PictureFrom

PictureFrom is the most efficient library for getting profile pictures.

gem install picture_from

Using PictureFrom is pretty simple! First, make sure the library is required:

require 'picture_from'

Pass an user information to the library's interface:

PictureFrom.url('zuck')
# => http://graph.facebook.com/zuck/picture

PictureFrom.url('Mark Zuckerberg')
# => http://graph.facebook.com/zuck/picture

PictureFrom.url('@unclebobmartin')
# => https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1102364992/clean_code_72_color_400x400.png

PictureFrom.url('karreiro@gmail.com')
# => http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16be5820a296f5bce151f0c1b5e16fc8 

PicutreFrom has many engines for finding the appropriate image for any user in your application:

• Gravatar
  • by e-mail
• Facebook
  • by username
  • by e-mail
  • by user information
• Twitter
  • by username

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request