How do you force Gravatar into displaying identicon

Question

Is there any way to force gravatar to always return the identicon URL?

The only way I found so far is: ?forcedefault=1&default=myCustomGeneratedImageUrlHere. However I don't want to generate an identicon myself.

Any ?forceIdenticon param?

So... does that URL work? It at least seems to, so why are you asking? — Matti Virkkunen, Apr 13 '10 at 09:22
I'm asking if gravatar may generate myCustomGeneratedImageUrlHere for me automatically as it does when user does not set up his own image. — takeshin, Apr 13 '10 at 09:28

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 14 '13 at 17:52

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Add &f=y which will force use of the default, and specify the default to be an identicon with d=identicon or default=identicon

For example:

http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/HASHVALUE?f=y&d=identicon

The other defaults available are described on the Gravatar site.

edited Jan 14 '13 at 17:52

Lance Roberts

answered Mar 10 '11 at 22:46

Saffy

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '10 at 13:37

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I ended up with just using md5(MY_CUSTOM_SALT + $email) as an identifier.

answered Apr 25 '10 at 13:37

takeshin

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