How to set custom favicon in Express?

Question

I recently started working in Node.js and in the app.js file there is this line:

app.use(express.favicon());

Now, how do I set up my own cu

Answer 1

If you want a solution that does not involve external files, and does not use express.static (for example, a super-light one file webserver and site) you can use serve-favicon and encode your favicon.ico file as Base64. Like this:

const favicon = require('serve-favicon');
const imgBuffer = new Buffer.from('IMAGE_AS_BASE64_STRING_GOES_HERE', 'base64');
// assuming app is already defined
app.use(favicon(imgBuffer));

Replace IMAGE_AS_BASE64_STRING_GOES_HERE with the result of encoding your favicon file as Base64. There are lots of sites that can do that online, have a search.

Note you may need to restart the server and/or browser to see it working on localhost, and a hard refresh/clear browser cache to see it working on the web.