diff --git a/extra/gravatar/authors.txt b/extra/gravatar/authors.txt
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+John Benediktsson
diff --git a/extra/gravatar/gravatar.factor b/extra/gravatar/gravatar.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2011 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+
+USING: accessors assocs classes.tuple formatting http.client
+images.http json.reader kernel sequences strings ;
+
+IN: gravatar
+
+TUPLE: info aboutMe accounts currentLocation displayName emails
+hash id ims name phoneNumbers photos preferredUsername
+profileBackground profileUrl requestHash thumbnailUrl urls ;
+
+: gravatar-info ( gravatar-id -- info )
+    "http://gravatar.com/%s.json" sprintf http-get nip
+    >string json> "entry" of first info from-slots ;
+
+: gravatar. ( gravatar-id -- )
+    gravatar-info thumbnailUrl>> http-image. ;
diff --git a/extra/gravatar/summary.txt b/extra/gravatar/summary.txt
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+Wrapper for the Gravatar service.