Trying to locate 404 Error running python-flask with bootstrap

Question

i am building a webpage application using Flask, Jinja2 and Bootstrap. When running the app i get this error:

* Running on http://localhost:53293/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
127.0.0.1 - - [20/Jun/2015 19:33:56] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 -
127.0.0.1 - - [20/Jun/2015 19:33:56] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 -

The app is based on the Visual Studio 2015rc python template Flask Web Project which worked fine.

None of my changes included a favicon, i searched the complete project including external files for favicon, icon, .ico but found nothing.

Does someone have an idea how this error could be caused or how to locate the code requesting the favicon?

Answer 1

Browsers always try to find a favicon for a site by looking in a standard location, /favicon.ico. You did nothing wrong here.

You could of course include serve a file at that location, if you so wish.