Script to get GitHub avatar

get_github_avatar.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script to get GitHub avatar

# Prompt the user for the GitHub username
read -p "Enter GitHub username: " username

# Make a GET request to the GitHub API to fetch the user's avatar URL
# Use awk to extract the avatar_url from the JSON response
avatar_url=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/users/$username" | awk -F '"' '/avatar_url/{print $4}')

# Ask the user if they want to download the avatar or just get the URL
read -p $'(1) Download the avatar\n(2) Just get the URL\n> ' action

if [ "$action" = "1" ]; then
    # Download the avatar image using the fetched URL
    curl -s -o "$username.jpg" "$avatar_url"
    # Display a success message
    echo "Avatar downloaded successfully!"
elif [ "$action" = "2" ]; then
    # Display the avatar URL
    echo "Avatar URL: $avatar_url"
else
    echo "Invalid option selected."
fi