faviconer 0.1.5

What is this?

This is a package to get a nice favicon from a website

Installation

pip install faviconer

Usage

Get favicon.ico:

Get /favicon.ico if there is no explicit favicon url specified in the meta tag of the target site

When the favicon url is specified in the meta tag

>>> import faviconer
>>> faviconer.get_by_url("https://example.com/test/?aaa=1")
'https://example.com/image/icon.png'

When there is no specific URL specified in the meta tag

>>> import faviconer
>>> faviconer.get_by_url("https://example.com/test/?aaa=1")
'https://example.com/favicon.ico'

Get favicon.ico by url:

>>> import faviconer
>>> faviconer.get_by_url("https://example.com/")
'https://example.com/favicon.ico'

Get favicon.ico by html:

Analyze the target site html and get favicon.ico if favicon url is specified in meta tag

>>> import faviconer
>>> faviconer.get_by_html('<html><head><link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/img/favicon.ico"></head><body></body</html>')
'https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/img/favicon.ico'