CartoonChess/labssearch-iconfetcher

Favicon and similar icon fetcher for iOS

LabsSearch IconFetcher

Favicon and similar icon fetcher for iOS.

Project background

This class is broken out of LabsSearch (an early attempt at coding, so the code here, too, is messy) and can theoretically be used in other projects. It will look for favicons and similar images like Apple touch icons at a provided URI.

Dependencies

In its current state, the code asks for a CharacterEncoder struct. This exists in the LabsSearch project, and also exists as its own repository.

Usage

let iconFetcher = IconFetcher()
let url = URL(string: "https://www.example.com/")!
var favIcon = UIImage()

iconFetcher.fetchIcon(for: url) { icon in
    if let icon = icon {
        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            self.favIcon.image = icon
        }
    }
}

To do

Any number of improvements could be made to the code, including rewriting from scratch. In particular, network calls run completely untamed.