How to check whether Google User's image is default or uploaded? - google-api

Question

How do I check whether user's profile picture is default or uploaded in Google?
Note: When you get user details from APIs.

Answer 1

All of default profile pictures have the following URL:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XdUIqdMkCWA/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/4252rscbv5M/photo.jpg
You can just compare string equality of profile picture with the given one.

Answer 2

people.get includes a isDefault value in the image object. E.g. if you try it for +Google you will get;
"image": {
"url": "https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v0soe-ievYE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAACyas/yR1_yhwBcBA/photo.jpg?sz=50",
"isDefault": false
}

Answer 3

people.get no longer has isDefault as a property.
https://developers.google.com/+/web/api/rest/latest/people#resource

Answer 4

Updating this answer for 2020: it's now possible to get the user's profile picture by sending a request to the people.get API with photos as the personFields to request.
You'll get back an array of images, and whenever default: true is present, it means it's a default (not user-set) image:
Example (if you're using this with OAuth):
GET https://people.googleapis.com/v1/people/me
Sample response (with profile picture)
{
"resourceName": "people/117055959617985617271",
"etag": "%EgQBAzcuGgQBAgUHIgxHamp6MG9wZ3hOcz0=",
"photos": [
{
"metadata": {
"primary": true,
"source": {
"type": "PROFILE",
"id": "117055959617985617271"
}
},
"url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14Gg_-udXd3O6K1URTBTEK2rLa2DOh6G2dgmOHcOBOtE=s100"
},
{
"metadata": {
"source": {
"type": "CONTACT",
"id": "2"
}
},
"url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/default-user=s100",
"default": true
}
]
}
Sample response (default only)
{
"resourceName": "people/113009277022343767972",
"etag": "%EgQBAzcuGgQBAgUHIgxxdHVTY3IxZVJIUT0=",
"photos": [
{
"metadata": {
"primary": true,
"source": {
"type": "PROFILE",
"id": "113009277022343767972"
}
},
"url": "https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6NS3awoYRXw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/AMZuucnTo-mElIpcAEazDV9DAs1VyYDEIw/s100/photo.jpg",
"default": true
}
]
}

Answer 5

in ruby with devise and omniauth-google-oauth2
in your devise.rb
config.omniauth :google_oauth2 (Other options....), skip_image_info: false
then in your user.rb / other place:
def self.parse_auth_image(auth)
if auth.provider == "google_oauth2"
return nil if auth.dig("extra", "raw_info", "image", "isDefault")
end
auth.info.image
end

Answer 6

The best way to do this in FULL DETAIL:
require 'open-uri'
Default image:
default = "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-
XdUIqdMkCWA/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/4252rscbv5M/photo.jpg"
Image to check:
image_to_check = "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-
uh4wK1JDtCI/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/huieBSbV4zg/s64-
c/100695019739939096169.jpg"
Comparison check
blob_for_default_image = open(default).read
blob_for_image_to_check = open(image_to_check).read
Then you compare the 2 image blobs:
blob_for_default_image == blob_for_image_to_check

Answer 7

If you are using PHP, It's fairly simple, just use this code
$profile_img_end = explode("/", $userData['picture']); // Exploding the URL and Dividing it into several terms
if (end($profile_img_end) === "photo.jpg") { // Now Simply Check if last part of array is equal to "photo.jpg" which is common in all default images
$profile_img = null; // If it's default then set it equal to null
} else {
$profile_img = $userData['picture']; // Else get the Link of the Image
}
Alternative in JavaScript
var url = ""; // Image URL
var img_split = url.split("/"); // Split it Again from / (forward slash)
if (img_split[img_split.length - 1] === 'photo.jpg') { // Check if last array is equal to photo.jpg (By Default Image)
var image = null;
} else {
var image = url;
}
HOPE IT HELPS!