# SSO & external avatars

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-external-avatars/192392>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [June 2, 2021, 11:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-external-avatars/192392 "2021-06-02T11:44:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-external-avatars/192392/5 "2021-06-02T16:24:55Z")

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> [@mentalstring](#):
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> Would it make more sense to allow avatars to serve directly from the `avatar_url` provided?

If the SSO avatar is in the format of `https://central.avatar.service/<username>` you can use the `external_system_avatars_url` site setting to get this feature.

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