True. I’ve just seen requests to that file in my demo env for web apps I have and I’ve seen my browser request that file by itself when running those locally.
/favicon.ico is the only “default” URL. /favicon.ico is usually not an actual “icon” type anymore but PNG or JPG (but with the same URL). Other than that you need to load the HTML and check for Link headers or <linkrel=icon> elements. While URLs like /favicon.png may be popular they aren’t part of any actual protocol.
It doesn’t have to be an
*.icofile. So you might need to try different file extensions.True. I’ve just seen requests to that file in my demo env for web apps I have and I’ve seen my browser request that file by itself when running those locally.
/favicon.icois the only “default” URL./favicon.icois usually not an actual “icon” type anymore but PNG or JPG (but with the same URL). Other than that you need to load the HTML and check forLinkheaders or<link rel=icon>elements. While URLs like/favicon.pngmay be popular they aren’t part of any actual protocol.