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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.

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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.

It does not render client-side JavaScript. Pages that add metadata only in the browser may return incomplete fields.

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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