Web Page Metadata Extractor — Title, OG Tags, Author & More

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What does Web Page Metadata Extractor do?

Web Page Metadata Extractor retrieves all metadata from any URL in one request — title, meta description, Open Graph tags, Twitter Card data, canonical URL, author, publish date, favicon, and more — returned as clean structured JSON.

This Actor runs on the Apify platform. Use it for content audits, SEO analysis, link preview generation, social media card debugging, or building URL enrichment pipelines.

Why use Web Page Metadata Extractor?

• Complete metadata — title, OG tags, Twitter Cards, canonical, hreflang, and structured data
• Batch URLs — enrich hundreds of URLs in one run
• SEO audits — quickly identify missing or misconfigured meta tags at scale
• Link preview data — get all the data needed to render rich link previews
• LLM enrichment — add URL context to AI pipelines without loading full page content

How to use Web Page Metadata Extractor

1. Open the Actor and click Try for free
2. Enter URLs in the urls input field
3. Click Start — metadata appears in the Output tab
4. Download as JSON or CSV, or connect via the Apify API

Input

{
"urls":[
"https://apify.com",
"https://example.com/blog/post-123",
"https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-python"
]
}

Output

Results are stored in the Apify dataset. Download in JSON, CSV, HTML, or Excel.

{
"url":"https://apify.com",
"title":"Apify: Full-Stack Web Scraping and Data Extraction Platform",
"description":"Build, deploy, share, and monitor web scrapers...",
"canonical":"https://apify.com/",
"author":"",
"publishDate":"",
"og":{
"title":"Apify Platform",
"description":"Build and deploy web scrapers in minutes",
"image":"https://apify.com/img/og-image.png",
"type":"website",
"url":"https://apify.com"
},
"twitter":{
"card":"summary_large_image",
"site":"@apify",
"title":"Apify Platform"
},
"favicon":"https://apify.com/favicon.ico",
"language":"en",
"robots":"index, follow"
}

Output fields

Cost

Pay-per-result pricing:

Tips

• Use for bulk SEO audits — check if all pages have proper titles, descriptions, and OG images
• Use og.image to pre-fetch thumbnail images for link previews in your app
• Filter results where description is empty to find pages missing meta descriptions

FAQ

Does this work on JavaScript-rendered pages? The Actor uses fast HTTP requests. For pages that require JS to render metadata, some tags may be missing.

Can I use this to debug social media sharing previews? Yes — the og.* and twitter.* fields show exactly what social platforms use for link previews.

Is this Actor maintained? Yes. Report bugs or feature requests in the Issues tab.

Need help or have questions? Open an issue in the Issues tab or reach out on Discord: maged03211