Laravel UiAvatars is a PHP library for Laravel used to generate avatar using the UI Avatars API (https://laravel-ui-avatars.com). This package provides a simple, fluent interface for customizing avatar parameters and generating the corresponding URL. It also allows downloading and saving the avatars locally.

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require black-sheep-tech/laravel-ui-avatars

Usage

Basic Usage / Url Generation

use BlackSheepTech\UiAvatars\UiAvatars;

$avatarUrl = UiAvatars::make()
    ->name('John Doe')
    ->size(128)
    ->background('#ffffff')
    ->color('#000000')->getUrl();

With all customizations

$avatarUrl = UiAvatars::make()
    ->name('John Doe')
    ->size(128)
    ->background('#ffffff')
    ->color('#000000')
    ->length(2)
    ->rounded(true)
    ->bold(true)
    ->uppercase(true)
    ->format('png')
    ->getUrl();

Download Avatar

To download the avatar directly:

use BlackSheepTech\UiAvatars\UiAvatars;

// Prompts a download of the avatar to a file named 'john_doe_avatar.png', by default, if a file name is not provided, a random name will be generated.

UiAvatars::make()->name('John Doe')->download('john_doe_avatar');

Save Avatar Directly to Disk

To save the avatar to a specific location:

use BlackSheepTech\UiAvatars\UiAvatars;

// Saves the avatar to 'avatars/john_doe_avatar.png' by default.
$avatarPath = UiAvatars::make()->name('John Doe')->saveTo('avatars', 'john_doe_avatar');

// You can provided the disk to be used as the third parameter, by default, the application's default disk will be used.
$avatarPath = UiAvatars::make()->name('John Doe')->saveTo('avatars', 'john_doe_avatar', 'public');

Customization

The UiAvatarsService class allows for various customizations:

• name: Sets the name from which the initials are generated.
• background: Sets the background color (hex code or 'random')(default: random).
• color: Sets the font color (hex code)(default: 8b5d5d).
• size: Sets the size of the avatar in pixels (16 to 512)(default: 64).
• fontSize: Sets the font size ratio (0.1 to 1.0)(default: 0.5).
• length: Sets the number of characters for initials (default: 2).
• rounded: Enables rounded avatars (default: false).
• bold: Enables bold text for initials (default: false).
• uppercase: Converts initials to uppercase (default: true).
• format: Sets the format of the avatar ('png' or 'svg')(default: png).

Requirements

• PHP 8.0 or higher
• Laravel framework version 9.0 or higher

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request on GitHub.

Credits

• Israel Pinheiro
• All Contributors