# Failing to change avatar using Discourse API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-change-avatar-using-discourse-api/261828>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [April 16, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-change-avatar-using-discourse-api/261828 "2023-04-16T06:39:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failing-to-change-avatar-using-discourse-api/261828/4 "2023-04-16T07:50:31Z")

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> [@EGreg](#):
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> But on other summary boxes, they are. With the same URLs.

Maybe that’s because these users reached trust level 1. To prevent spam, the links of new users do not work.

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