Import student images from external source to profiles

Hello,

We are looking to do some custom work that would pull student images from our ID card system and import them into profiles automatically. We do have a way to match on SIS ID value as it matches the ID in the card system. I am curious to know if anyone has accomplished this task already and might have a starting point? Many thanks in advance.

/shane

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buellj

We hired professional services to create a similar customization that would import our campus ID photos for students, faculty and staff. The photos were named using the SIS name for the individual and loaded as the default image for each user. I ran across the code for our customization on Github at one point but lost the link. We also had them create a photo roster using the ID photos.

unknown

Do you have a url for the image or is it stored locally on a machine?

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