# Website Meta Extractor (`yck69/website-meta-extractor`) Actor

Extract title, meta description, OpenGraph and Twitter tags, headings and canonical URL from any list of web pages.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/yck69/website-meta-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [yck](https://apify.com/yck69) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 page extracteds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Website Meta Extractor

Get the SEO and social metadata of any list of web pages in seconds: title, meta description, canonical URL, language, robots directives, OpenGraph and Twitter Card tags, favicon and H1 headings.

### What data can you get?

<table>
<tr><td>🏷️ Title</td><td>📝 Meta description</td><td>🔗 Canonical URL</td></tr>
<tr><td>🌍 Language</td><td>🤖 Robots directives</td><td>🖼️ Open Graph title, description, image</td></tr>
<tr><td>🐦 Twitter Card tags</td><td>⭐ Favicon</td><td>🔠 H1 headings and H2 count</td></tr>
<tr><td>↪️ Final URL after redirects</td><td>✅ HTTP status</td><td>🔑 Keywords meta</td></tr>
</table>

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free** at the top of this page.
2. Paste the **URLs** of the pages (or upload a list).
3. Click **Start**.
4. Download the metadata as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the API.

### What can it be used for?

- **SEO audits** – find missing titles, descriptions or canonical tags across a site.
- **Link previews** – get the title, description and image to render rich link cards.
- **Lead enrichment** – add a site name, description and logo to a list of company domains.
- **Monitoring** – schedule it to detect changes in titles or meta tags.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `urls` | List of pages to process (required). |
| `maxConcurrency` | Pages fetched in parallel (default 5). |
| `timeoutSecs` | Per-page timeout in seconds (default 20). |

```json
{
    "urls": [{ "url": "https://apify.com" }, { "url": "https://example.com" }]
}
```

### Output

One dataset item per URL:

```json
{
    "url": "https://apify.com",
    "finalUrl": "https://apify.com/",
    "statusCode": 200,
    "title": "Apify: Full-stack web scraping and data extraction platform",
    "description": "Cloud platform for web scraping, browser automation, AI agents, and data for AI...",
    "canonical": "https://apify.com/",
    "lang": "en",
    "ogTitle": "Apify: Full-stack web scraping and data extraction platform",
    "ogImage": "https://apify.com/og-image.png",
    "twitterCard": "summary_large_image",
    "favicon": "https://apify.com/favicon.ico",
    "h1": ["Get real-time web data for your AI"],
    "h2Count": 12,
    "error": null,
    "extractedAt": "2026-10-24T10:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or fetch them through the Apify API.

### Pricing

You pay a small fee per page successfully extracted. Pages that fail to load are not charged.

### Limitations

The Actor reads the raw HTML returned by the server and does not execute JavaScript, so tags injected client-side by single-page apps may be missing.

### More Actors from this developer

### FAQ

##### Can I use it through the API, Make, Zapier or Google Sheets?

Yes. Every run can be started and read through the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) (JavaScript and Python clients, CLI, MCP), and Apify integrations connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks and more.

##### Is it legal to use this data?

The Actor only reads public or official open data and doesn't log in anywhere. Check the source's licence and your local rules (for example GDPR when data concerns people) for your use case; if in doubt, ask a lawyer.

##### Something isn't working, or you need another field?

Open an issue on the **Issues** tab: feedback is read and answered.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Web pages to extract metadata from.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many pages to fetch in parallel.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Give up on a page after this many seconds.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com"
    }
  ],
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "timeoutSecs": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Key metadata of each page: status, title, description, OpenGraph image, H1 and canonical URL.

## `results` (type: `string`):

Every extracted field for each page, including Twitter Card tags, robots, keywords and favicon.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        {
            "url": "https://apify.com"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("yck69/website-meta-extractor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "urls": [{ "url": "https://apify.com" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("yck69/website-meta-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call yck69/website-meta-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,yck69/website-meta-extractor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/HitvtXLSBH2GEn8M6/builds/2Pn1aiGid09ibQdEW/openapi.json