The page title, meta description, canonical URL, favicon, every Open Graph tag such as og:title, og:image and og:type, and the Twitter Card tags, returned as structured JSON.

Does it execute JavaScript?

No. The page HTML is fetched once and parsed. Pages that only set their metadata through client-side scripts will return what is in the static HTML.

Can it fetch private or internal addresses?

No. Requests to private, loopback and internal network ranges are blocked, so the API cannot be used to probe your own infrastructure.

How fresh is the result?

Each call fetches the page live, so you see the page as it is right now rather than a cached snapshot.

What does a call cost?

10 tokens, because each request performs a live outbound fetch. The free plan covers 50 previews a month.

ToolsMAINTAINED10 tokens / call

URL Metadata API

Title, description, Open Graph, Twitter Card, canonical and favicon for any public URL

Fetch any public web page and extract its metadata: title, description, canonical URL, favicon, Open Graph tags, and Twitter Card tags — everything needed to render rich link previews.

Every call needs an X-Api-Key header. A free key includes 500 tokens a month, no card required. 10 tokens per call, so the free plan covers about 50 calls a month.

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response.json

{
  "url": "https://github.com",
  "status": 200,
  "title": "GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead.",
  "description": "Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform.",
  "favicon": "https://github.com/favicon.ico",
  "open_graph": {
    "title": "GitHub"
  },
  "twitter": {
    "card": "summary_large_image"
  }
}

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Use cases for URL Metadata API

Render rich link previews in a chat, forum, CMS or bookmarking product when a user pastes a URL.
Collect the social-share image and description of pages for a content library or newsletter builder.
Check what a page advertises to crawlers and social networks in an SEO audit tool.
Resolve the canonical URL of a link before deduplicating saved pages.

URL Metadata API endpoints

Every endpoint with its parameters and a real example response.

OpenAPI definition Postman workspace

GETGet Metadata

GETGet Metadata

https://api-url-metadata.dataandapis.com/v1/metadata

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
url	https://github.com	Required

Example request

curl "https://api-url-metadata.dataandapis.com/v1/metadata?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "url": "https://github.com",
  "final_url": "https://github.com/",
  "status": 200,
  "content_type": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
  "title": "GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead.",
  "description": "Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform.",
  "canonical": "https://github.com/",
  "favicon": "https://github.com/favicon.ico",
  "meta": {
    "description": "Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform."
  },
  "open_graph": {
    "title": "GitHub",
    "image": "https://github.githubassets.com/assets/home-campaign.jpg"
  },
  "twitter": {
    "card": "summary_large_image"
  }
}

Where the data comes from

Source: Live fetch and parse of the target page's HTML. No stored dataset.
Freshness: Fetched live on every call.

One install. Every endpoint.

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import axios from 'axios';

const { data } = await axios.get(
  'https://api-url-metadata.dataandapis.com/v1/metadata',
  { headers: { 'X-Api-Key': process.env.API_KEY } }
);

URL Metadata API · X-Api-Key

Explore the endpoints

Browse request parameters and inspect live example responses.

Available Endpoints

Request Parameters

API URL

Headers

X-Api-Key

Query Parameters

url(Required)

Target:

Client:

import axios from 'axios';

const url = 'https://api-url-metadata.dataandapis.com/v1/metadata';
const { data } = await axios.get(url, {
  headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' }
});