# 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
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# 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

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### ⚙️ 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.

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### 📥 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