favicon

# Favicon — Favicon Tool Check, download, and generate favicons. Detects favicons via /favicon.ico, HTML `<link>` tags, and apple-touch-icon. Can generate SVG placeholder favicons from text. ## Commands | Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | `check <url>` | Check if a website has a favicon (tries /favicon.ico, HTML link tags, apple-touch-icon) | | `download <url> [output]` | Download a site's favicon (tries direct, HTML parsing, Google API fallback) | | `generate <text> [size]` | Generate an SVG favicon placeholder with text (1-2 chars, random background) | | `info <file>` | Show image file info — size, MIME type, format (ICO/PNG/JPEG/GIF/SVG/WebP) | ## Examples ```bash # Check if a site has a favicon favicon check https://github.com # → ✓ /favicon.ico — 200 # → ✓ apple-touch-icon found # Download a favicon favicon download [Technical Reference] google-icon.ico # Generate an SVG placeholder favicon generate "AB" 64 # → Creates AB-favicon.svg with random background color # Get info about a favicon file favicon info favicon.ico # → Size, MIME type, format (detected from magic bytes) ``` ## Detection Methods 1. **Direct:** Checks `<url>/favicon.ico` 2. **HTML Parsing:** Looks for `<link rel="icon">` and `<link rel="shortcut icon">` in page HTML 3. **Apple Touch Icon:** Checks for `<link rel="apple-touch-icon">` 4. **Google API (download only):** Falls back to `google.com/s2/favicons` API ## Requirements - `curl` — for HTTP requests - `file` (optional) — for MIME type detection in `info` command - `xxd` (optional) — for magic byte detection in `info` command