MonsterID
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MonsterID is a method to generate a unique monster image based upon a certain identifier
(IP address, email address, whatever).
It can be used to automatically provide personal avatar images in blog comments or other community services.

|Monster Example|

.. |Monster Example| image:: /php/monsterid/example.png

MonsterID was inspired by a post by `Don Park`_ and the `Combinatoric Critters`_.

Installation
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Install it with Composer

.. code:: bash

   composer require 'arokettu/monsterid'

Documentation
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.. toctree::

    monsterid/usage
    monsterid/upgrade

License
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All graphics were created by `Andreas Gohr`_.
The source code and the graphics are provided under the `MIT License`_.

Upgraded and maintained by `Anton "Sand Fox" Smirnov <SandFox_>`_.

Original implementation can be found `here <upstream_>`_.

.. _Don Park:               http://www.docuverse.com/blog/donpark/2007/01/18/visual-security-9-block-ip-identification
.. _Combinatoric Critters:  http://www.levitated.net/bones/walkingFaces/index.html
.. _Andreas Gohr:           http://www.splitbrain.org
.. _MIT License:            https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
.. _SandFox:                https://sandfox.me/
.. _upstream:               https://github.com/splitbrain/monsterID

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   :target:     https://packagist.org/packages/arokettu/monsterid
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   :target:     https://github.com/arokettu/monsterid
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   :target:     https://gitlab.com/sandfox/monsterid
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   :target:     https://bitbucket.org/sandfox/monsterid
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   :target:     https://sandfox.org/sandfox/monsterid