# Set a user's photo by using a URL

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-a-users-photo-by-using-a-url/40316>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [April 1, 2022, 9:55am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-a-users-photo-by-using-a-url/40316 "2022-04-01T09:55:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simon\_Hill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/simon_hill/32/94730_2.png) [@Simon\_Hill](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Simon_Hill)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 9:55am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-a-users-photo-by-using-a-url/40316/1 "2022-04-01T09:55:47Z")

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So I was today year’s old when I realised you could control a user’s profile image by pushing a URL into their profile photo! Doh!

I used to think it had to be an actual image, which became tricky. So now at sign-up, I can push the URL of an avatar (search boring avatars for tips elsewhere on this forum to generate a URL based on the user’s name) into the profile.

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-a-users-photo-by-using-a-url/40316/2 "2022-04-01T12:03:36Z")

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Tables don’t store images. They only store links to images.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/set-a-users-photo-by-using-a-url/40316/3 "2022-04-02T12:04:35Z")

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