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authorMatthew Hodgson <matthew@matrix.org>2015-12-17 23:04:20 +0000
committerMatthew Hodgson <matthew@matrix.org>2015-12-17 23:04:20 +0000
commit772ad4f71503866842eb9033b220b757ef20e711 (patch)
tree1606727ddb6aebf3798b6b26c9572fd4d1c6eca5 /synapse/handlers/register.py
parentMerge pull request #448 from matrix-org/daniel/3pid (diff)
downloadsynapse-772ad4f71503866842eb9033b220b757ef20e711.tar.xz
stop generating default identicons. reverts most of 582019f870adbc4a8a8a9ef97b527e0fead77761 and solves vector-web/vector-im#346
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/register.py b/synapse/handlers/register.py
index a037da0f70..8a365c20f9 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/register.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/register.py
@@ -132,25 +132,9 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
                         raise RegistrationError(
                             500, "Cannot generate user ID.")
 
-        # create a default avatar for the user
-        # XXX: ideally clients would explicitly specify one, but given they don't
-        # and we want consistent and pretty identicons for random users, we'll
-        # do it here.
-        try:
-            auth_user = UserID.from_string(user_id)
-            media_repository = self.hs.get_resource_for_media_repository()
-            identicon_resource = media_repository.getChildWithDefault("identicon", None)
-            upload_resource = media_repository.getChildWithDefault("upload", None)
-            identicon_bytes = identicon_resource.generate_identicon(user_id, 320, 320)
-            content_uri = yield upload_resource.create_content(
-                "image/png", None, identicon_bytes, len(identicon_bytes), auth_user
-            )
-            profile_handler = self.hs.get_handlers().profile_handler
-            profile_handler.set_avatar_url(
-                auth_user, auth_user, ("%s#auto" % (content_uri,))
-            )
-        except NotImplementedError:
-            pass  # make tests pass without messing around creating default avatars
+            # We used to generate default identicons here, but nowadays
+            # we want clients to generate their own as part of their branding
+            # rather than there being consistent matrix-wide ones, so we don't.
 
         defer.returnValue((user_id, token))