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Avatar API

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Introduced in GitLab 11.0.

Get a single avatar URL

Get a single avatar URL for a user with the given email address.

If:

No user with the given public email address is found, results from external avatar services are returned.
Public visibility is restricted, response is 403 Forbidden when unauthenticated.

NOTE: This endpoint can be accessed without authentication.

GET /[email protected]

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`email`	string	yes	Public email address of the user.
`size`	integer	no	Single pixel dimension (because images are squares). Only used for avatar lookups at `Gravatar` or at the configured `Libravatar` server.

Example request:

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/[email protected]&size=32"

Example response:

{
  "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=64&d=identicon"
}