topic Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact in APIs & Integrations

Set avatar (photo) of contact

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:28:26 GMT

Hi,
Is i can set photo of contact by API?
If it is true, how can i do it?

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

Dadams — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 20:07:14 GMT

We don’t currently have a way to set the photo by API, only through the UI. This is something that we’ll likely add in the future.

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 01:44:34 GMT

Any updates on this? We have images of users we would like to use in the Hubspot CRM

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

Mon, 15 May 2017 15:53:35 GMT

Hello, any news on this request?

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

tokuin — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:48:02 GMT

Hi, is more than a year, any news on setting avatar photo over the API?

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

Holger_Winkelma — Sun, 17 Sep 2017 17:41:24 GMT

Any news on that. We just evaluationg CRMs and sync out google contacts and wondering why a) there is no direct sync of contacts possible (but mail and calder, but hey! that a C!!!RM!) and then I claimed pisync not syncing pictures which works with prosperworks etc. An now I ready its not Pies fault, there is simply NO API for avatars. somehow unbelievable in a 2017 CRM.

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

stephentradify — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 23:11:44 GMT

is there any update on this?

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

p_broeckers — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:58:31 GMT

another year has gone... is there any update on this?

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

IsaacTakushi — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:50:11 GMT

Hi @p.broeckers,

While avatars still cannot be set or updated through the Contacts API, HubSpot still tries to fill a contact's profile picture from its proprietary database and via social media and other sites. Gravatars, for example, are often picked up. See this article for more information.

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

ChaosFreak — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:51:49 GMT

THREE YEARS and this still hasn't been fixed.

Dear HubSpot,

Don't say "This is something that we’ll likely add in the future" if you have no intention of doing so.
Don't mark a question as "Solved" when you have provided no solution.
When will this be fixed?

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

Vad1mo — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 19:15:55 GMT

Fetching images from Gravatar or "other" (whatever it might be) doesn't work eighter.

We have multiple contacts with Gravatar, Twitter and Linkedin. Non of them is working.

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

clintbieri — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:16:56 GMT

Are there any plans to be able to update profile images through a form in Hubspot? We have an application that this would be so helpful!

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

dennisedson — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:03:30 GMT

Hello @clintbieri , To the best of my knowledge, this is not currently in the pipeline, but I would suggest adding this to the ideas forum and adding a link to the idea here so that people can upvote it!

If I hear of any progress, I will make sure to update here as well.

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

josipmarkus — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 19:09:05 GMT

@IsaacTakushi My contacts' photos are almost never automatically updated. Implementing an option to search Gravatar would make life much easier. The ability to add a photo by uploading allows HubSpot to check the box that says "adding a photo is possible", but we business owners also have more pressing matters to attend to. Please consider improving this functionally because right now it falls short of needs and expectations. Thank you.

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

Dbuchman — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:53:58 GMT

I've been searching for a solution to this and found the idea in the HS community "ideas" so if anyone wants to go upvote for it there, I'd appreciate it - this really should be a feature and clearly there are a lot of us who need it! We can bulk upload other things for contacts, why not photos as well?

https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Mass-import-contact-photo/idc-p/950671#M174673

Re: Set avatar (photo) of contact

HabitatMatter — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:42:45 GMT

Has this feature been added since this post?