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  1. @jcsrb jcsrb created this gist Jul 13, 2011.
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    function get_avatar_from_service(service, userid, size) {
    // this return the url that redirects to the according user image/avatar/profile picture
    // implemented services: google profiles, facebook, gravatar, twitter, tumblr, default fallback
    // for google use get_avatar_from_service('google', profile-name or user-id , size-in-px )
    // for facebook use get_avatar_from_service('facebook', vanity url or user-id , size-in-px or size-as-word )
    // for gravatar use get_avatar_from_service('gravatar', md5 hash email@adress, size-in-px )
    // for twitter use get_avatar_from_service('twitter', username, size-in-px or size-as-word )
    // for tumblr use get_avatar_from_service('tumblr', blog-url, size-in-px )
    // everything else will go to the fallback
    // google and gravatar scale the avatar to any site, others will guided to the next best version
    var url = '';

    switch (service) {

    case "google":
    // see http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/03/unedited-google-profile-pictures.html (couldn't find a better link)
    // available sizes: all, google rescales for you
    url = "http://profiles.google.com/s2/photos/profile/" + userid + "?sz=" + size;
    break;

    case "facebook":
    // see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/
    // available sizes: square (50x50), small (50xH) , normal (100xH), large (200xH)
    var sizeparam = '';
    if (isNumber(size)) {
    if (size >= 200) {
    sizeparam = 'large'
    };
    if (size >= 100 && size < 200) {
    sizeparam = 'normal'
    };
    if (size >= 50 && size < 100) {
    sizeparam = 'small'
    };
    if (size < 50) {
    sizeparam = 'square'
    };
    } else {
    sizeparam = size;
    }
    url = "https://graph.facebook.com/" + userid + "/picture?type=" + sizeparam;
    break;

    case "gravatar":
    // see http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/
    // available sizes: all, gravatar rescales for you
    url = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/" + userid + "?s=" + size
    break;

    case "twitter":
    // see https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/users/profile_image/%3Ascreen_name
    // available sizes: bigger (73x73), normal (48x48), mini (24x24), no param will give you full size
    var sizeparam = '';
    if (isNumber(size)) {
    if (size >= 73) {
    sizeparam = 'bigger'
    };
    if (size >= 48 && size < 73) {
    sizeparam = 'normal'
    };
    if (size < 48) {
    sizeparam = 'mini'
    };
    } else {
    sizeparam = size;
    }

    url = "http://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=" + userid + "&size=" + sizeparam;
    break;

    case "tumblr":
    // see http://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/api/v2#blog-avatar
    //TODO do something smarter with the ranges
    // available sizes: 16, 24, 30, 40, 48, 64, 96, 128, 512
    var sizeparam = '';
    if (size >= 512) {
    sizeparam = 512
    };
    if (size >= 128 && size < 512) {
    sizeparam = 128
    };
    if (size >= 96 && size < 128) {
    sizeparam = 96
    };
    if (size >= 64 && size < 96) {
    sizeparam = 64
    };
    if (size >= 48 && size < 64) {
    sizeparam = 48
    };
    if (size >= 40 && size < 48) {
    sizeparam = 40
    };
    if (size >= 30 && size < 40) {
    sizeparam = 30
    };
    if (size >= 24 && size < 30) {
    sizeparam = 24
    };
    if (size < 24) {
    sizeparam = 16
    };

    url = "http://api.tumblr.com/v2/blog/" + userid + "/avatar/" + sizeparam;
    break;

    default:
    // http://www.iconfinder.com/icondetails/23741/128/avatar_devil_evil_green_monster_vampire_icon
    // find your own
    url = "http://i.imgur.com/RLiDK.png"; // 48x48
    }


    return url;
    }


    // helper methods

    function isNumber(n) {
    // see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18082/validate-numbers-in-javascript-isnumeric
    return !isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n);
    }