$ apify call favicon-extractor

Favicon Extractor

Apify Actor for extracting favicons in bulk from URLs or domains, normalizing domains and returning image metadata.

platform

Apify

status

Public

pricing

$0.50 / 1,000 favicons

outputs

JSON, CSV, Excel, Dataset, Image URLs

Data enrichmentPythonHTTPXAsyncNo browser
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What it does

Favicon Extractor retrieves favicons in bulk from lists of URLs or domains. It normalizes each input to a canonical domain and fetches the favicon through Google’s public faviconV2 service on gstatic.com.

The Actor is designed to enrich domain datasets with a lightweight visual signal: directories, CRMs, marketplaces, link previews, competitor dashboards or lead databases.

Main capabilities

  • Accepts full URLs or bare domains.
  • Normalizes inputs to canonical domains.
  • Retrieves Google-cached favicons in configurable sizes.
  • Returns one row per successfully extracted favicon.
  • Includes source favicon URL, MIME type and byte size.
  • Can save a public image copy in key-value store when enabled.
  • Runs parallel requests for large domain batches.
  • Does not require a browser, proxies or heavy page scraping.

Use cases

  • Add icons to link previews.
  • Enrich domain lists with visual brand identifiers.
  • Build directories, marketplaces, CRMs or lead databases.
  • Display favicons next to company websites.
  • Create browser-style bookmark, tab or favorite interfaces.
  • Add quick visual context to competitor dashboards.

Input

The main fields are:

  • urls: URLs or domains to process.
  • size: requested favicon size.
  • saveImages: saves public image copies in key-value store when enabled.
  • maxConcurrency: controls parallelism for large batches.

Output

Each successfully extracted favicon is saved as one dataset item with fields such as:

  • input
  • domain
  • faviconUrl
  • storedImageUrl
  • contentType
  • sizeBytes

Pricing

The Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. It charges for each successfully extracted favicon. The public Actor configuration lists $0.0005 per favicon, equivalent to $0.50 / 1,000 favicons.

Infrastructure and recovery

Users do not need to configure proxies or a browser. The Actor queries Google’s cached favicon endpoint, uses lightweight requests and skips failed inputs so large batches can complete without blocking the whole run.

Limits

  • Results depend on Google’s public favicon cache.
  • Some domains can return generic icons if Google does not have a specific favicon.
  • If a domain has no favicon available in the cache, the Actor can skip it.
  • The extracted favicon may not reflect very recent changes on the original website.
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