How can I fix the Avatar issue by using githubusercontent?

325    Asked by CharlesParr in Devops , Asked on Dec 27, 2023

 I am a Developer and I am designing a web application that fetches user avatars from GitHub by using the “githubusercontent” URL.  Suddenly a user complained that he was unable to display his favourite Avatar. How can I troubleshoot this particular issue with githubusercontent? 

Answered by Daniel Cameron

 In the context of DevOps, here is the appropriate approach given for your scenario by using githubusercontent:-

Checkout URL formatting

Verify that your URLs for fetching Avatar from “githubusercontent” are correctly constructed or not.

Rate limiting

Check if the application is hitting the limits on API requests by making too many requests quickly.

HTTP status codes

Do not forget to handle status codes such as 404 for not found while fetching Avatar.

Secure HTTP Protocol

Ensure that the protocol are you using is HTTP secure protocol so that you can prevent insecure threats, warnings, or blocks by modern browsers.

Error handling

Try to execute robust error handling in your coding to catch the errors that may occur during the process of fetching Avatar.

Here is the example given:-

// Example function to fetch avatar using githubusercontent
Function fetchAvatar(username) {
  Const avatarURL = `https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/${username}`;
  Fetch(avatarURL)
    .then(response => {
      If (!response.ok) {
        Throw new Error(‘Avatar not found’);
      }
      // Process the avatar display
      // e.g., display it on the web page
    })
    .catch(error => {
      // Handle and log errors
      Console.error(‘Error fetching avatar:’, error);
    });
}

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