URL Metadata Extractor

Extracts title, meta description, canonical URL and Open Graph tags from one or many URLs in a single batched run. Pay-per-event: $0.01 per batch of up to 200 URLs.

🚀 What it does

This Actor automates a task that would otherwise take hours of manual work. It is built for batch processing — run it once on a list of inputs and get a structured, downloadable report.

✨ Features

• Batch processing — handle one or many inputs in a single run
• Structured output — clean tables, ready for CSV/JSON export
• Pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for what you use
• API & CLI ready — integrate it into any workflow

📥 Input configuration

Configure the Actor with these fields:

Field	Type	Required	Description
urls	array	Optional	List of page URLs to extract metadata from (title, description, canonical, Open Graph).
url	string	Optional	Single page URL (backward compatibility).

💡 Usage example

Run via Apify API (cURL)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sootesting~url-metadata-extractor/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "url": "https://example.com"
}'

Run via Apify CLI

apify run --actor-name sootesting~url-metadata-extractor --input '{
  "url": "https://example.com"
}'

📤 Output schema

The Actor produces the following structured data:

Field	Type	Description
result	string	Result JSON

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event. See the Actor's pricing tab for current rates. You are only charged for successful events — platform usage is passed through transparently.

🔗 Related

Part of the Sootesting SEO & Data Toolkit — a suite of focused actors for technical SEO, security auditing, and data extraction.

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