gravatar_image_tag

A configurable and documented Rails view helper for adding gravatars into your Rails application

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Ruby

!http://s.gravatar.com/images/logo.png(Gravatar Logo)!

h1. Gravatar Image Tag Plugin

Rails view helper for grabbing “Gravatar”:http://en.gravatar.com/ images. The goal here is to be configurable and have those configuration points documented!

h2. Install as a Ruby Gem

h3. Rails 2

p. Include the following line in your Rails environment

# config/environment
  config.gem 'gravatar_image_tag'

p. Then ensure the gem is installed by running the following rake task from the your application root.

rake gems:install

h3. Rails 3

p. Include the following line in your Rails environment

# Gemfile
  gem 'gravatar_image_tag'

p. Then ensure the gem is installed by running the following command from the application root.

bundle install

h2. Install as a Ruby on Rails Plugin

./script/plugin install git://github.com/mdeering/gravatar_image_tag.git

h2. Usage

h3. Gravatar Image Tag

p. Once you have installed it as a plugin for your rails app usage is simple.

gravatar_image_tag('[email protected]'.gsub('spam', 'mdeering'), :alt => 'Michael Deering')

Boom here is my gravatar !http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4da9ad2bd4a2d1ce3c428e32c423588a(Michael Deering)!

h3. Gravatar Image URL

p. You can also return just the Gravatar URL:

gravatar_image_url('[email protected]'.gsub('spam', 'mdeering'), filetype: :png, rating: 'pg', size: 15, secure:false )

p. Useful when used in your inline CSS.

h2. Configuration

h3. Global configuration points

# config/initializers/gravatar_image_tag.rb
GravatarImageTag.configure do |config|
  config.default_image           = nil   # Set this to use your own default gravatar image rather then serving up Gravatar's default image [ 'http://example.com/images/default_gravitar.jpg', :identicon, :monsterid, :wavatar, 404 ].
  config.filetype                = nil   # Set this if you require a specific image file format ['gif', 'jpg' or 'png'].  Gravatar's default is png
  config.include_size_attributes = true  # The height and width attributes of the generated img will be set to avoid page jitter as the gravatars load.  Set to false to leave these attributes off.
  config.rating                  = nil   # Set this if you change the rating of the images that will be returned ['G', 'PG', 'R', 'X']. Gravatar's default is G
  config.size                    = nil   # Set this to globally set the size of the gravatar image returned (1..512). Gravatar's default is 80
  config.secure                  = false # Set this to true if you require secure images on your pages.
end

h3. Setting the default image inline

p. Splat the default gravatar image !http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0c821f675f132d790b3f25e79da739a7(Default Gravatar Image)!

p. You can set the default gravatar image inline as follows:

gravatar_image_tag('junk', :alt => 'Github Default Gravatar', :gravatar => { :default => 'https://assets.github.com/images/gravatars/gravatar-140.png' })

p. Ka-Pow !https://assets.github.com/images/gravatars/gravatar-140.png(Github Default Gravatar)!

p. Other options supported besides an image url to fall back on include the following:

:identicon !http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0c821f675f132d790b3f25e79da739a7?default=identicon(Identicon Avatar)!
:monsterid !http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0c821f675f132d790b3f25e79da739a7?default=monsterid(Monster Id Avatar)!
:wavatar !http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0c821f675f132d790b3f25e79da739a7?default=wavatar(Wavatar Avatar)!
404: !http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0c821f675f132d790b3f25e79da739a7?default=404(Not Found)!

h3. Setting the default image size

p. You can set the gravatar image size inline as follows:

gravatar_image_tag('[email protected]'.gsub('spam', 'mdeering'), :alt => 'Michael Deering', :class => 'some-class', :gravatar => { :size => 15 })

Mini Me! !(some-class)http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4da9ad2bd4a2d1ce3c428e32c423588a?size=15(Michael Deering)!

h3. Grabbing gravatars from the secure gravatar server.

p. You can make a request for a gravatar from the secure server at https://secure.gravatar.com by passing the :gravatar => { :secure => true } option to the gravatar_image_tag call.

gravatar_image_tag('[email protected]'.gsub('spam', 'mdeering'), :alt => 'Michael Deering', :gravatar => { :secure => true } )

Delivered by a secure url! !https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4da9ad2bd4a2d1ce3c428e32c423588a(Michael Deering)!

h3. Using Gravatar’s built in rating system

p. You can set the gravatar rating inline as follows:

gravatar_image_tag('[email protected]'.gsub('spam', 'mdeering'), :alt => 'Michael Deering', :gravatar => { :rating => 'pg' } )

h3. Specifying a filetype

p. You can set the gravatar filetype inline as follows:

gravatar_image_tag('[email protected]'.gsub('spam', 'mdeering'), :alt => 'Michael Deering', :gravatar => { :filetype => :gif } )

h2. Credits

The ideas and methods for this plugin are from expanding upon my original blog post “Adding Gravatar To Your Website Or Blog (Gravatar Rails)”:http://mdeering.com/posts/005-adding-gravitar-to-your-website-or-blog