Avatar requests

[lloydwatkin]

If user is not running a media server, or media server is not running for some reason then rather than respond with a 503 then HTTP API should return 302 to a gravatar URL.

Actually this should be a config option (useGravatarFallback or something).

This prevents the build up of lots of identical avatars and helps quick identification of users in channels.

[imaginator]

I like the config option Item. With default set to true.

[abmargb]

Should this be something to be implemented in the API or in the media server?

[imaginator]

Proposal:

• if nothing saved in avatar resource,
• media server checks gravatar,
• if matching hash has a gravatar download the largest size and save it in avatar resource

[lloydwatkin]

I'd be good with that provided the functionality was a configuration flag.

[imaginator]

useGravatarFallback sounds like a very sensible config option. "Does what it says on the tin".

[lloydwatkin]

Defaulted to true or false?

[imaginator]

I'd go for true.