---
title: 'Liquid filters: avatar'
description: 'Generates HTML to render a customer''s avatar, if available.'
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/avatar'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/avatar.md'
---

# avatar

```oobleck
customer | avatar
```

returns [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)

Generates HTML to render a customer's avatar, if available.

***

Tip

Use with the [`customer.has_avatar?`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/customer#customer-has_avatar?) method to determine if the customer has an avatar.

***

```liquid
{{ customer | avatar }}
```