Get user avatar
Retrieves an image of a the user's avatar.
Request
bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json
Path Parameters
stringin pathrequired
"12345"The ID of the user.
Response
image/jpg
When an avatar can be found for the user the image data will be returned in the body of the response.
application/jsonClient error
An unexpected client error.
Request Example
cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/users/12345/avatar" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>".NET
Stream imageStream = await client.UsersManager.GetUserAvatar(string userId);Java
String userID = "33333";
// some stream do download avatar
try (ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream()){
BoxUser user=new BoxUser(api,userID);
user.downloadAvatar(outputStream);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}Python
avatar = client.user('33333').get_avatar()Node
client.users.getAvatar('22222')
.then(avatarImageStream => {
avatarImageStream.on('data', bytes => {
// read avatar image bytes
});
});iOS
client.users.getAvatar(userId: "33333") { (result: Result<Data, BoxSDKError>) in
guard case let .success(avatarData) = result else {
print("Error getting user avatar")
return
}
let avatarImage = UIImage(data: avatarData)
}