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Documentation Index

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MetaLink is a REST API that accepts a URL and returns structured metadata — Open Graph tags, Twitter Cards, favicons, titles, and descriptions — in a single JSON response.

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Key Features

  • Comprehensive metadata — Extracts Open Graph, Twitter Card, favicons, author info, and more
  • Fast — Typical response under 50ms for cached URLs, under 2 seconds for fresh fetches
  • Cached — Results are cached for 24 hours, so repeated lookups are nearly instant
  • Simple — One endpoint, one API key, one JSON response

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Base URL

All API requests use this base URL: 
https://api.metalinkapi.com

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Quick Example

curl "https://api.metalinkapi.com/v1/metadata?url=https://github.com" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"