---
title: "Update avatar"
method: POST
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/avatar"
tags: ["repository"]
---

# Update avatar

`POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/avatar`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/avatar`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in query parameter `token`
  - API key in query parameter `access_token`
  - API key in header `Authorization`
  - API key in query parameter `sudo`
  - API key in header `Sudo`
  - API key in header `X-GITEA-OTP`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/docs/repos/:owner/:repo/avatar/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required

## Request body

- UpdateRepoAvatarOption: UpdateRepoAvatarUserOption options when updating the repo avatar
  - `image` string: image must be base64 encoded

## Response `204`

APIEmpty is an empty response

## Other responses

- `default`: APIError is error format response

## Changes

- **2026-10-28** `7ef50c4c527f`: 1 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `404`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/changes/repos/:owner/:repo/avatar/post.md)

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