You can access the URL Metadata Extractor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://crawlee.dev" }] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("leploutos/url-metadata-extractor-dihg").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

URL Metadata Extractor API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use URL Metadata Extractor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

URL Metadata Extractor API in JavaScript

URL Metadata Extractor API through CLI

URL Metadata Extractor OpenAPI definition

URL Metadata Extractor API

URL Metadata Extractor

leploutos/url-metadata-extractor-uhyv

Extract Open Graph, Twitter Card, and meta tags from any URL. Returns title, description, image, favicon.

Gauthier Huguenin

URL Metadata Extractor

leploutos/url-metadata-extractor-8wqd

Extract Open Graph, Twitter Card, and meta tags from any URL. Returns title, description, image, favicon.

Gauthier Huguenin

Meta Tags Extractor - SEO & Open Graph Data

benthepythondev/meta-tags-extractor

Extract page title, meta description, robots, canonical URL, Open Graph tags, Twitter Card tags and alternate links from web pages.

ben

Web Page Metadata Extractor — Title, OG Tags, Author & More

maged120/get-metadata

Extract all metadata from any web page in one request — title, meta description, Open Graph tags, Twitter Card data, canonical URL, author, publish date, and more.

Maged

Open Graph & Link Preview Extractor

timely_quarterstaff/social-media-scraper

Extract the link-preview metadata a page publishes for itself - what Slack, Twitter/X and LinkedIn read when you paste a URL. Returns title, description, Open Graph & Twitter-card tags, favicon, JSON-LD, images. Pure code, no proxy/AI. Reads PUBLIC meta only; does NOT scrape private social accounts.

Ahmed Moussa

Website Meta Tags and SEO Scraper

automationagents/web-meta-tags

Extract Open Graph, Twitter Card, and SEO meta tags from any URL. Audit titles, descriptions, and social previews across many pages at once.

Alex Jordan

URL Metadata & OpenGraph Extractor

scrapeworks/url-metadata

Extract clean metadata from any list of URLs: title, description, preview image, favicon, site name, and more. Reconciles OpenGraph, Twitter Card, and standard meta tags into one tidy record per URL.

Nicolas van Arkens

Open Graph & Link Preview Extractor

mighty_monk/open-graph-extractor

Extract Open Graph, Twitter Card, and meta tags from any URL in bulk. Build link previews, social cards, and unfurl data for your apps and automation workflows.

Harsh

URL Meta Card Generator — OpenGraph & Twitter Cards

wsgcjj/url-meta-card-generator

Extract OpenGraph, Twitter Card, and standard HTML meta tags from any URL. Get title, description, image, favicon, author, and site name. Batch-process up to 100 URLs per run. Perfect for link previews, social media cards, SEO audits, and content aggregation.

陈俊杰

Twitter Card Validator

scrappy_garden/twitter-card-validator

Validate Twitter Card meta tags (twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description, twitter:image, etc.) to optimize link previews on X (Twitter) and other apps that reuse Twitter card metadata. Detect missing/empty tags, duplicates, invalid URLs, and optionally verify image URL accessibility.