@hyperjumptech/favicon-fetcher

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

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

const options = {
  strategies: [EStrategies.duckduckgo, EStrategies.default], // use the DuckDuckGo API and default method
  output: 'url', // can be 'url' or 'buffer'
}

const result2 = await getFavicon('https://www.google.com', options) // use some strategies
console.log(result2) // returns a binary or URL 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 strategy will be run sequentially. Currently available strategies are: default, http, duckduckgo, google	['default', 'http', 'duckduckgo', 'google']
output	string	Define the output format of the fetched favicon. Can be either url or buffer.	'url'

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 [e-mail]: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.