nextcloud / nextcloud/contacts
Support external URI for contact avatar.
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I want my contact avatar to update according to the URI I've set in Libravatar, accessible at http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/ea13768f2a7107166add55082804a465?s=512. ^1
Describe the solution you'd like
Some vCard interpreters support URIs as avatar data, instead of encoded image data. ^4
Describe alternatives you've considered
issues/2405 requests avatar lookup through Gravatar and Libravatar using an e-mail address as an identifier. ^2 However, this is inferior: ^3
With a simple URI, both Gravatar, Libravatar, and any other image host is immediately supported in a standard manner. I see no necessity to integrate with a specific service using an identifier like an e-mail address.
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Research direction
Begin by locating the contact avatar and vCard handling entry points, then compare the requested external URI form with the related issue #2405. Done means a contact avatar can use the configured external URI and remains compatible with vCard interpreters that support URI avatar data.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- full-stack
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100