Invatar provides an "API" for generating fully customizable SVG and image avatars with small text. Inspired from many messaging apps.
Por que? Por que no?
Website: https://invatar0.appspot.com/
svg/a.jpg |
svg/kb.jpg |
svg/md.jpg |
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svg/a.jpg?s=150 |
svg/kb.jpg?s=150&color=yellow |
svg/md.jpg?s=150&bg=%23E5E7E9&color=%23626262 |
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| Custom width/height (px) | Custom text color | Custom text color + background color. (%23 == encodeURIComponent('#')) |
svg/abcd.jpg?s=150&font_size=50 |
svg/kb.jpg?s=150&font_family=Monospace |
svg/md.jpg?s=150&h=my-user-id |
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| Custom font size (in px) | Custom font family | Provide a unique identifier with h. This is useful when you don't want two intials (different users?) hash to the same value (resulting in the same background color). |
- Easier to identify users
- Friendlier than a "No avatar" picture
- Background colors are always consistent
- Can use as a fallback picture for Gravatar (
?default=flag) and other similar services
Do it!
Currently the service is hosted on Google App Engine which is not my first choice. If you can help with hosting, please reach out to me.
$ pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
# Running development server
$ python run.py
# Executing tests
$ toxMIT