🔍 OpenGraph & Social Card Inspector — Meta Tag API

Inspect how any URL appears when shared on Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp and every other platform that uses OpenGraph and Twitter Card meta tags. This actor extracts all social media meta tags from any list of URLs — og:title, og:description, og:image, twitter:card, twitter:image, JSON-LD structured data, canonical URLs, favicons, theme colors and more. Perfect for SEO audits, social media debugging, competitive analysis, and link preview automation.

🎯 Why Social Card Data Matters

When you share a link on social media, the platform reads <meta> tags to generate the preview card. If those tags are missing, broken, or poorly optimized, you lose clicks, engagement, and traffic. This actor lets you audit social cards at scale — paste 100 URLs and instantly see which ones have complete OpenGraph tags, which have broken images, and which are missing Twitter Card markup entirely.

What you can extract per URL:

• OpenGraph: og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url, og:type, og:site_name, og:locale
• Twitter Cards: twitter:card, twitter:title, twitter:description, twitter:image, twitter:site
• Basic SEO: HTML <title>, <meta name="description">, canonical URL, favicon
• Structured Data: JSON-LD @type values (Article, Product, Organization, etc.)
• All meta tags: Complete JSON dump of every extracted meta tag

📊 Output Fields

Field	Description
url	The inspected URL
ogTitle	OpenGraph title
ogDescription	OpenGraph description
ogImage	OpenGraph image URL
ogUrl	OpenGraph canonical URL
ogType	OpenGraph type (website, article, etc.)
ogSiteName	OpenGraph site name
twitterCard	Twitter card type (summary, summary_large_image)
twitterTitle	Twitter card title
twitterDescription	Twitter card description
twitterImage	Twitter card image URL
title	HTML <title> tag
description	HTML <meta name="description">
canonicalUrl	Canonical link URL
favicon	Favicon or apple-touch-icon URL
jsonLdTypes	Schema.org types found in JSON-LD
themeColor	Theme color meta tag
allMetaTags	Complete JSON of all extracted meta tags

⚙️ Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	array	—	List of URLs to inspect (required)
includeOG	boolean	true	Extract OpenGraph tags
includeTwitter	boolean	true	Extract Twitter Card tags
includeStructured	boolean	true	Extract JSON-LD and structured data
includeBasic	boolean	true	Extract standard SEO meta tags
maxUrls	integer	100	Max URLs per run (up to 1000)

🎯 Use Cases

SEO Audits at Scale

SEO agencies paste 500 client URLs and get a spreadsheet showing exactly which pages have complete OpenGraph markup, which have broken og:image URLs, and which are missing Twitter Card tags entirely. Every missing or broken tag is a lost social traffic opportunity.

Social Media Debugging

Frontend developers and marketers debug why their links don't show rich previews on Slack, WhatsApp, or LinkedIn. Paste the URL, see all extracted tags in one view, and identify the missing or malformed tag.

Competitive Social Card Analysis

Growth marketers scrape competitors' blog posts and landing pages to analyze their social card strategy. What og:title patterns do they use? How large are their og:image dimensions? Which twitter:card type do they prefer?

Content Inventory & Migration

During website migrations, QA teams check that every page's social meta tags survived the transition. 1000 URLs → 1000 meta tag reports → zero broken social cards post-launch.

Automated Link Preview Generation

Build tools that accept a URL and return a rich preview card with title, description, and image — exactly what social platforms render when a link is shared.

💰 Pricing

Pay per event — charged per HTTP request. Each URL inspection costs a fraction of a compute unit. Auditing 100 URLs costs approximately $0.05–0.15. No monthly subscription. Pure usage-based pricing.

🚀 Performance Tips

• Max concurrency of 10 — the actor can inspect 10 URLs simultaneously for maximum throughput
• Datacenter proxies work fine — most sites serve meta tags without bot detection
• Use includeOG: false and includeTwitter: false to only extract basic SEO tags (even faster)
• The allMetaTags field contains every single meta tag as a JSON string — useful for custom analysis
• Combine with Screenshot Capture to get both the visual social preview and the raw meta tags

❓ FAQ

Q: Does this render JavaScript? A: No — this actor extracts meta tags from server-rendered HTML. For JavaScript SPAs that inject meta tags client-side, use the Screenshot Capture actor for visual previews.

Q: Can it detect broken og:image URLs? A: The actor extracts the image URLs. You can then use the Bulk URL Status Checker to verify which image URLs return 200 vs 404.

Q: What's the difference between og:title and <title>? A: og:title is what Facebook/LinkedIn display. <title> is what Google shows in SERPs. They're often different — and tracking both is valuable.

Keywords: opengraph checker, social card preview, meta tag extractor, og tags scraper, twitter card validator, facebook open graph api, social media meta tags, link preview debugger, og image checker, meta tag audit tool, social sharing analyzer, open graph inspector, seo meta tag extractor, social card api, structured data inspector

How do I bulk audit OpenGraph tags for a list of URLs?

Paste your URLs into startUrls and the inspector returns og:title, og:description, og:image, Twitter Card and JSON-LD tags per URL, so you can spot missing or broken tags in one spreadsheet.

How do I check why a link has no preview on Slack or LinkedIn?

Run the URL through the inspector and review the extracted OpenGraph and Twitter Card fields to pinpoint the missing or malformed tag that is blocking the rich preview.

📝 Changelog

2026-07-01

• Maintenance pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data and confirmed successful runs within the 5-minute quality window on the default input.
• Sharpened Store metadata (SEO title & description) and expanded the FAQ with high-intent, long-tail questions for easier discovery in Google and Apify Store search.
• Added ready-to-run example tasks that cover common real-world use cases.