FavvyVision

FavvyVision is a web application built with Express.js that fetches the favicon (shortcut icon) from different websites. It provides a simple API endpoint to retrieve favicons based on the URL of the website.

Usage

To fetch the favicon of a website, make a GET request to the following endpoint:

https://favvyvision.onrender.com/favicon?url=<website_url>

Replace <website_url> with the URL of the website you want to fetch the favicon for.

Example

To fetch the favicon for "https://www.chess.com/", make a GET request to:

https://favvyvision.onrender.com/favicon?url=https://www.chess.com/

Technologies Used

• Express.js
• Node.js

Setup

To set up and run the application locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository.
2. Navigate to the project directory.
3. Install dependencies with npm install.
4. Start the server with npm start.
5. The server will start running on http://localhost:3000.

API Endpoint

• GET /favicon
  • Query Parameters:
    • url: The URL of the website to fetch the favicon for.
  • Response:
    • Returns the favicon of the specified website.

Notes

• Only the /favicon endpoint is supported. Any other paths will result in a 404 error.