Gulp favicon task

Question

I am trying to make task for creating favicon images in GULP like this

var realFavicon = require ('gulp-real-favicon');
var fs = require('fs');

// File where the favicon markups are stored
var FAVICON_DATA_FILE = 'faviconData.json';

// Generate the icons. This task takes a few seconds to complete. 
// You should run it at least once to create the icons. Then, 
// you should run it whenever RealFaviconGenerator updates its 
// package (see the check-for-favicon-update task below).
gulp.task('generate-favicon', function(done) {
    realFavicon.generateFavicon({
        masterPicture: 'TODO: Path to your master picture',
        dest: 'TODO: Path to the directory where to store the icons',
        iconsPath: '/',
        design: {
            ios: {
                pictureAspect: 'noChange'
            },
            desktopBrowser: {},
            windows: {
                pictureAspect: 'noChange',
                backgroundColor: '#da532c',
                onConflict: 'override'
            },
            androidChrome: {
                pictureAspect: 'shadow',
                themeColor: '#ffffff',
                manifest: {
                    name: 'MyApp',
                    display: 'browser',
                    orientation: 'notSet',
                    onConflict: 'override'
                }
            },
            safariPinnedTab: {
                pictureAspect: 'silhouette',
                themeColor: '#5bbad5'
            }
        },
        settings: {
            scalingAlgorithm: 'Mitchell',
            errorOnImageTooSmall: false
        },
        markupFile: FAVICON_DATA_FILE
    }, function() {
        done();
    });
});

// Inject the favicon markups in your HTML pages. You should run 
// this task whenever you modify a page. You can keep this task 
// as is or refactor your existing HTML pipeline.
gulp.task('inject-favicon-markups', function() {
    gulp.src([ 'TODO: List of the HTML files where to inject favicon markups' ])
        .pipe(realFavicon.injectFaviconMarkups(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(FAVICON_DATA_FILE)).favicon.html_code))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('TODO: Path to the directory where to store the HTML files'));
});

// Check for updates on RealFaviconGenerator (think: Apple has just
// released a new Touch icon along with the latest version of iOS).
// Run this task from time to time. Ideally, make it part of your 
// continuous integration system.
gulp.task('check-for-favicon-update', function(done) {
    var currentVersion = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(FAVICON_DATA_FILE)).version;
    realFavicon.checkForUpdates(currentVersion, function(err) {
        if (err) {
            throw err;
        }
    });
});

Only problem I have is that i dont have faviconData.json can somebody share his, txanks

Answer 1

You should go back to Real Favicon Generator and follow the installation steps. Basically:

• Replace the "TODO" in the generated code with actual paths.
• Run gulp generate-favicon. This once-in-a-while task generates your icons and also the faviconData.json file you miss. For example this file contains the HTML markups that declare the icons.
• Now you are ready to run gulp inject-favicon-markups whenever you deploy your site, update one of your pages, etc.