the original file would be: https://xenforo.com/community/data/avatars/o/0/521.jpg .

Your ID is 196224.
For you it is: https://xenforo.com/community/data/avatars/o/196/196224.jpg .

What if it is the default avatar generated by XenForo? How to request to get it.
example this

 

[Paul B]

That isn't an image file - it's dynamically generated and just HTML/Less.

 

[pupu]

That isn't an image file - it's dynamically generated and just HTML/Less.

So how should I get it?
In order to save space for the database, I only allow some users to set avatars, and most users cannot set avatars.

 

[joszwa]

Or if you don't want to use the API, you can work it out based on the user ID.

My ID is 521.
Avatars are stored in five directories (h, l, m, o, s) numbered 0 upwards, with 1,000 files per directory, based on the user ID.

So for me, the original file would be: https://xenforo.com/community/data/avatars/o/0/521.jpg .

Your ID is 196224.
For you it is: https://xenforo.com/community/data/avatars/o/196/196224.jpg .

Hey Brogan,

Thanks so much for explaining this. I'm trying to retrieve a user's avatar from an external place. However I struggle to find out what the number between the size and the User ID is for, or how I know which one to use. In your first example it's /o/0/512.jpg and in your second one it's /o/196/196224.jpg. Now is there a way to know which number to use there (without being in the XenForo environment)?

Thank you!

 

[Jeremy P]

It represents the thousands digit of the user ID (floor($userId, 1000)).

 

[nocte]

Now is there a way to know which number to use there (without being in the XenForo environment)?

Also think about the file extension, which might be something other than .jpg

 

[Jeremy P]

All avatars are saved as .jpg regardless of their underlying file type, so you don't need to be too concerned with that actually.

 

[joszwa]

It represents the thousands digit of the user ID (floor($userId, 1000)).

Ah, of course. That makes sense. Thanks for your quick response, got it up and running!