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vue-boring-avatars

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A Vue.js port of Boring Avatars, a JS library that generates custom, SVG-based avatars from any username and color palette.

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# vue-boring-avatars

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`vue-boring-avatars` is a Vue 3 port of [Boring Avatars](https://github.com/boringdesigners/boring-avatars), a JS library that generates custom, SVG-based avatars from any username and color palette.

## Features

- Supports **Vue 3** (for Vue 2, look at [this](https://github.com/stonega/vue2-boring-avatars) implementation).
- Built using **TypeScript** and comes with TS types.
- Similar API with the React version of [Boring Avatars](https://github.com/boringdesigners/boring-avatars).

## Installation

NPM:

```bash
pnpm i vue-boring-avatars
# or
yarn add vue-boring-avatars
# or
npm install vue-boring-avatars
```

CDN:

```html

<script type="module">
  import Avatar from "https://unpkg.com/vue-boring-avatars/dist/vue-boring-avatars.js";
</script>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue-boring-avatars/dist/vue-boring-avatars.umd.cjs"></script>
```

## Props

Props:

- `size`: number
  - Default: `40`
  - Determines the size of the Avatar.
- `square`: boolean
  - Default: `false`
  - Whether the Avatar is shaped as a square or circle (default).
- `title`: boolean
  - Default: `false`
  - Whether to generate the `<title>` element or not.
- `name`: string
  - Default: `"Clara Barton"`
  - Name that determines the pattern of the Avatar, and appears in the `<title>` element if `title` is `true`.
- `variant`: string
  - Accepts either of the following: `"bauhaus", "beam", "marble", "pixel", "ring", "sunset"`.
  - Default: `"marble"`
  - Determines the variant of the Avatar.
- `colors`: string[]
  - Accepts a string of colors.
  - Default: `["#92A1C6", "#146A7C", "#F0AB3D", "#C271B4", "#C20D90"]`
  - Determines the range of colors in the Avatar.
- `id`: string
  - ID for the SVG element.

## Usage

Basic usage (with default props):

```vue
<template>
  <Avatar />
</template>

export default {
  components: {
    Avatar,
  },
};
</script>
```

Basic usage with `<script setup>` (with default props):

```vue
<script setup>
import Avatar from "vue-boring-avatars";
</script>

<template>
  <Avatar />
</template>
```

With props:

```vue
<template>
  <Avatar :size="80" variant="bauhaus" name="Mujahid Anuar" :colors="colors" />
</template>

export default {
  data() {
    return {
      colors: ["#92A1C6", "#146A7C", "#F0AB3D", "#C271B4", "#C20D90"],
    };
  },
  components: {
    Avatar,
  },
};
</script>
```

With Composition API:

```vue
<template>
  <input type="text" v-model="name" />
  <input type="number" v-model.number="size" />

export default defineComponent({
  name: "App",
  setup() {
    const name = ref("Clara Barton");
    const size = ref(80);

return {
      name,
      size,
    };
  },
  components: {
    Avatar,
  },
});
</script>
```

## Development

```sh
pnpm i # install packages
pnpm dev # launch in browser
pnpm test # run tests (download react-boring-avatars, lint, type check, then run tests)
pnpm build # build the dist
```

## Credits

Credits to [@hihayk](https://twitter.com/hihayk) ([GitHub](https://github.com/hihayk)) and [@josep_martins](https://twitter.com/josep_martins) ([GitHub](https://github.com/josepmartins)) for creating the original [Boring Avatars](https://github.com/boringdesigners/boring-avatars) library at [boringdesigners](https://github.com/boringdesigners)!

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