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Dev tools · March 27, 2020

Avatar API

Put a name and face to that email.

Avatar API launched on March 27, 2020 with 85 votes, #492 of 4,417 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

Came across this useful Avatar API you can use in your projects, created by Irish app developer InfiniteLoop.ie currently in Italy (@webtropy). The Javascript API is free to use, and there is a paid XML API.

One API call. Pass in any email address you

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