peSHIr.Gravatar 1.0.0

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.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Framework 4.7.2 This package targets .NET Framework 4.7.2. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package peSHIr.Gravatar --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package peSHIr.Gravatar -Version 1.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="peSHIr.Gravatar" Version="1.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="peSHIr.Gravatar" Version="1.0.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="peSHIr.Gravatar" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add peSHIr.Gravatar --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: peSHIr.Gravatar, 1.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package peSHIr.Gravatar@1.0.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=peSHIr.Gravatar&version=1.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=peSHIr.Gravatar&version=1.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

About

What's this?

This library contains some code to easily interact with the gravatar.com website, retrieving URIs and images for users by their email address.

Who created this?

My name is Jarno Peschier. I started programming on a Commodore 64 in high school, got a masters degree in Computer Science at Utrecht University near the end of the 20th century, specializing in GIS algorithms, and I have been developing software all my professional life.

In 2025 I started publishing some NuGet packages while working as a software engineer at Dutch engineering firm Iv, where I personally handled all software development around our scan vehicle (YouTube) using multiple third party software packages, C#, and PowerShell.

You might also know me by my online name of peSHIr, which is basically the way you write my last name phonetically in Klingon.

How do I use it?

using peSHIr.Web.Gravatar;
//...
IShowProgress gui = new peSHIr.CmdLine.ConsoleProgress();
var image = GravatarHelper.DownloadImage("email@example.com", 128, Default.MysteryPerson, Rating.G, gui);

Please be aware that downloaded images are cached to GravatarHelper.CacheFolder (which starts out as in a subfolder of TEMP, but can be set to something else if you want) for a number of hours to prevent rate limiting by doing too many requests to the Gravatar website.

Known issues

It seems that the Avatar docs mention two default options (both probably relatively new, and in beta) named initials and color that have currently not yet been implemented in this package.

Download

This library is available as a NuGet package on https://nuget.org. To install it, use the following command-line:

dotnet add package peSHIr.Gravatar

License and Versioning

This library is licensed under the MIT License - please see the LICENSE file for details - and makes use of Semantic Versioning to try and give meaning to the version numbers, at least for the non-prereleased stuff.

Credits

This library wouldn't have been possible without the following:

Show your appreciation for my work

If you like what you see/use you could try one of these links to let me know:

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.NET net8.0-windows7.0 is compatible.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Framework net472 is compatible.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
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Version Downloads Last Updated
1.0.0 113 5/6/2026

This code has been relatively stable for years now, so many changes from this version 1.0.0 are not expected.