initials-avatar-generator

Generates avatars with initials (or random text).

Getting started

Install imagemagick

brew install imagemagick

then install this package through npm:

npm install initials-avatar-generator --save

How to use this code:

var AvatarGenerator = require('initials-avatar-generator').AvatarGenerator;

var option = {
    width: 100,
    text: 'JL',
    color: '#FF0000'
  };
  var avatarGenerator = new AvatarGenerator();
  avatarGenerator.generate(option, function (image) {
    image //image is ImageMagick object - you can do whatever you want with it!
      .stream('png') // make a stream out of it
      .pipe(res); //pipe it to output, or maybe a file?
  });

Configuration options

width - width & height of the image text - your initials or any other text color - color of the background font - font to use - options are bariol or din fontColor - color of the text fontSize - size of the text shape - shape of the avatar - options are square (default) or circle

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Jakub Leśniak

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.