Embed User Photo in SharePoint Rich Text Field

[michaelkubala]

I'm trying to write to a rich text field in SharePoint from PowerApps. I'm writing the following to the field:

<table><tr><td><img src=""" & User().Image & """ /></td><td>" & User().FullName & "</tr></table>

The User().Image converts the picture to base64 correctly: "data&colon;image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGg ....", but when this is written to the rich text field, it gets written as 

<img data-themekey="#" alt=""/>

Why is SharePoint or PowerApps converting my img tag and removing the picture?

If I take the actual base64 image tag and manually enter it into the rich text field, it shows up correctly so I know this can work, but there is something weird going on with the Patch call. 

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi @michaelkubala 

As far as I know, you can't do what you are trying to do from PowerApps.

However, a ton of experts sit in another Microsoft forum dedicated towards PowerApps/Flow.

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Community/ct-p/PowerApps1

Maybe check if the experts there have any other ideas? If you figure it out, I'd be interested in a solution but it's my belief that it's a product limitation at this time.

Cheers and best wishes

Damien

[#3]

@Damien Rosario thanks for the follow up. I'll check out the other forum, but I think I agree with your assessment that this may just be a product limitation. 

[#4]

For anyone interested, you can only embed pictures if you point the src attribute to an actual location rather doing trying to embed the base64 image. In my case, I was able to point to the user's photo by using the following in my Patch call.

"<img src=""https://outlook.office365.com/owa/service.svc/s/GetPersonaPhoto?email=" & User().Email & "&UA=0&size=HR48x48" />"

For the "HR48x48" part, you can use 48, 96 or just leave it out. Those are the only options I got to work. 

[#5]

Nice one @michaelkubala! The other forum is awesome isn't it?

Cheers

Damien