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Using CB avatars in other applications

8 hours 3 minutes ago #341987 by counterpoint
Using CB avatars in other applications was created by counterpoint
I'm the maintainer of UserPoints, which displays user avatars in some situations. Users are asking if the option to use CB avatars can be supported. Old code to do this is clearly obsolete. What is the up to date way to obtain a user's CB avatar please?

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7 hours 30 minutes ago #341992 by krileon
Replied by krileon on topic Using CB avatars in other applications
That's done using our fields API.

www.joomlapolis.com/documentation/127-community-builder/279-tutorials/18361-obtaining-field-values-through-getfields-api

You'd just be pulling in their avatar field for rendering. Profile view is full size image of the avatar without profile link. List view is thumbnail size of the image with profile link, but that can be turned off. Below are some examples.

Full Size (No Link):
Code:
CBuser::getInstance( USER_ID_HERE, false )->getField( 'avatar' );

Thumbnail (With Link)
Code:
CBuser::getInstance( USER_ID_HERE, false )->getField( 'avatar', null, 'html', 'none', 'list', 0, true );

Thumbnail (Without Link)
Code:
CBuser::getInstance( USER_ID_HERE, false )->getField( 'avatar', null, 'html', 'none', 'list', 0, true, [ '_allowProfileLink' => false ] );

Replace USER_ID_HERE with the user id you're trying to get the avatar for. Note you need to first include CBs API as shown below for external usage.

www.joomlapolis.com/documentation/127-community-builder/279-tutorials/18357-including-cb-api-for-usage-outside-of-cb

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6 hours 33 minutes ago - 6 hours 18 minutes ago #341996 by counterpoint
Replied by counterpoint on topic Using CB avatars in other applications
Thanks very much for that.
Last edit: 6 hours 18 minutes ago by counterpoint. Reason: Mistake

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6 hours 19 minutes ago - 6 hours 17 minutes ago #341997 by counterpoint
Replied by counterpoint on topic Using CB avatars in other applications
:)
Last edit: 6 hours 17 minutes ago by counterpoint. Reason: Irrelevant

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