Discord.py getting avatar if user isn't in same guild

How can I get a user avatar if the user is not in the same guild as the bot, but in mutual guilds?

I'm trying to get the user avatar from a mutual server.

How to get the user

You can use await bot.fetch_user(user_id) to retrieve any user. You don't want to use bot.get_user(user_id) for various reasons here.

How to get the image url

You can use the avatar URL by using user.avatar.url (user being the class fetched by bot.fetch_user() and avatar is an asset links below)

Example code

@tree.command()
async def avatar_from_another_guild(ctx, id_:str):  # id_ is the user id to fetch
    print(id_)
    user = await bot.fetch_user(int(id_))  # retrieve user here
    try:
        await ctx.response.send_message(user.avatar)  # send final product
    except AttributeError as err:  # error catching if invalid id is inserted
        print(user)
        await ctx.response.send_message("User not found." + str(err))

Example code product

py-cord variation

@bot.slash_command()  # this is the only difference, everything else is the same
async def avatar_from_another_guild(ctx, id_):
    print(id_)
    user = await bot.fetch_user(int(id_))
    try:
        await ctx.respond(user.avatar)
    except AttributeError:
        print(user)
        await ctx.respond("User not found.")

Note: product is the same for both

Resources

• getting the user
• getting user image as asset
• asset URL