Download avatar from URL and set it with user_service.UploadAvatar

custom/conf/app.example.ini

@@ -2273,7 +2273,7 @@ ROUTER = console
 ;SHARE_USER_STATISTICS = true
 ;;
 ;; Maximum federation request and response size (MB)
-;MAX_SIZE = 4
+;MAX_SIZE = 8
 ;;
 ;; WARNING: Changing the settings below can break federation.
 ;;

models/user/avatar.go

@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ func (u *User) AvatarLink() string {
 	return link
 }
 
+// AvatarFullLinkWithSize returns the full avatar link with size and http host
+func (u *User) AvatarFullLinkWithSize(size int) string {
+	link := u.AvatarLinkWithSize(size)
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(link, "//") && !strings.Contains(link, "://") {
+		return setting.AppURL + strings.TrimPrefix(link, setting.AppSubURL+"/")
+	}
+	return link
+}
+
 // IsUploadAvatarChanged returns true if the current user's avatar would be changed with the provided data
 func (u *User) IsUploadAvatarChanged(data []byte) bool {
 	if !u.UseCustomAvatar || len(u.Avatar) == 0 {

modules/activitypub/user.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/auth"
 	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
+	user_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/user"
 
 	ap "github.com/go-ap/activitypub"
 )
@@ -39,15 +40,6 @@ func FederatedUserNew(ctx context.Context, person *ap.Person) error {
 		email = strings.ReplaceAll(name, "@", "+") + "@" + setting.Service.NoReplyAddress
 	}
 
-	var avatar string
-	if person.Icon != nil {
-		icon := person.Icon.(*ap.Image)
-		// Currently doesn't work
-		avatar = icon.URL.GetLink().String()
-	} else {
-		avatar = ""
-	}
-
 	if person.PublicKey.PublicKeyPem == "" {
 		return errors.New("person public key not found")
 	}
@@ -56,7 +48,6 @@ func FederatedUserNew(ctx context.Context, person *ap.Person) error {
 		Name:      name,
 		FullName:  person.Name.String(), // May not exist!!
 		Email:     email,
-		Avatar:    avatar,
 		LoginType: auth.Federated,
 		LoginName: person.GetLink().String(),
 	}
@@ -65,6 +56,24 @@ func FederatedUserNew(ctx context.Context, person *ap.Person) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if person.Icon != nil {
+		icon := person.Icon.(*ap.Image)
+		iconURL, err := icon.URL.GetLink().URL()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		body, err := Fetch(iconURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		err = user_service.UploadAvatar(user, body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	err = user_model.SetUserSetting(user.ID, user_model.UserActivityPubPrivPem, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

modules/setting/federation.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	}{
 		Enabled:             false,
 		ShareUserStatistics: true,
-		MaxSize:             4,
+		MaxSize:             8,
 		Algorithms:          []string{"rsa-sha256", "rsa-sha512", "ed25519"},
 		DigestAlgorithm:     "SHA-256",
 		GetHeaders:          []string{"(request-target)", "Date"},

routers/api/v1/activitypub/person.go

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func Person(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	person.Icon = ap.Image{
 		Type:      ap.ImageType,
 		MediaType: "image/png",
-		URL:       ap.IRI(ctx.ContextUser.AvatarLink()),
+		URL:       ap.IRI(ctx.ContextUser.AvatarFullLinkWithSize(2048)),
 	}
 
 	person.Inbox = ap.IRI(link + "/inbox")