Apify Actor / Link Preview and OpenGraph Metadata API
Build link previews from a list of URLs
The Link Preview API reads server-delivered page metadata and creates one result per URL for previews and metadata audits.
Read the official Actor listing for current pricing, examples and limits.
Who it helps
For developers building bookmark tools, content feeds, link cards or website metadata checks.
- Generate rich cards for saved links.
- Audit metadata before and after a site migration.
- Extract link metadata in batches for a content pipeline.
The workflow
What goes in, what comes out
Input
- A urls array of URL strings or objects with a url field.
- Optional item cap, concurrency, per-URL timeout, retry and JSON-LD settings.
Output
- A record with resolved URL, status, title, description, image, favicon and canonical where available.
- Additional OpenGraph, Twitter Card, feed, language and JSON-LD data when exposed by the page.
Example input
{ "urls": ["https://www.apify.com"], "maxItems": 1 }Enter this in the Actor's Apify input form. Running an Actor may incur charges; check its live Pricing tab first.
Questions
Before you run it
Does it need a browser or third-party API key?
No browser or third-party key is needed. Running it through the Apify API requires your Apify token.
What happens when a URL fails?
The Actor returns diagnostic output for failed URLs. Check its live Apify pricing page for billing details.
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