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dougwilson/perl5-gravatar-url — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2011-09-21

★ 1PerlAudience · developerComplexity · 1/5DormantSetup · easy

TL;DR

A small Perl library that turns an email address into the URL for that person's Gravatar profile picture.

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    What it does
      Email to URL
      Gravatar avatars
      No image hosting
    Tech stack
      Perl
      Hashing
    Use cases
      Comment systems
      Team directories
      User avatars
    Audience
      Perl developers
      Web builders
    Setup
      Small utility
      No docs included

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Show a commenter's avatar in a comment system using only their email.

REASON 2

Display team member photos in a directory page without uploading images.

REASON 3

Add Gravatar support to a Perl web app without writing the URL logic yourself.

What's in the stack?

Perl

How it stacks up

dougwilson/perl5-gravatar-urlbackes/rainbarfjhthorsen/mojolicious-plugin-validatemoose
Stars111
LanguagePerlPerlPerl
Last pushed2011-09-212013-11-152013-11-24
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasymoderate
Complexity1/51/52/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

README has no detailed docs, so you may need to check the code for exact usage.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to use this Perl module to turn an email address into a Gravatar image URL.
Prompt 2
Write a Perl script that fetches Gravatar URLs for a list of email addresses using this library.
Prompt 3
Help me add this Gravatar URL generator to my Perl comment system so each commenter gets an avatar.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is perl5-gravatar-url?

A small Perl library that turns an email address into the URL for that person's Gravatar profile picture.

What language is perl5-gravatar-url written in?

Mainly Perl. The stack also includes Perl.

Is perl5-gravatar-url actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2011-09-21).

How hard is perl5-gravatar-url to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is perl5-gravatar-url for?

Mainly developer.

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