How to Integrate a Logo API: Complete Developer Guide

Adding company logos to your application can dramatically improve user experience, whether you're building a CRM, trading platform, or business intelligence dashboard. In this guide, we'll walk through integrating the Quikturn Logo API from start to finish.

By the end, you'll have a production-ready integration with proper error handling, caching, and fallback strategies.

Prerequisites

Step 1: Get Your API Key

First, sign up for a Quikturn account and generate your API key from the developer dashboard.

1. Visit getquikturn.io/signup and create an account
2. Navigate to the API section in your dashboard
3. Click "Generate API Key" to create your credentials
4. Copy and securely store your API key (it won't be shown again)

Step 2: Make Your First Request

The Quikturn API uses simple REST endpoints with Bearer token authentication. Here's how to fetch a logo:

const API_KEY = process.env.QUIKTURN_API_KEY;
const BASE_URL = 'https://api.getquikturn.io/v1';

async function getLogo(domain) {
  const response = await fetch(
    `${BASE_URL}/logo?domain=${encodeURIComponent(domain)}`,
    {
      headers: {
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${API_KEY}`,
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
      }
    }
  );

  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`API error: ${response.status}`);
  }

  return response.json();
}

// Usage
const logo = await getLogo('stripe.com');
console.log(logo);

import os
import requests

API_KEY = os.environ.get('QUIKTURN_API_KEY')
BASE_URL = 'https://api.getquikturn.io/v1'

def get_logo(domain: str) -> dict:
    response = requests.get(
        f'{BASE_URL}/logo',
        params={'domain': domain},
        headers={
            'Authorization': f'Bearer {API_KEY}',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        }
    )
    response.raise_for_status()
    return response.json()

# Usage
logo = get_logo('stripe.com')
print(logo['logoUrl'])

Step 3: Choose Your Search Method

Quikturn supports three ways to find logos, depending on what data you have available:

GET /v1/logo?domain=microsoft.com

GET /v1/logo?name=Goldman%20Sachs

GET /v1/logo?ticker=AAPL

Step 4: Implement Caching

Logos rarely change, so aggressive caching improves performance and reduces API costs:

// Simple in-memory cache (use Redis for production)
const logoCache = new Map();
const CACHE_TTL = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; // 24 hours

async function getCachedLogo(domain) {
  const cacheKey = `logo:${domain}`;
  const cached = logoCache.get(cacheKey);

  if (cached && Date.now() - cached.timestamp < CACHE_TTL) {
    return cached.data;
  }

  const logo = await getLogo(domain);
  logoCache.set(cacheKey, {
    data: logo,
    timestamp: Date.now()
  });

  return logo;
}

Step 5: Production Best Practices