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Connect Airtable and Icon Horse

Get any website's favicon using a simple no-code API integration. Sync data from Icon Horse and thousands of other apps into Airtable automatically with Data Fetcher.

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The no-code solution for connecting Icon Horse to Airtable

It takes just 4 simple steps to get up and running with Data Fetcher’s no-code imports into Airtable

Step 1

Add the Data Fetcher extension

Get started with Icon Horse in Airtable by adding the Data Fetcher extension from the Airtable Marketplace. Create your free account directly within the extension after installation.

Add the Data Fetcher extension
Step 2

Connect Airtable to Icon Horse

Select the pre-built Airtable Icon Horse integration from our library. Data Fetcher handles all the technical API details, so you can connect without writing a single line of code.

Connect Airtable to Icon Horse
Step 3

Map the fields

Select which Icon Horse data fields you want to import and map them to your existing Airtable fields. Choose how new data should merge with existing records in your base.

Map the fields
Step 4

Automate your Icon Horse data sync

Keep your Airtable data fresh by scheduling automatic updates at any interval. You can also trigger syncs from Icon Horse when records change in your Airtable base.

Automate your Icon Horse data sync

About the tools

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Icon Horse

Icon Horse is a free icon search engine that aggregates thousands of high-quality icons from popular icon libraries across the web. It offers a unified search interface to find icons in various styles, formats, and color schemes without switching between multiple sites. Icon Horse supports multiple download formats including SVG, PNG, and JSX, making it easy for designers and developers to incorporate professional icons into their projects.

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Airtable

Airtable blends spreadsheets and databases, enabling organized, collaborative workflows. It features customizable templates, multiple viewing options like grid, calendar, and kanban boards, plus powerful data types. With integration capabilities, automation tools, and team collaboration features, Airtable helps businesses of all sizes manage projects, content planning, and data without technical expertise.

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Data Fetcher

Data Fetcher is an Airtable extension that connects your bases with external data sources and APIs. Users can pull data from REST APIs and external systems without writing code. With support for automic syncs, data transformation and mapping, Data Fetcher helps businesses make Airtable their source of truth for all their third-party data. It acts as the missing connection between Icon Horse and Airtable.

Airtable Icon Horse Integration Example

This simple tutorial will show you how to get a favicon from any website and save it as an attachment into Airtable. We will use the Icon Horse service to import favicons for a list of URLs.

We'll use the Data Fetcher extension's Icon Horse integration, so no code is required!

What is Icon Horse?

Icon Horse is a service that extracts the highest quality favicon file available from any website. If no favicon file is available, it will provide a suitable substitute so you don't get left with a broken image.

Create URL to Favicon Table

Create a table called 'Favicons'.

Create a field called 'URL' (with type 'URL'), then add the URLs you want to import Favicons from.

Create a field called 'Favicon' (with type 'Attachment').

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Create a new Grid view called 'Needs Favicon' and add the following conditions:

  • The 'URL' field is not empty.

  • The 'Favicon' field is empty.

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Install Data Fetcher

Next, you'll need to install Data Fetcher from the Airtable marketplace. Data Fetcher is free to start using and is able to import many different types of data from different APIs or websites into Airtable.

Once the extension has been added to your base, create a new Data Fetcher account or sign in to your existing account using the 'Have an account?' button on the bottom left.

Alternatively, sign-up for Data Fetcher with your Google login.

Data Fetcher Sign Up

Get a Favicon from a Website in Airtable

Data Fetcher requests are how data is imported into Airtable. You can create multiple requests within one installation of Data Fetcher in an Airtable base.

Click on 'Create your first request' from the Data Fetcher home screen.

Create your first request in Data Fetcher

On the create request screen, select 'Icon Horse' for Application to use the Icon Horse Airtable integration.

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Give your request a name, such as 'Import Favicons', and click 'Save & Continue'.

For URL, we want to insert a reference to the values in our 'URL' Airtable field. To do this click the + button.

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On the modal that opens, select 'Favions' for Table and 'URL' for Field. Then select 'Needs Favicon' for Run for every record in view. Click 'Confirm'.

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URL should now contain a reference to the table.

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Click 'Save & Run'.

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The Data Fetcher request will run and the Response field mapping modal will open. Make sure the 'Favicon' field is mapped to the existing 'Favicon' field in Airtable. Then click 'Save & Run'.

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You'll now see that the Favicons have been added as attachments for every record in 'Needs Favicon' (or a suitable alternative has been created).

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Automatic Icon Horse Airtable Integration

Currently, you'd need to manually run the Data Fetcher request to import any updates to the Favicon files. It is possible to run the Icon Horse Airtable integration automatically at regular intervals using Data Fetcher's scheduling feature.

To upgrade your account, In Data Fetcher, scroll to Schedule and click 'Upgrade'.

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Choose a plan from the different options and enter your payment details.

Back in Data Fetcher, click 'I've done this'.

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Under Schedule click '+ Authorize'.

Schedule Data Fetcher

A new window will now open and prompt you to authorize the Airtable bases you want Data Fetcher to have access to.

We recommend selecting 'All current and future bases in all current and future workspaces' to avoid any issues with unauthorized bases in the future.

Click 'Grant access'.

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Back in Data Fetcher, you'll see Schedule this request is now toggled on.

Select a schedule for the Icon Horse Airtable integration to run. You can choose intervals of 'Minutes', 'Hours', 'Days' or 'Months', then Click 'Save'. Any new Favicons will import to Airtable automatically on your chosen schedule.

Schedule this request

What is a Favicon?

A favicon is an icon associated with a particular website, typically displayed in the address bar of a browser or in a list of bookmarks.

Get Favicon from Website Use Cases

  • Show an icon next to a list of company URLs
  • Show an icon next to user emails by looking up the domains in the emails

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