github-avatar

fetch the github avatar for a user

example

simple

var avatar = require('github-avatar');
var fs =  require('fs');
 
avatar('substack').pipe(fs.createWriteStream('substack.jpg'));

using leveldb for caching

var avatar = require('github-avatar');
var fs =  require('fs');
var level = require('level');
 
var img = avatar('substack', { db: level(__dirname + '/cache') });
img.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('substack.jpg'));

methods

var avatar = require('github-avatar')

var img = avatar(username, opts)

Return a readable stream img of jpeg image data for the github user username.

Optionally:

• opts.db - a leveldb handle to use for caching
• opts.size - size in pixels of the image to generate
• opts.maxAge - how long in milliseconds to keep an image in the cache

install

With npm do:

npm install github-avatar

license

MIT