How to upload customer profile image in magento 2 - magento

Question

I want create a customer image attribute,so customer and admin can upload, update and delete profile image like avatar. I know how is this possible in magento 1,but not in magento 2
.If anyone have any idea please share. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

create below module files. It worked on magento 2.1.4
Create : app\code\Sashas\CustomerAttribute\etc\module.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/etc/module.xsd">
<module name="Sashas_CustomerAttribute" setup_version="1.0.0">
<sequence>
<module name="Magento_Customer"/>
</sequence>
</module>
</config>
Create: app\code\Sashas\CustomerAttribute\Setup\InstallData.php
<?php
/**
* #author Sashas
* #category Sashas
* #package Sashas_CustomerAttribute
* #copyright Copyright (c) 2015 Sashas IT Support Inc. (http://www.extensions.sashas.org)
*/
namespace Sashas\CustomerAttribute\Setup;
use Magento\Customer\Setup\CustomerSetupFactory;
use Magento\Customer\Model\Customer;
use Magento\Eav\Model\Entity\Attribute\Set as AttributeSet;
use Magento\Eav\Model\Entity\Attribute\SetFactory as AttributeSetFactory;
use Magento\Framework\Setup\InstallDataInterface;
use Magento\Framework\Setup\ModuleContextInterface;
use Magento\Framework\Setup\ModuleDataSetupInterface;
/**
* #codeCoverageIgnore
*/
class InstallData implements InstallDataInterface
{
/**
* #var CustomerSetupFactory
*/
protected $customerSetupFactory;
/**
* #var AttributeSetFactory
*/
private $attributeSetFactory;
/**
* #param CustomerSetupFactory $customerSetupFactory
* #param AttributeSetFactory $attributeSetFactory
*/
public function __construct(
CustomerSetupFactory $customerSetupFactory,
AttributeSetFactory $attributeSetFactory
) {
$this->customerSetupFactory = $customerSetupFactory;
$this->attributeSetFactory = $attributeSetFactory;
}
/**
* {#inheritdoc}
*/
public function install(ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup, ModuleContextInterface $context)
{
/** #var CustomerSetup $customerSetup */
$customerSetup = $this->customerSetupFactory->create(['setup' => $setup]);
$customerEntity = $customerSetup->getEavConfig()->getEntityType('customer');
$attributeSetId = $customerEntity->getDefaultAttributeSetId();
/** #var $attributeSet AttributeSet */
$attributeSet = $this->attributeSetFactory->create();
$attributeGroupId = $attributeSet->getDefaultGroupId($attributeSetId);
$customerSetup->addAttribute(Customer::ENTITY, 'magento_username', [
'type' => 'varchar',
'label' => 'Magento Username',
'input' => 'image',
'required' => false,
'visible' => true,
'user_defined' => true,
'sort_order' => 1000,
'position' => 1000,
'system' => 0,
]);
$attribute = $customerSetup->getEavConfig()->getAttribute(Customer::ENTITY, 'magento_username')
->addData([
'attribute_set_id' => $attributeSetId,
'attribute_group_id' => $attributeGroupId,
'used_in_forms' => ['adminhtml_customer'],
]);
$attribute->save();
}
}
Create : app\code\Sashas\CustomerAttribute\registration.php
<?php
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::register(
\Magento\Framework\Component\ComponentRegistrar::MODULE,
'Sashas_customerAttribute',
__DIR__
);
?>