Vulcan/lib/gravatar.js

// super, super simple
Gravatar = {
  getGravatar: function(user, options) {
    var options = options || {};

    var protocol = options.secure ? 'https' : 'http';
    delete options.secure;
    var hash = !!user.email_hash ? user.email_hash : ''; // if hash not available, just pass empty string
    var url = protocol + '://www.gravatar.com/avatar/' + hash;

    var params = _.map(options, function(val, key) { return key + "=" + val;}).join('&');
    if (params !== '')
    url += '?' + params;
  
    return url;
  }
};