Get Gravatar Image Using Ajax XMLHttpRequest Example

In this lesson, you will see get Gravatar image using Ajax XMLHttpRequest. Also, get gravatar image using JavaScript using MD5 and encode64 function. Valid Gravatar registered email address enter and get the gravatar image without reload page.

Using AJAX XMLHttpRequest object to get the gravatar image along with user requested size.

overrideMimeType method is must be define otherwise Gravatar image not showing.

Get Gravatar using Ajax XMLHttpRequest Example

Example Code

<html>
<body>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
    function send_with_ajax(){
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest || window.ActiveXObject) {
            var email = document.getElementById("email").value.toLowerCase().trim();
            var sizes = document.getElementsByName('size');
            var size;
            for(var i = 0; i < sizes.length; i++){
                if(sizes[i].checked){
                    size = sizes[i].value;
                }
            }
            var URL = 'https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/' + MD5(email) + '?s=' + size;
            
            if (window.ActiveXObject) {
                try {
                    xhr = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                } catch(exception) {
                    xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                }
            } else {
                xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); 
            }
        } else {
            alert("Your browser does not support XMLHTTP Request...!");
        } 

        xhr.open("GET", URL, true);
        xhr.overrideMimeType('text/plain; charset=x-user-defined');
        xhr.send(null);

        xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){ 
            if (xhr.readyState == 4){
                if ((xhr.status == 200) || (xhr.status == 0)){
                    var image = document.getElementById("get_img");
                    image.src = "data:image/png;base64," + encode64(xhr.responseText);
                }else{
                    alert("Something misconfiguration : " + 
                      "\nError Code : " + xhr.status + 
                      "\nError Message : " + xhr.responseText);
                } 
            }
        };
    }
    var MD5=function(s){function L(k,d){return(k<<d)|(k>>>(32-d))}function K(G,k){var I,d,F,H,x;F=(G&2147483648);H=(k&2147483648);I=(G&1073741824);d=(k&1073741824);x=(G&1073741823)+(k&1073741823);if(I&amp;d){return(x^2147483648^F^H)}if(I|d){if(x&1073741824){return(x^3221225472^F^H)}else{return(x^1073741824^F^H)}}else{return(x^F^H)}}function r(d,F,k){return(d&F)|((~d)&amp;k)}function q(d,F,k){return(d&k)|(F&(~k))}function p(d,F,k){return(d^F^k)}function n(d,F,k){return(F^(d|(~k)))}function u(G,F,aa,Z,k,H,I){G=K(G,K(K(r(F,aa,Z),k),I));return K(L(G,H),F)}function f(G,F,aa,Z,k,H,I){G=K(G,K(K(q(F,aa,Z),k),I));return K(L(G,H),F)}function D(G,F,aa,Z,k,H,I){G=K(G,K(K(p(F,aa,Z),k),I));return K(L(G,H),F)}function t(G,F,aa,Z,k,H,I){G=K(G,K(K(n(F,aa,Z),k),I));return K(L(G,H),F)}function e(G){var Z;var F=G.length;var x=F+8;var k=(x-(x%64))/64;var I=(k+1)*16;var aa=Array(I-1);var d=0;var H=0;while(H>>29;return aa}function B(x){var k="",F="",G,d;for(d=0;d&lt;=3;d++){G=(x>>>(d*8))&255;F="0"+G.toString(16);k=k+F.substr(F.length-2,2)}return k}function J(k){k=k.replace(/rn/g,"n");var d="";for(var F=0;F127)&&(x<2048)){d+=String.fromCharCode((x>>6)|192);d+=String.fromCharCode((x&63)|128)}else{d+=String.fromCharCode((x>>12)|224);d+=String.fromCharCode(((x>>6)&63)|128);d+=String.fromCharCode((x&63)|128)}}}return d}var C=Array();var P,h,E,v,g,Y,X,W,V;var S=7,Q=12,N=17,M=22;var A=5,z=9,y=14,w=20;var o=4,m=11,l=16,j=23;var U=6,T=10,R=15,O=21;s=J(s);C=e(s);Y=1732584193;X=4023233417;W=2562383102;V=271733878;for(P=0;P<C.length;P+=16){h=Y;E=X;v=W;g=V;Y=u(Y,X,W,V,C[P+0],S,3614090360);V=u(V,Y,X,W,C[P+1],Q,3905402710);W=u(W,V,Y,X,C[P+2],N,606105819);X=u(X,W,V,Y,C[P+3],M,3250441966);Y=u(Y,X,W,V,C[P+4],S,4118548399);V=u(V,Y,X,W,C[P+5],Q,1200080426);W=u(W,V,Y,X,C[P+6],N,2821735955);X=u(X,W,V,Y,C[P+7],M,4249261313);Y=u(Y,X,W,V,C[P+8],S,1770035416);V=u(V,Y,X,W,C[P+9],Q,2336552879);W=u(W,V,Y,X,C[P+10],N,4294925233);X=u(X,W,V,Y,C[P+11],M,2304563134);Y=u(Y,X,W,V,C[P+12],S,1804603682);V=u(V,Y,X,W,C[P+13],Q,4254626195);W=u(W,V,Y,X,C[P+14],N,2792965006);X=u(X,W,V,Y,C[P+15],M,1236535329);Y=f(Y,X,W,V,C[P+1],A,4129170786);V=f(V,Y,X,W,C[P+6],z,3225465664);W=f(W,V,Y,X,C[P+11],y,643717713);X=f(X,W,V,Y,C[P+0],w,3921069994);Y=f(Y,X,W,V,C[P+5],A,3593408605);V=f(V,Y,X,W,C[P+10],z,38016083);W=f(W,V,Y,X,C[P+15],y,3634488961);X=f(X,W,V,Y,C[P+4],w,3889429448);Y=f(Y,X,W,V,C[P+9],A,568446438);V=f(V,Y,X,W,C[P+14],z,3275163606);W=f(W,V,Y,X,C[P+3],y,4107603335);X=f(X,W,V,Y,C[P+8],w,1163531501);Y=f(Y,X,W,V,C[P+13],A,2850285829);V=f(V,Y,X,W,C[P+2],z,4243563512);W=f(W,V,Y,X,C[P+7],y,1735328473);X=f(X,W,V,Y,C[P+12],w,2368359562);Y=D(Y,X,W,V,C[P+5],o,4294588738);V=D(V,Y,X,W,C[P+8],m,2272392833);W=D(W,V,Y,X,C[P+11],l,1839030562);X=D(X,W,V,Y,C[P+14],j,4259657740);Y=D(Y,X,W,V,C[P+1],o,2763975236);V=D(V,Y,X,W,C[P+4],m,1272893353);W=D(W,V,Y,X,C[P+7],l,4139469664);X=D(X,W,V,Y,C[P+10],j,3200236656);Y=D(Y,X,W,V,C[P+13],o,681279174);V=D(V,Y,X,W,C[P+0],m,3936430074);W=D(W,V,Y,X,C[P+3],l,3572445317);X=D(X,W,V,Y,C[P+6],j,76029189);Y=D(Y,X,W,V,C[P+9],o,3654602809);V=D(V,Y,X,W,C[P+12],m,3873151461);W=D(W,V,Y,X,C[P+15],l,530742520);X=D(X,W,V,Y,C[P+2],j,3299628645);Y=t(Y,X,W,V,C[P+0],U,4096336452);V=t(V,Y,X,W,C[P+7],T,1126891415);W=t(W,V,Y,X,C[P+14],R,2878612391);X=t(X,W,V,Y,C[P+5],O,4237533241);Y=t(Y,X,W,V,C[P+12],U,1700485571);V=t(V,Y,X,W,C[P+3],T,2399980690);W=t(W,V,Y,X,C[P+10],R,4293915773);X=t(X,W,V,Y,C[P+1],O,2240044497);Y=t(Y,X,W,V,C[P+8],U,1873313359);V=t(V,Y,X,W,C[P+15],T,4264355552);W=t(W,V,Y,X,C[P+6],R,2734768916);X=t(X,W,V,Y,C[P+13],O,1309151649);Y=t(Y,X,W,V,C[P+4],U,4149444226);V=t(V,Y,X,W,C[P+11],T,3174756917);W=t(W,V,Y,X,C[P+2],R,718787259);X=t(X,W,V,Y,C[P+9],O,3951481745);Y=K(Y,h);X=K(X,E);W=K(W,v);V=K(V,g)}var i=B(Y)+B(X)+B(W)+B(V);return i.toLowerCase()};
    var encode64 = function encode64(inputStr){var b64="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";var outputStr="";var i=0;while(i>2;var enc2=((byte1&3)<<4)|(byte2>>4);var enc3,enc4;if(isNaN(byte2)){enc3=enc4=64}else{enc3=((byte2&15)<<2)|(byte3>>6);if(isNaN(byte3)){enc4=64}else{enc4=byte3&63}}outputStr+=b64.charAt(enc1)+b64.charAt(enc2)+b64.charAt(enc3)+b64.charAt(enc4)}return outputStr};
</script>

  Email Address :
  <input type="text" placeholder="Gravatar email..." id="email" /><br />
  Gravatar Size : 
  <input type="radio" id="r1" name="size" value="90"/>90
  <input type="radio" id="r2" name="size" value="120"/>120
  <input type="radio" id="r3" name="size" value="150" checked="checked"/>150
  <input type="radio" id="r4" name="size" value="300"/>300<br />
  <button onClick="send_with_ajax()">Get Gravatar</button><br />
  <img id="get_img" />

</body>
</html>

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