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Hey Alex, This is pretty sweet. Nice job! Is there a post where you talk about the tech behind this API? I've been working on a simple API that finds domain names from company names that I use on projects where I use business intelligence APIs like Clearbit and FullContact.
Be careful with copyright issues. How do you make it work? Do you scrape them automatically or gather them from the brands marketing materials? I tried different logos, and I find a few issues: https://logo.clearbit.com/mcdonalds.com?size=256 Mcdonalds US logo background should be red ( http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/newsroom/image_and_video_l... ) https://logo.clearbit.com/bk.com?size=256 The quality of that one…
As for the McDonalds logo, I suspect the turquoise is because that's the current background colour of mcdonalds.com
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I tested a few examples, and it looks to just be parsing the page and returning the apple-touch-icon.
That doesn't explain where https://logo.clearbit.com/debian.org comes from....
Hey Alex, This is pretty sweet. Nice job! Is there a post where you talk about the tech behind this API? I've been working on a simple API that finds domain names from company names that I use on projects where I use business intelligence APIs like Clearbit and FullContact.
Fetch the domain at /, look for favicon/apple-touch-icon/OpenGraph image, fetch the image, store and serve.
https://logo.clearbit.com/spacex.com https://twitter.com/spacex
Maybe other fallbacks, too?
Be careful with copyright issues. How do you make it work? Do you scrape them automatically or gather them from the brands marketing materials? I tried different logos, and I find a few issues: https://logo.clearbit.com/mcdonalds.com?size=256 Mcdonalds US logo background should be red ( http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/newsroom/image_and_video_l... ) https://logo.clearbit.com/bk.com?size=256 The quality of that one…
I don't think they'll have copyright issues, it'd probably be considered fair use. As for the McDonalds logo, I suspect the turquoise is because that's the current background colour of mcdonalds.com
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https://www.debian.org/favicon.ico can't be the source.
It looks like that's the Debian icon on Twitter.
There has to be some level of fair use or copyright involved, no? You are taking corporate images, modifying them, and then distributing their modified brand/logo potentially without their consent. If they don't like the results, they could sue you. Or at least, I feel that would be the case.
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I don't think they'll have copyright issues, it'd probably be considered fair use. As for the McDonalds logo, I suspect the turquoise is because that's the current background colour of mcdonalds.com
Or because it's from here: https://twitter.com/mcdonalds
