Download favicon for all entries without icon [$40 awarded]

[janekbettinger]

Expected Behavior

• Tools > Download and set missing icons
  It will download the favicon and set it as symbol for each entry (for which no icon was defined, yet)

Current Behavior

You have to download the favicon for every single entry.

Context

Having a huge database without any custom icons set, this new feature would dramatically reduce manual effort.

Update 2017/10/05: It might also be useful to add an option to force an update of existing favicons.

[xKeiro]

Yeah this feature would be really awesome (after they get around fixing the favicon fetching)

[TheZ3ro]

@kusaha what is the problem with favicon fetching?

[xKeiro]

@TheZ3ro
When you try to get favicon from "https://*" URLs keepassxc always fails to fetch them, showing this error:

but there's already an open issue about this here: #678
(Note: I'm using windows 10, and the 64bit version of keepassxc)

[sergeevabc]

@kusaha, possible workaround is to use Favicon downloader plugin with original Keepass.

[tycho]

Just in case anyone else is having the same troubles I am...

For whatever reason I couldn't get the SourceForge mirrors to let me download the original Favicon downloader plugin for KeePass, so I'm using this plugin instead, which seems to work so far: https://github.com/navossoc/KeePass-Yet-Another-Favicon-Downloader

Looking forward to seeing this as a feature for KeePassXC so I can finally throw my old KeePass install away.

[JohnRobson]

I'm using KeePassXC 2.3.4 and I can't find this "favicon download" option. Where is this?

[droidmonkey]

You need to define a url for the entry. Then go to the icon section on the left of the edit entry page. The button is at the bottom.

[sebast889]

An "Update all favicons" would also be useful. For first time downloading all favicons and for downloading and setting new favicons over old ones if there are any.

[varjolintu]

I opened a work-in-progress PR that you can try: #3169.

[zian92]

I did find a workaround:

1. type * in the searchbar and it will list all the entries of your database.
2. select all entries (e.g. ctrl + a)
3. right klick, last entry ist: download Favicons
   This may take awhile to process all the entries but will soon start to download all icons

have fun! :)

[droidmonkey]

Recommend turning off auto saving before doing the above

[JohnRobson]

Maybe increase the "Favicon download timeout" to 60 sec.

[droidmonkey]

You can do that in the application settings

[machocam]

I did find a workaround:

1. type * in the searchbar and it will list all the entries of your database.

2. select all entries (e.g. ctrl + a)

3. right klick, last entry ist: download Favicons
   This may take awhile to process all the entries but will soon start to download all icons

have fun! :)

Not sure if there was an explicit feature built for this but this worked for me.

[Boldfor]

Not sure if there was an explicit feature built for this but this worked for me.

Works great as a workaround!

[aetonsi]

Where is the functionality located? Is it Entries>Download Favicons? Is it recursive?
Because, for me, it doesn't do anything. I have only Password Generator and Settings under Tools....

[varjolintu]

@aetonsi Are you using "Use DuckDuckGo service to download website icons" from Application Settings -> Security?

[aetonsi]

@varjolintu yes i am.
i also remember using this functionality to download all of the icons in my db, but i can't seem to find it anymore?

[droidmonkey]

If there is already a custom icon on an entry, then the bulk download feature will NOT replace that icon. You need to do an individual download to replace a custom icon.

[aetonsi]

If there is already a custom icon on an entry, then the bulk download feature will NOT replace that icon. You need to do an individual download to replace a custom icon.

i understand that, i am asking, where is this bulk download feature located? i thought it was under Tools, but maybe i don't remember correctly

[rugk]

@aetonsi Just select all/the entries you want to download, right-click and choose “download favicon”.

[aetonsi]

@aetonsi Just select all/the entries you want to download, right-click and choose “download favicon”.

.. and do that in every single folder? or just in the tree on the left? if i do it on the root, nothing happens. if i do it on individual folders it works

[droidmonkey]

Do it in each folder (group).

[aetonsi]

Just so i understand, the Download all favicons... on a Group/folder does not recurse through subfolders?
I have tens of folders and multiple levels of subfolders, it would be unfeasible manually doing that.. for now i solved by searching * and selecting all entries and doing download favicons on the entries themselves, but that's not very cool :\

[droidmonkey]

Using the group option should recurse down the folder tree. Like I said, however, that will not replace already existing downloaded icons. To do that you need to do the entry selection option. Searching for * and doing the download is cool 😎

[aetonsi]

Ok so it should recurse.. unluckily it doesn't, when i do it on the root group (the database). Nothing at all happens. No popup, no nothing.
It works, instead, on subfolders.
Is there a log or something i can check to look for errors?

[droidmonkey]

It does not recurse, although I can't decide if this is desired behavior or not. Recursing could be seen as a negative behavior.

https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/src/gui/DatabaseWidget.cpp#L852

[aetonsi]

Oh ok. So the * search trick is the only way to do it on the whole database, correct?

[droidmonkey]

Correct