Microlink

API

API that turns any URL into a preview card's title, description, image and logo

Price: Free 25 requests/day, then paid
Access: Optional API key for Pro

About

Microlink's API returns normalized metadata for any URL (title, description, image, logo, author, publisher, date) from Open Graph, Twitter Cards and JSON-LD, and can also take screenshots and PDFs. 25 free requests a day without a key; cached responses don't count. Its engine is metascraper.

What you can do with it

Show a preview card with title, image and description for a pasted URL
Get a site's logo, publisher and Open Graph image from its URL
Get ready-made embed HTML for video and social links from many providers

Get started

Call api.microlink.io with a url parameter to try it without a key
Use pro.microlink.io with an x-api-key header in production

Example

curl "https://api.microlink.io/?url=https://github.com/microlinkhq"

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: JavaScript/TypeScript
MCP server: Local