getFavicon

Retrieves the relevant favicon for a URL, or returns a default icon should it not be able to find it. Works better than the Google version as it will find favicons specified by an HTML page's <link> element.

Setup

Download Google AppEngine Python SDK and deploy the favicon code on a new appengine.

Original source

getfavicon.appspot.com/

Example

http://<appengine domain>/http://www.google.com?defaulticon=http://en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico

Options

You can also pass the following defaulticon values for other responses when a favicon isn't found:

• none: no default icon will be returned (and an HTTP 204 “No content” response code)

• 1pxgif: 1px x 1px transparent GIF

• lightpng: grey 'world' icon (as used by Google Chrome)

• bluepng: light blue 'world' icon (as used by Google's favicon service)

De-cache

You can remove an icon from the cache by calling /decache/?domain=. E.g. /decache/?domain=www.google.com.

Original Copyright

• Jason Cartwright

License

No restrictions.