By name: fetch-favicons description: Fetch favicons for any website using multiple fallback sources (Google, DuckDuckGo, direct). Use when needing website icons, favicons, site logos, or domain icons for any URL or domain.
Fetch Favicons
Retrieve favicons for any domain using multiple sources with automatic fallback.
Requirements
- Python 3.6+
requestslibrary:pip install requests
Quick Usage
python3 scripts/fetch_favicon.py example.com
python3 scripts/fetch_favicon.py example.com --output ./icons/
python3 scripts/fetch_favicon.py example.com --size 128
Sources (in order of preference)
| Source | URL Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|---|
https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain={domain}&sz={size} |
Best quality, supports sizes | |
| DuckDuckGo | https://icons.duckduckgo.com/ip3/{domain}.ico |
Privacy-focused, no size param |
| Direct | https://{domain}/favicon.ico |
May be low quality or missing |
Parameters
- domain: Target domain (e.g.,
github.com). Full URLs are automatically parsed to extract domain. - size: Size hint for Google API (16, 32, 64, 128, 256). Default: 128. Falls back to 16x16 if unavailable.
- output: Output directory. Default: current directory.
Output
- Returns PNG format (Google) or ICO format (DuckDuckGo/direct)
- Filename:
{domain}.pngor{domain}.ico - Exits with code 0 on success, 1 on failure
Examples
# Single domain
python3 scripts/fetch_favicon.py github.com
# From full URL (domain extracted automatically)
python3 scripts/fetch_favicon.py "https://docs.github.com/en/pages"
# Custom size and output
python3 scripts/fetch_favicon.py twitter.com --size 256 --output ~/icons/
# Batch fetch (one per line in file)
cat domains.txt | xargs -I {} python3 scripts/fetch_favicon.py {} --output ./favicons/
Rate Limiting
Google's API may rate-limit after ~55 consecutive requests. Add delays for batch operations:
cat domains.txt | while read domain; do
python3 scripts/fetch_favicon.py "$domain" --output ./favicons/
sleep 0.5
done