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stage: Manage
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group: Authentication and Authorization
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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---
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# Avatar API **(FREE)**
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/19121) in GitLab 11.0.
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## Get a single avatar URL
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Get a single [avatar](../user/profile/index.md#access-your-user-settings) URL for a user with the given email address.
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If:
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- No user with the given public email address is found, results from external avatar services are
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returned.
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- Public visibility is restricted, response is `403 Forbidden` when unauthenticated.
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NOTE:
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This endpoint can be accessed without authentication.
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```plaintext
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GET /avatar?email=admin@example.com
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```
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Parameters:
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
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|:----------|:--------|:---------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `email` | string | yes | Public email address of the user. |
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| `size` | integer | no | Single pixel dimension (because images are squares). Only used for avatar lookups at `Gravatar` or at the configured `Libravatar` server. |
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Example request:
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```shell
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curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/avatar?email=admin@example.com&size=32"
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```
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Example response:
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```json
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{
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"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=64&d=identicon"
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}
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```
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