Link Preview Tool
Preview how your links appear on social media and generate optimized meta tags.
100% Private & Secure✓ Client-side Preview✓ Real-time Generation✓ No Server Storage
Your data is processed locally in your browser and is never uploaded to any server.
💡 Tips
- • Preview how your links will appear on social media platforms
- • Some websites may block scraping due to CORS policies
- • Use this to test your own website's meta tags
- • The scraper extracts Open Graph, Twitter Card, and basic meta tags
What is Link Preview Scraping?
What is Link Preview Scraping?
Link preview scraping is the process of extracting metadata from a URL to generate rich previews similar to those shown on social media platforms. This includes extracting Open Graph tags, Twitter Card data, title, description, images, and other metadata that defines how links appear when shared.
- Extracts Open Graph (og:) meta tags for Facebook/LinkedIn
- Retrieves Twitter Card (twitter:) metadata
- Captures title, description, and favicon information
- Downloads preview images and analyzes dimensions
- Identifies canonical URLs and site names
- Validates metadata completeness and quality
- Provides JSON/structured data output
- Privacy-focused: No data stored on our servers
Why Scrape Link Preview Data?
Understanding how your links appear on social platforms is crucial for engagement. Preview scraping helps verify that your metadata is properly configured, images are optimized, and descriptions are compelling. It's essential for social media managers, developers implementing Open Graph tags, and anyone optimizing content for social sharing.
How to Use
- Enter complete URL with https:// protocol
- Review extracted Open Graph and Twitter Card tags
- Check preview image quality and dimensions
- Verify title and description character limits
- Identify missing metadata fields
- Compare actual vs. desired preview appearance
- Export metadata for documentation or testing
Link Preview & Metadata Scraping Glossary
- Open Graph Protocol
- A metadata standard created by Facebook that enables web pages to become rich objects in social graphs, controlling how links appear when shared.
- Twitter Card
- Twitter's metadata specification for rich media attachments on Tweets, displaying images, titles, and descriptions for shared links.
- Link Preview
- The visual representation of a URL shown by platforms, typically including image, title, description, and site name.
- Metadata Scraping
- The automated extraction of structured data and meta tags from web pages for analysis or preview generation.
- og: Tags
- Open Graph meta tags prefixed with "og:" that define social sharing properties like og:title, og:image, og:description.
- Canonical URL
- The preferred version of a web page URL specified via meta tags to prevent duplicate content issues.
- Social Metadata
- Structured data specifically designed to control how content appears on social media platforms when shared.
- Rich Snippet
- Enhanced search result or social preview that includes additional visual elements like images, ratings, or structured data.
What is Link Preview Scraping?
What is Link Preview Scraping?
Link preview scraping is the process of extracting metadata from a URL to generate rich previews similar to those shown on social media platforms. This includes extracting Open Graph tags, Twitter Card data, title, description, images, and other metadata that defines how links appear when shared.
- Extracts Open Graph (og:) meta tags for Facebook/LinkedIn
- Retrieves Twitter Card (twitter:) metadata
- Captures title, description, and favicon information
- Downloads preview images and analyzes dimensions
- Identifies canonical URLs and site names
- Validates metadata completeness and quality
- Provides JSON/structured data output
- Privacy-focused: No data stored on our servers
Why Scrape Link Preview Data?
Understanding how your links appear on social platforms is crucial for engagement. Preview scraping helps verify that your metadata is properly configured, images are optimized, and descriptions are compelling. It's essential for social media managers, developers implementing Open Graph tags, and anyone optimizing content for social sharing.
How to Use
- Enter complete URL with https:// protocol
- Review extracted Open Graph and Twitter Card tags
- Check preview image quality and dimensions
- Verify title and description character limits
- Identify missing metadata fields
- Compare actual vs. desired preview appearance
- Export metadata for documentation or testing
Link Preview & Metadata Scraping Glossary
- Open Graph Protocol
- A metadata standard created by Facebook that enables web pages to become rich objects in social graphs, controlling how links appear when shared.
- Twitter Card
- Twitter's metadata specification for rich media attachments on Tweets, displaying images, titles, and descriptions for shared links.
- Link Preview
- The visual representation of a URL shown by platforms, typically including image, title, description, and site name.
- Metadata Scraping
- The automated extraction of structured data and meta tags from web pages for analysis or preview generation.
- og: Tags
- Open Graph meta tags prefixed with "og:" that define social sharing properties like og:title, og:image, og:description.
- Canonical URL
- The preferred version of a web page URL specified via meta tags to prevent duplicate content issues.
- Social Metadata
- Structured data specifically designed to control how content appears on social media platforms when shared.
- Rich Snippet
- Enhanced search result or social preview that includes additional visual elements like images, ratings, or structured data.