Merge pull request #729 from strongloop/feature/expose-path-to-default-favicon

Expose path to the built-in favicon file

lib/loopback.js

@@ -126,6 +126,25 @@ if (loopback.isServer) {
     });
 }
 
+/*
+ * Expose path to the default favicon file
+ *
+ * ***only in node***
+ */
+
+if (loopback.isServer) {
+  /**
+   * Path to a default favicon shipped with LoopBack.
+   *
+   * **Example**
+   *
+   * ```js
+   * app.use(require('serve-favicon')(loopback.faviconFile));
+   * ```
+   */
+  loopback.faviconFile = path.resolve(__dirname, '../favicon.ico');
+}
+
 /*!
  * Error handler title
  */

test/loopback.test.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+var it = require('./util/it');
+
 describe('loopback', function() {
   var nameCounter = 0;
   var uniqueModelName;
@@ -11,6 +13,13 @@ describe('loopback', function() {
       expect(loopback.ValidationError).to.be.a('function')
         .and.have.property('name', 'ValidationError');
     });
+
+    it.onServer('includes `faviconFile`', function() {
+      var file = loopback.faviconFile;
+      expect(file, 'faviconFile').to.not.equal(undefined);
+      expect(require('fs').existsSync(loopback.faviconFile), 'file exists')
+        .to.equal(true);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('loopback.createDataSource(options)', function() {