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I built a Screenshot & Metadata API that extracts 50+ fields from any URL
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I built a Screenshot & Metadata API that extracts 50+ fields from any URL

via Dev.to PythonDarkPancakes14h ago

I built a Screenshot/PDF API that does more than just screenshots. The metadata endpoint extracts 50+ fields from any URL — OG tags, Twitter Card, JSON-LD, content analysis, and more. What it does URL to Screenshot — capture any webpage as PNG, JPEG, or WebP URL to PDF — generate PDFs with custom format, margins, orientation Metadata Extraction — 50+ fields from any URL (see below) HTML to Image — render custom HTML/CSS to PNG/JPEG/WebP The Metadata Endpoint This is what makes it different. A single GET request extracts: Basic SEO: title, description, keywords, author, language, charset, viewport, robots, canonical URL, generator Open Graph: og:title, og:description, og:image (+ dimensions), og:url, og:type, og:site_name, og:locale Twitter Card: card type, title, description, image, @site , @creator Icons & Theme: favicon, apple-touch-icon, manifest, theme-color, color-scheme Content Analysis: first h1 text, h2 count, internal links count, external links count, images count, images wit

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