---
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 }}
```