LIB-USAGE.md

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Using icoextract as a library

from icoextract import IconExtractor, IconExtractorError

try:
    extractor = IconExtractor('/path/to/your.exe')

    # Export the first group icon to a .ico file
    extractor.export_icon('/path/to/your.ico', num=0)

    # Or read the .ico into a buffer, to pass it into other code
    data = extractor.get_icon(num=0)

    from PIL import Image
    im = Image.open(data)
    # ... manipulate a copy of the icon

    # In icoextract 0.2.0+, you can also extract icons by resource ID
    extractor.export_icon('/path/to/your.ico', resource_id=1234)

except IconExtractorError:
    # No icons available, or the icon resource is malformed
    pass