Peter Blair

Incorporate gravatars into your application

It’s super easy:

#/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use Digest::MD5 qw( md5_hex );
 
my $email = shift || die("Please provide email address\n");
my $hash = md5_hex lc($email);
 
print "http://gravatar.com/avatar/${hash}.jpg\n";

I use them at work for showing tooltip displays upon email receipt etc. They’re fun and handy to add to any little application.

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Categorised as: Perl