django-gravatar

django-gravatar makes it easy to add Gravatar support to your Django application through the addition of a template tag.

History

This code was taken from http://django-gravatar.googlecode.com, but it was superseded by the https://github.com/ericflo/django-avatar package, which provides a way more general approach to avatars in Django (not Gravatar-specific, with local Django caching).

If, however, you want to stick to a Gravatar-only solution, this package may a bit more "lightweight" and easier to start using.

Installation

To install it, use pip:

pip install django-gravatar

Usage

To use it with a Django installation, first place 'gravatar' in the INSTALLED_APPS tuple of your settings.py file like so:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    # ...
    'gravatar',
)

Here is sample usage in a template:

{% load gravatar %}
{% gravatar_for_user request.user 40 g %}

In the previous example, a gravatar will be displayed for the specified user at a size of 40 pixels square with a rating of 'g'. The second and third arguments are optional and if not supplied the gravatar image will be 80 pixels square, the default gravatar image size, and will carry a rating of 'g', the default gravatar rating.

In addition to supplying a user object, you can also provide a username as a string. For instance:

{% gravatar_for_user 'jtauber' %}

Or by email:

{% gravatar_for_email 'someone@example.com' %}

It is possible to get the url wrapped in an html img tag:

{% gravatar_img_for_email 'someone@example.com' %}
{% gravatar_img_for_user request.user %}
{% gravatar_img_for_user 'jtauber' %}

If you only want the URL and not the full blown img`-tag, you can use the following functions:: {% gravatar_for_email 'someone@example.com' %} {% gravatar_for_user request.user %} {% gravatar_for_user 'jtauber' %} If you want the gravatar profile in json decoded format, you can use the following functions:: {% gravatar_profile_for_email 'someone@example.com' %} {% gravatar_profile_for_user request.user %} {% gravatar_profile_for_user 'jtauber' %} There are a few configuration variables available that you can use in your Django'ssettings.py: - **GRAVATAR_URL_PREFIX**: The gravatar URL to use. Default:'http://www.gravatar.com/'- **GRAVATAR_DEFAULT_IMAGE**: The default image to use. Default:''. See http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/#default-image - **GRAVATAR_DEFAULT_RATING**: The default rating to use. Default:'g'. See http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/#rating - **GRAVATAR_DEFAULT_SIZE**: The default size to use. Default:80. See http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/#size - **GRAVATAR_IMG_CLASS**: The default CSS class name to add to generated<img>-tags. Default:'gravatar'``.