Obtaining a Gravatar API key

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Does anyone know how to obtain a Gravatar API key? I've seen countless examples and tutorials for Gravatar that mention simply using your key, but I haven't been able to find out how to get one. As far as I can tell, there doesn't seem to be a way to do so on their site directly. Is this something they still offer/use?

Any help would be appreciated.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 23 '13 at 14:21

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To obtain your profile image you just need to md5 your email address and make a request like this <img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/md5(email)" />

edited Aug 23 '13 at 14:21

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answered Aug 23 '13 at 13:56

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And that makes sense. I believe I was trying to use the gravatar API to progromatically update a user's gravatar image. – rynojvr Aug 28 '13 at 04:38
I don't think you can do this - though it would be nice if you could. – Nathan Pitman Dec 03 '13 at 13:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '22 at 21:54

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I'm sure you've moved on since you posted this nearly 10 years ago.. But after several hours in the same rabbit hole, I think I finally found a what we were looking for

https://apikey.wordpress.com/

answered Dec 22 '22 at 21:54

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