avatars v0.9.7

avatars

Pixel avatar (npm-like) generator.

This module using strings as seed for generator. There are some examples:

Some random string (with 3 colors):

admin (with 2 colors):

username (with 2 colors and bigger cells):

Install

npm install --save avatars

Usage

Basic promise usage:

var avatars = require('avatars');
avatars()
    .then(image => {
        image.write("./text.png", (err) => {
            if (err) throw err;
            console.log("Created text.png");
        });
    })
    .catch(e => console.error(e));

Basic callback usage:

var avatars = require('avatars');
avatars(null, function(error, image) {
    if (error) throw error;
    
    image.write("./text.png", (err) => {
        if (err) throw err;
        console.log("Created text.png");
    });
});

First argument of avatars() is parameters object for image generation. Avatars return image object that is created by Jimp module.

Parameters

Example

var avatars = require('avatars');

var params = {
    seed: 'Some Random Name',   // can be username, login, id etc
    width: 500,
    height: 500,
    pwidth: 15,
    pheight: 15,
    filename: './test.png'  // file with this name will be created
};

avatars(params)
    .then(image => {
        console.log("Image created");
    })
    .catch(e => console.error(e));