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Most standard ways to get a favicon from a page
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get_favicon.md

Most standard ways to get a favicon from a page, in preferred order

In file:

  • <link href="http://someserver/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" />
  • <link href="http://someserver/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut" />
  • <link href="http://someserver/favicon.ico" rel="icon" />
  • <link href="http://someserver/favicon.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" />
  • <link href="http://someserver/favicon.png" rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" />
  • <link href="http://someserver/favicon.ico" rel="image_src" />

Don't forget to match arbitrary orders of attributes, eg

  • <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="apple.png" />

File at root:

  • Current dir: http://someserver/directory/favicon.ico
  • Root dir: http://someserver/favicon.ico

Social stuff:

  • <meta content="http://someserver/favicon.ico" itemprop="image" />
  • <meta content="http://someserver/favicon.ico" property="og:image" />
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