'Started fullstackopen for the first time and getting a "favicon.ico" request in the network tab
So I basically started this web dev course by fullstackopen and in one of the steps it says that once you open the Developer Console, and refresh the tab, 2 requests shall appear (one HTTP GET request and the another for an image to be retrieved from the server, but whenever I refresh I get this unknown request called "favicon.ico" every time. For the next steps also the same is happening. While the courses explains all the other requests made, it does not even talk about this one because this does not appear in their examples. So I just wanted to know why I am getting this random request. first one is what the network tab should have displayed
second image shows what I get when I follow the instructions of the course
Solution 1:[1]
As Akki mentioned, this is the icon you would see on a tab in the browser. Like the StackOverflow icon for this page.
You are getting a status 200 response, so it does find it in your root
Solution 2:[2]
Modern browsers will show an icon to the left of the URL. This known as the favicon.ico and is typically fetched from website.com/favicon.ico. Your browser will automatically request it when browsing to different sites. If your browser receives a valid favicon.ico file, it will display this icon. If it fails, it will not display a special icon.
In either circumstances, browsing is not affected.
It would seem that you don't have a favicon in your root directory of the project thus the unknown request
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | shaygeko |
| Solution 2 | Akki |