


By default, profile images are checked for changes once every 7 days. If a profile picture has changed, Cloudinary automatically re-fetches the original image as well as all transformed images. Refreshing profile picturesĬloudinary automatically checks whether profile pictures have changed, according to a pre-defined caching period.

See Image transformations for more details about the possible transformation options and the supported crop modes. Note the use of the face-detection based gravity value in the above example (g_face in the URL) to ensure that the face remains in focus even when changing the image's aspect ratio. The next users to access it will receive the image quickly through the CDN. When a user accesses such a URL for the first time, Cloudinary downloads the appropriate profile picture from the social media site, stores it locally, and distributes it through a CDN. format file extension: (Optional) The requested delivery format of the image.social identifier: The unique identifier of the resource on the social network.Supported values: facebook, twitter, gravatar.

