This project stemmed from the need to include dynamic, default identicons for new users of UNUM. I was inspired by the amazing work of jdenticon, a javascript module that allowed the generating of identicons. This project provides a simple interface to that project.
I strived to make the API as easy to use as possible. Use can look like so:
<img src="https://identicon-api.herokuapp.com/<username>/<size>?format=(svg|png)" alt="">username: This doesn't have to be a username, just any string. Hashing is done server-side using SHA-256.size: This is the size of the image you would like returned. For now, the API only returns squares, sosizeis any natural number.format: This is the format you would like the image returned in, svg or png. (Default: svg)
I'd love for you to contribute to the project! Go ahead and submit a pull request and I'll be sure to take a look at it. Here are some ideas to get you started:
- Support for more diverse sizes, though this will have to be through changes to the dmester/jdenticon repo
- Support for different hash functions, specified through the Request body