Express js prevent GET /favicon.ico

Question

In every request, my server is receiving GET request to /favicon.ico, even when it\'s REST api that not include html file. Why is this happening and how can I prevent this r

Answer 1

I agree with @Blair Anderson that middleware is the best course of action here but 204 should not return a body. Also, you may want to catch all favicon request e.g.: https://example.com/some/path/favicon.ico. In which case something like this works best:

app.use( function(req, res, next) {

  if (req.originalUrl && req.originalUrl.split("/").pop() === 'favicon.ico') {
    return res.sendStatus(204);
  }

  return next();

});