Get GitHub avatar from email or name
Github ApiGithub Api Problem Overview
I'm trying to get the GitHub user picture (avatar) from users of GitHub.
I've found these API:
https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/<username>
https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/<userid>
But I can't find a way to get the avatar from the user email or the user display name. I can't find documentation about that.
Is there some similar URL API to get what I'm looking for?
Github Api Solutions
Solution 1 - Github Api
You can append .png
to the URL for the User's profile to get redirected to their avatar. You can add the query param size
to specify a size smaller than the default of 460px wide (i.e. it won't allow larger than 460).
Examples:
Solution 2 - Github Api
https://developer.github.com/v3/users/#get-a-single-user
Use the /users/:user endpoint. Should be under avatar_url
in the returned json.
For example, my avatar_url can be found by hitting this url.
##Edit
There is another way I can think of that is kind of roundabout. Since GitHub uses Gravatar, if you know the email associated with the account, do an md5 hash of the lowercase, stripped email address and construct a url like http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/[md5_here].
Solution 3 - Github Api
This is an old post but nobody has proposed Github Search Users API with scope field :
- using
in:email
: https://api.github.com/search/users?q=bmartel+in%3Aemail - using
in:username
: https://api.github.com/search/users?q=Bertrand+Martel+in%3Ausername
Or using new Graphql API v4 :
{
search(type: USER, query: "in:email bmartel", first: 1) {
userCount
edges {
node {
... on User {
avatarUrl
}
}
}
}
}
Solution 4 - Github Api
Using GraphQL API v4, this will work too
Query (for username)-
{
user(login: "username") {
avatarUrl
}
}
Response -
{
"data": {
"user": {
"avatarUrl": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/..."
}
}
}
Solution 5 - Github Api
GitHub avatar can be accessed through https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/YOUR_USER_ID
Optionally, you can modify the size at the end like so https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/YOUR_USER_ID?s=460