# How to know if user is using a default avatar

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-if-user-is-using-a-default-avatar/58915>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [3월 12, 2017, 8:08오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-if-user-is-using-a-default-avatar/58915 "2017-03-12T08:08:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![hnaseri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hnaseri/32/120660_2.png) [@hnaseri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hnaseri)\
**Post date:** [3월 12, 2017, 8:08오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-know-if-user-is-using-a-default-avatar/58915/1 "2017-03-12T08:08:53Z")

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I want to encourage my users to upload an avatar via api.  
How can I know a user is using default avatar in discourse? because I don’t want to warn users that already have gravatars or their custom avatars set.

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