# Favicon Extractor (`botflowtech/favicon-extractor`) Actor

Extract and validate favicons from any website with multiple detection methods and guaranteed fallback sources. Perfect for developers, designers, and marketers who need reliable website icons.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/botflowtech/favicon-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [BotFlowTech](https://apify.com/botflowtech) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, SEO tools, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Favicon Extractor

Extract and validate favicons from any website with multiple detection methods and guaranteed fallback sources. Perfect for developers, designers, and marketers who need reliable website icons.

### 🚀 Key Features

- **Multiple Detection Methods**: Extracts favicons from HTML link tags, meta tags, default locations, and third-party APIs
- **URL Validation**: Automatically verifies that favicon URLs are accessible and removes broken links
- **Guaranteed Results**: Always returns working favicons using Google and DuckDuckGo API fallbacks
- **Batch Processing**: Process hundreds of URLs in a single run
- **Detailed Metadata**: Returns favicon sizes, MIME types, and source information
- **Anti-Bot Protection**: Built-in headers and retry logic to bypass common restrictions

### 💡 Use Cases

- **Web Development**: Quickly gather favicons for bookmark managers, browser extensions, or link aggregators
- **Brand Monitoring**: Track competitors' favicon changes and branding updates
- **SEO Analysis**: Audit favicon implementation across multiple websites
- **Design Research**: Collect favicon examples for inspiration or competitive analysis
- **Data Enrichment**: Add visual elements to URL databases and CRM systems

### 📥 Input

````json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.example.com/",
    "https://www.google.com/"
  ],
  "validateUrls": true,
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100
}

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

List of URLs to extract favicons from
## `maxRequestsPerCrawl` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of pages to crawl
## `validateUrls` (type: `boolean`):

Check if favicon URLs are accessible before returning them (removes broken links)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.apify.com/",
    "https://www.google.com/"
  ],
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100,
  "validateUrls": true
}
````

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.apify.com/",
        "https://www.google.com/"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("botflowtech/favicon-extractor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "urls": [
        "https://www.apify.com/",
        "https://www.google.com/",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("botflowtech/favicon-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.apify.com/",
    "https://www.google.com/"
  ]
}' |
apify call botflowtech/favicon-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,botflowtech/favicon-extractor"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/XlntWNBL0AsjEtL9h/builds/vDMV97xLDHL6Bp6EI/openapi.json