# Favicon Downloader (`coder_zoro/favicon-downloader`) Actor

Favicon Downloader: Automatically fetch and save favicons from any website. Easy, fast, and reliable favicon extraction for web projects, automation, and datasets. Perfect for developers and digital marketers.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/coder\_zoro/favicon-downloader.md
- **Developed by:** [Zoro](https://apify.com/coder_zoro) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 116 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 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.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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 Downloader – Download Website Favicons Automatically

### 📌 What is Favicon Downloader?

**Favicon Downloader** is a powerful Apify actor that lets you **fetch and download favicons (site icons) from any website automatically**.

Whether you provide a **single URL** or a **list of multiple domains**, the actor retrieves each website’s favicon and generating **direct download links** to `.ico` files.

This tool is ideal for:

- Building favicon datasets
- Branding and competitor research
- Automating workflows with website icons
- Enriching applications with visual favicon assets

***

### ⚙️ How It Works

1. **Input a domain or list of domains** (e.g., nike.com, adidas.com).
2. **Favicons are stored and return** as `.ico` files.
3. **Get a JSON output** containing direct download links to each favicon.

***

### 📥 Input Format

The actor accepts a simple JSON object. You can enter a single website or multiple websites.

**Single URL Example:**

```json
{
  "url": "nike.com"
}
```

**Multiple URLs Example:**

```json
{
  "urls": ["nike.com", "adidas.com", "puma.com"]
}
```

***

### 📤 Output Format

The actor returns a structured JSON array with:

- `url` → the input domain name.
- `img_url` → the direct S3 link to the favicon.

**Example Output:**

```json
[
  {
    "url": "nike.com",
    "img_url": "https://example.com/nike.ico"
  },
  {
    "url": "adidas.com",
    "img_url": "https://example.com/adidas.ico"
  }
]
```

***

### 🔑 Usage Notes

- Always provide **valid URLs or domains** (e.g., `"nike.com"` or `"https://nike.com/"`).
- Favicons are stored in **`.ico` format**.
- If a favicon cannot be retrieved, the response will return:

```json
{
  "url": "example.com",
  "img_url": null
}
```

***

### Why Use Favicon Downloader?

- **Automation Ready:** Save time fetching favicons in bulk.
- **Scalable:** Process thousands of domains at once.
- **Reliable:** Built-in error handling ensures clean JSON outputs.
- **Flexible:** Works for data collection, branding, research, and app development.

***

✅ With **Favicon Downloader**, you can instantly collect website favicons and enhance your automation, branding, or research projects with **ready-to-use favicon assets**.

***

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

Enter a single website domain or URL to fetch its favicon.

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

Enter multiple website domains or URLs to fetch their favicons.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://www.google.com/",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.nike.com/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/"
  ]
}
```

# 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 = {
    "url": "https://www.google.com/",
    "urls": [
        "https://www.nike.com/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("coder_zoro/favicon-downloader").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 = {
    "url": "https://www.google.com/",
    "urls": [
        "https://www.nike.com/",
        "https://www.facebook.com/",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("coder_zoro/favicon-downloader").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 '{
  "url": "https://www.google.com/",
  "urls": [
    "https://www.nike.com/",
    "https://www.facebook.com/"
  ]
}' |
apify call coder_zoro/favicon-downloader --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/wcoe5lFN2FjMEYJ2y/builds/NIvlf2EpqudI4brsp/openapi.json