I too am curious about this one -- is there some command or code so that Web.py could serve favicon.ico?
-- Bruce Eckel www.Reinventing-Business.com www.MindviewInc.com On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 3:45 PM, voxtreet <chingweic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Just started using web.py, wrote my first web service in less than 10 > lines, so THANK YOU! > > My question is about the favicon.ico file. I built the web app from > the tutorial, and run it directly from Python using the web.py built- > in web server. Every time I access the web service from a browser > (Chrome on Mac), I see in the logs a GET request for the URL I typed > in, but also see a GET request for /favicon.ico, to which my server > responds with a 404 Not Found error. > > It's not a problem, but it is an annoyance. When I deploy this to > Apache, I will get an extra line in my error logs every time someone > visits from a browser. > > I know this is a browser-specific issue (trying to find the icon to > put in the address bar), so not a big deal if requests are coming > directly from web apps. And I'm sure I could come up with some image > and install a favicon.ico somewhere and get web.py to serve it up. But > I'm just wondering if there is some way that web.py can "ignore" these > requests, or rather, not result in so many 404 errors in my logs? E.g. > some sort of built-in/default url mapping to some blank .ico data that > comes with web.py, or something like that? > > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web.py" group. > To post to this group, send email to webpy@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > webpy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web.py" group. To post to this group, send email to webpy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to webpy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en.
