Meta Tags Extractor - SEO & Open Graph Data

Extract SEO metadata from web pages: title, meta description, robots directives, canonical URL, Open Graph tags, Twitter Card tags, alternate links and the raw meta tag list. Paste URLs and export structured metadata to JSON, CSV, Excel or an API workflow.

What is the Meta Tags Extractor?

Meta tags shape how pages appear in search results, social previews, link unfurls and SEO audits. A missing description, wrong canonical URL or broken Open Graph image can reduce click-through rates and create messy reporting. This actor extracts the important metadata from each page and normalizes it into a dataset.

The actor uses direct HTTP requests and lightweight parsing. It does not need a browser, login or proxy for normal public pages. That makes it suitable for scheduled audits, bulk checks and content QA.

Common use cases

Use this actor to audit page titles and descriptions, verify canonical tags after a migration, check social sharing previews, collect Open Graph data for a content database, compare competitor metadata, review robots directives, or validate hreflang/alternate links.

SEO agencies can use it for quick metadata exports. Content teams can check whether new articles have the right social tags. Developers can run it before a launch. Data teams can enrich URL lists with titles, descriptions and canonical destinations.

Input

Provide one or more web page URLs.

{
  "urls": [
    "https://apify.com"
  ]
}

Output

Each dataset item represents one page.

{
  "input": "https://apify.com",
  "url": "https://apify.com",
  "final_url": "https://apify.com/",
  "domain": "apify.com",
  "status_code": 200,
  "title": "Apify",
  "description": "Web scraping and automation platform.",
  "robots": "index,follow",
  "canonical_url": "https://apify.com/",
  "open_graph": {
    "title": "Apify",
    "image": "https://example.com/og.png"
  },
  "twitter_card": {
    "card": "summary_large_image"
  },
  "alternates": [],
  "meta_tags": [],
  "meta_tag_count": 12,
  "error": null
}

Output fields

• title - HTML title tag.
• description - meta description.
• robots - robots directive when present.
• canonical_url - canonical link resolved to an absolute URL.
• open_graph - og:* tags.
• twitter_card - twitter:* tags.
• alternates - alternate and hreflang links.
• meta_tags - all parsed meta tags.
• meta_tag_count - count of parsed tags.
• final_url, domain, status_code - request metadata.

Why use this actor?

Metadata audits are common but tedious. This actor turns a URL list into structured fields that can be filtered, compared and monitored. Because it runs on Apify, you get scheduled runs, webhooks, datasets, exports and easy API access.

Example workflows

Collect URLs from a sitemap, extract metadata, and filter pages with missing descriptions. Run it against campaign landing pages before launch. Compare canonical_url values before and after a migration. Build a social preview database by collecting Open Graph titles, descriptions and images.

For ecommerce, audit product pages for missing Open Graph images and descriptions. For publishers, check whether article templates expose the right title, description and social metadata. For SaaS websites, monitor documentation and landing pages so changes in templates do not silently remove canonical tags.

Integration ideas

Send the output to a spreadsheet and filter missing or duplicated metadata. Store historical runs and alert when a canonical URL changes. Use this actor after a sitemap extraction to build a complete metadata inventory. Pair it with a schema markup extractor to produce a broader SEO audit dataset that covers both basic meta tags and structured data.

Marketing teams can send Open Graph fields into preview QA workflows. SEO teams can join metadata with crawl, traffic or conversion data to prioritize fixes on pages that matter most.

Best practices

Use canonical production URLs, not preview links. Check both important templates and individual high-value pages. For JavaScript-heavy sites, direct HTML may not include metadata inserted client-side; verify critical pages manually if results look empty. Use the final_url field to detect redirects before judging metadata quality.

Do not judge metadata by length alone. A technically present title or description can still be duplicated, vague or misaligned with search intent. This actor gives you the structured extraction layer; your team can then score the fields using business-specific rules. For international sites, inspect alternates to verify that hreflang links point to the expected pages.

Data quality notes

The actor parses common name, property and http-equiv meta tags. Attribute values are HTML-unescaped and whitespace-normalized. Canonical and alternate links are resolved to absolute URLs. The meta_tags array preserves the raw key/content pairs so advanced users can inspect tags beyond the summary fields.

Commercial value

Metadata work is small but conversion-sensitive. Better titles can improve search click-through. Correct Open Graph images can improve social sharing. Canonical tags can prevent reporting and indexation mistakes. This actor gives teams a practical way to turn those checks into a repeatable dataset instead of a one-off manual review.

FAQ

Does it render JavaScript?

No. It reads the server-returned HTML. Most SEO tags should be present there.

Can it extract Open Graph tags?

Yes. Open Graph tags are returned in the open_graph object.

Can I audit many pages?

Yes. Pass a URL list from a sitemap, spreadsheet or dataset.

Can I export to CSV?

Yes. Apify datasets can be exported to CSV, JSON, Excel and more.

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• Sitemap URL Extractor - collect pages to audit.
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• HTTP Headers Checker - inspect technical headers.

Keywords

meta tags extractor, SEO metadata scraper, Open Graph scraper, Twitter Card extractor, canonical checker, meta description checker, SEO audit API, Apify metadata extractor.