Don't ignore gravatar error (#2138)

Author: ethantkoenig

models/user.go

@@ -328,15 +328,14 @@ func (u *User) generateRandomAvatar(e Engine) error {
 // which includes app sub-url as prefix. However, it is possible
 // to return full URL if user enables Gravatar-like service.
 func (u *User) RelAvatarLink() string {
-	defaultImgURL := setting.AppSubURL + "/img/avatar_default.png"
 	if u.ID == -1 {
-		return defaultImgURL
+		return base.DefaultAvatarLink()
 	}
 
 	switch {
 	case u.UseCustomAvatar:
 		if !com.IsFile(u.CustomAvatarPath()) {
-			return defaultImgURL
+			return base.DefaultAvatarLink()
 		}
 		return setting.AppSubURL + "/avatars/" + u.Avatar
 	case setting.DisableGravatar, setting.OfflineMode:

modules/base/tool.go

@@ -192,21 +192,29 @@ func HashEmail(email string) string {
 	return EncodeMD5(strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(email)))
 }
 
+// DefaultAvatarLink the default avatar link
+func DefaultAvatarLink() string {
+	return setting.AppSubURL + "/img/avatar_default.png"
+}
+
 // AvatarLink returns relative avatar link to the site domain by given email,
 // which includes app sub-url as prefix. However, it is possible
 // to return full URL if user enables Gravatar-like service.
 func AvatarLink(email string) string {
 	if setting.EnableFederatedAvatar && setting.LibravatarService != nil {
-		// TODO: This doesn't check any error. AvatarLink should return (string, error)
-		url, _ := setting.LibravatarService.FromEmail(email)
+		url, err := setting.LibravatarService.FromEmail(email)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error(4, "LibravatarService.FromEmail(email=%s): error %v", email, err)
+			return DefaultAvatarLink()
+		}
 		return url
 	}
 
 	if !setting.DisableGravatar {
 		return setting.GravatarSource + HashEmail(email)
 	}
 
-	return setting.AppSubURL + "/img/avatar_default.png"
+	return DefaultAvatarLink()
 }
 
 // Seconds-based time units