Favicon Fetcher

favicon-fetcher is a utility to fetch a website's favicon by using multiple strategies (the favicon.ico method, the DuckDuckGo API method, and the Google API method).

How to Use

1. Install the dependencies

npm install @hyperjumptech/favicon-fetcher

2. Use it in your code

const { getFavicon } = require('@hyperjumptech/favicon-fetcher') // CommonJS
import { getFavicon } from '@hyperjumptech/favicon-fetcher' // ES6

const result1 = await getFavicon('https://www.google.com') // using all strategies
console.log(result1) // returns a binary

const options = {
  strategies: ['duckduckgo', 'default'], // use the DuckDuckGo API and default method
}

const result2 = await getFavicon('https://www.google.com', options) // use some strategies
console.log(result2) // returns a binary from either DuckDuckGo API or default method

Options

Options	Type	Description	Default
strategies	string[]	Define the strategies that will be used to fetch the favicon. Each strategies will be run sequentially. Currently available strategies are: default, duckduckgo, google	['default', 'duckduckgo', 'google']

Contributing

favicon-fetcher is a Node.js application written in TypeScript. It was developed on node v16 (LTS), and npm v8.

To start developing, clone this repository, then install the dependencies:

git clone git@github.com:hyperjumptech/favicon-fetcher.git
npm ci

To keep the formatting consistent, run the following command to format the source code:

npm run format

Finally you can also run npm run test to prevent regression.

Once you have made the changes, open a Pull Request and explain the issue your change will fix or the feature your change will add.

Discussions

If you need help, want to give feedback, or have a great idea to improve Favicon Fetcher, get involved! Let us know in the Github discussions.

Please abide by the Contributor's Code of Conduct

License

MIT License.