From 28eb7eab8fbe3750fb56e85967e8179b7025f441 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian <7816109+Flor1an-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:54:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(api): added support in the GroupManager to upload Group
 avatars

---
 docs/gl_objects/groups.rst | 7 +++++++
 gitlab/v4/objects.py       | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/gl_objects/groups.rst b/docs/gl_objects/groups.rst
index d3e4d927d..02d2bb097 100644
--- a/docs/gl_objects/groups.rst
+++ b/docs/gl_objects/groups.rst
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ Update a group::
     group.description = 'My awesome group'
     group.save()
 
+Set the avatar image for a group::
+
+    # the avatar image can be passed as data (content of the file) or as a file
+    # object opened in binary mode
+    group.avatar = open('path/to/file.png', 'rb')
+    group.save()
+
 Remove a group::
 
     gl.groups.delete(group_id)
diff --git a/gitlab/v4/objects.py b/gitlab/v4/objects.py
index 29b10fc1d..0e6056c12 100644
--- a/gitlab/v4/objects.py
+++ b/gitlab/v4/objects.py
@@ -1513,6 +1513,7 @@ class GroupManager(CRUDMixin, RESTManager):
             "default_branch_protection",
         ),
     )
+    _types = {"avatar": types.ImageAttribute}
 
     @exc.on_http_error(exc.GitlabImportError)
     def import_group(self, file, path, name, parent_id=None, **kwargs):