Gravatar Image Tag Helper for your Rails Application

gravatar.rb

class Gravatar
  DEFAULTS = {
    default: :not_found,
    force_default: false,
    size: 100,
    secure: false
  }.freeze
  INSECURE_URL = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/%{hash}'
  SECURE_URL = 'https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/%{hash}'
  VALID_OPTIONS = :size, :default, :rating, :secure, :force_default

  attr_accessor(*VALID_OPTIONS)
  alias_method :force_default?, :force_default
  alias_method :secure?, :secure

  def initialize(email, options = {})
    @email = email.strip.downcase
    options = options.assert_valid_keys(*VALID_OPTIONS).reverse_merge(DEFAULTS)
    options.each do |key, value|
      send("#{key}=", value)
    end
  end

  def digest
    Digest::MD5.hexdigest(@email)
  end

  def url
    base_url = (secure? ? SECURE_URL : INSECURE_URL) % { hash: digest }
    uri = URI.parse(base_url)
    params = {}
    params[:s] = size unless size.nil?
    params[:d] = (default == :not_found) ? '404' : default unless default.nil?
    params[:f] = 'y' if force_default?
    params[:r] = rating unless rating.nil?
    uri.query = params.to_query.presence
    uri.to_s
  end
end

gravatar_helper.rb

module GravatarHelper
  def gravatar_image_tag(email, options = {})
    html_options = options.except(*Gravatar::VALID_OPTIONS).deep_dup
    html_options[:alt] ||= email
    html_options[:class] = ['gravatar', *html_options[:class]].compact

    url_options = options.slice(*Gravatar::VALID_OPTIONS).reverse_merge(secure: request.ssl?)
    url_options.reverse_merge!(Gravatar::DEFAULTS)
    size = url_options[:size]
    html_options.reverse_merge!(width: size, height: size) if size

    image_tag gravatar_image_url(email, url_options), html_options
  end

  def gravatar_image_url(email, options = {})
    Gravatar.new(email, options.reverse_merge(secure: request.ssl?)).url
  end
end