Meta Tag Extractor
Extract OpenGraph, Twitter Card, and standard meta tags from any URL
Parameters
| name | in | type | required | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
url |
query | string | required | Url |
Request
Send your key in the X-API-Key header. More languages and patterns live on the
code examples page.
curl -s "https://apixies.io/api/v1/extract-meta?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstripe.com" \ -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"
Response
The result sits under data in the standard envelope. See the
response format guide for errors and status codes.
returns
- data.open_graph
- Open Graph tags like title, image and type.
- data.title
- Text of the page's title tag.
- data.description
- Content of the meta description tag.
- data.twitter_card
- Twitter Card tags like card, title and image.
- data.canonical
- The canonical URL, if the page declares one.
- data.meta_tags
- All meta tags found on the page.
{
"status": "success",
"http_code": 200,
"code": "SUCCESS",
"message": "Meta tags extracted successfully",
"data": {
"url": "https://github.com",
"title": "GitHub \u00b7 Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. \u00b7 GitHub",
"description": "Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.",
"canonical": "https://github.com",
"open_graph": {
"image": "https://images.ctfassets.net/8aevphvgewt8/4pe4eOtUJ0ARpZRE4fNekf/f52b1f9c52f059a33170229883731ed0/GH-Homepage-Universe-img.png",
"site_name": "GitHub",
"type": "object",
"title": "GitHub \u00b7 Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead.",
"url": "https://github.com/",
"description": "Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity."
},
"twitter_card": {
"image": "https://images.ctfassets.net/8aevphvgewt8/4pe4eOtUJ0ARpZRE4fNekf/f52b1f9c52f059a33170229883731ed0/GH-Homepage-Universe-img.png",
"site": "@github",
"card": "summary_large_image",
"title": "GitHub \u00b7 Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead.",
"description": "Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity."
},
"meta_tags": [
{
"charset": "utf-8"
},
{
"name": "viewport",
"content": "width=device-width"
},
{
"name": "description",
"content": "Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity."
},
{
"name": "twitter:card",
"content": "summary_large_image"
},
{
"property": "og:title",
"content": "GitHub \u00b7 Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead."
}
],
"extracted_at": "2026-09-18T12:00:00+00:00"
}
}
Authentication and limits
This endpoint needs an API key. Use the sandbox ("try it" above) to test it without registering. See the authentication guide for details.
Standard rate limits apply to this endpoint.
Common use cases
Link preview generation
Build rich link previews for your messaging app, CMS, or social platform by extracting Open Graph and Twitter Card data from shared URLs.
SEO monitoring
Regularly scan your pages to verify that meta tags, OG images, and Twitter Cards are correctly configured. Detect missing or broken metadata before it affects sharing.
Content aggregation
Extract titles, descriptions, and images from web pages to populate content feeds, bookmarks, or research databases automatically.
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