Any URL in,
clean metadata out.
Meta Parser fetches a page and returns its title, description and author as JSON. Send one GET request and you're done.
// Hit "Parse" to see the response
One endpoint. One parameter.
Pass a URL, get its metadata back as JSON.
/?url=<target>
Fetches the target page and returns the metadata
found in its <head>.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
urlrequired
|
The page to parse. Use a full
http(s):// URL,
URL-encoded if it has its own query
string.
|
refresh |
A flag with no value. When present, the cache is skipped and the page is fetched fresh. |
Response
200 · application/jsonCaching
Successful responses are cached for a day. Add
&refresh to fetch the page fresh,
for example right after you update your own site's
metadata.
Returned fields
HTML entities in values (like
') are returned as-is, so
decode them before display.
titledescriptionauthor