[Pidgin] #2596: Yahoo Avatars (separate image from the user icon) via HTTP interface should be used if no user icon specified

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#2596: Yahoo Avatars (separate image from the user icon) via HTTP interface should
be used if no user icon specified
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 Reporter:  evands     |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect     |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  minor      |   Milestone:       
Component:  libpurple  |     Version:  2.1.0
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 Moved from [http://trac.adiumx.com/ticket/7472 Adium Trac #7472]:

 '''Arlo Rose writes''':
 Hi,

 Don't know which of you focuses on the Yahoo! bit of Adium, but if someone
 has a little bit of time, here's a really simple way of getting at the
 Yahoo user's default Avatar icon. These aren't the image ones you display
 now, but the flash based ones (that can be rendered as PNGs and JPGs too).
 If a user doesn't have a normal avatar, you'd fall back to their Yahoo
 Avatar before showing something generic.

 The URL to grab the avatar is:
 http://lookup.avatars.yahoo.com/images?yid=" + yahoo-id +
 "&size=medium&type=png&pty=14000

 Note that the size and type are attributes are changeable as well. Size
 accepts small, medium and large. Type accepts png, jpg, and swf.

 The pty argument is a reference number for the internal Yahoo! property
 using the API, this one is generic and is safe to use.

 Also note that the resulting URL will redirect you to a final URL that
 obfuscated the user ID. There's no way around that.

 There's another API that gets you the avatar as a transparent PNG with no
 background. It's the full body avatar, and I'm not sure of all the
 parameters it takes, but if it's of interest, I'm happy to dig up how it
 works.

 Cheers, Arlo Rose

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