Avgen - A simple avatar generation tool

Installation

You can install avgen using npm:

$ npm install avgen

or using yarn:

$ yarn add avgen

Usage

avgen has a single method generate which takes an object with the following properties:

• name - The name of the user for which the avatar is to be generated. This is used to generate the initials for the avatar.
• path - The path to the directory where the avatar is to be saved. This is optional and defaults to /public/avatars.
• background - The background color of the avatar. This is optional and defaults to #fafafa.
• color - The color of the initials. This is optional and defaults to #18181b.
• fontFamily - The font family of the initials. This is optional and defaults to sArial.
• fontStyle - The font style of the initials. This is optional and defaults to normal.
• fontWeight - The font weight of the initials. This is optional and defaults to normal.`
• height - The height of the avatar. This is optional and defaults to 1000.
• width - The width of the avatar. This is optional and defaults to 1000.
• font - The font of the initials. This is optional and defaults to Arial.
• case - The case of the initials. This is optional and defaults to uppercase.

import { AvatarGenerator } from 'avgen';

const avatar = await AvatarGenerator.generate({
  name : 'John Doe',
  path : "/avatars/", // default is "/public/avatars" relative to the root directory
})

console.log(avatar); // returns the path to the generated avatar

Register custom fonts

You can register custom fonts by passing an object or array of objects as a second argument to the generate method. The object should have the following properties:

• family - The font family name of the font.
• path - The path to the font file.

import { AvatarGenerator } from 'avgen';

const avatar = await AvatarGenerator.generate({
  name : 'John Doe',
  path : "/avatars/", // default is "/public/avatars" relative to the root directory
}, {
  path: cwd() + "/public/fonts/SFProDisplay-Regular.ttf",
  family: "SFProDisplay-Regular",
})

console.log(avatar); // returns the path to the generated avatar

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

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