From 1b2389d6186d6340e12c08ac4b72aca1cf7d0c1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lonneke Vuur <lvuur@godaddy.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 10:26:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: issue 23, handle external URLs in avatar rendering

---
 apps/web/src/utils/helpers.ts | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/utils/helpers.ts b/apps/web/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 672ac162..9db6af73 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ export const formatMemberDisplayName = (
   return localPart.replace(/[_-]/g, ".");
 };
 
-export const getAvatarUrl = (key: string) => {
-  return `${env("NEXT_PUBLIC_STORAGE_URL")}/${env("NEXT_PUBLIC_AVATAR_BUCKET_NAME")}/${key}`;
+export const getAvatarUrl = (imageOrKey: string) => {
+  if (imageOrKey.startsWith("http://") || imageOrKey.startsWith("https://")) {
+    return imageOrKey;
+  }
+  
+  return `${env("NEXT_PUBLIC_STORAGE_URL")}/${env("NEXT_PUBLIC_AVATAR_BUCKET_NAME")}/${imageOrKey}`;
 };