metadata-fetch

URL Metadata Fetcher

This Node.js module fetches and extracts metadata from a given URL using Cheerio. The extracted metadata includes Open Graph tags, keywords, and the canonical URL.

Install

  npm i metadata-fetch

Usage

import { getMetadata } from 'metadata-fetch';


// Example URL
const url = 'https://example.com';
const getData = async() => await getMetadata(url).then(metadata => {
console.log(metadata);
});
getData()

//getMetadata(url: string)
Fetches the metadata from the provided URL.

Result

{
"title": "Open Graph title",
"description": "Open Graph description",
"image": "Open Graph image URL",
"url": "Open Graph URL",
"keywords": "Page keywords",
"canonical": "Canonical URL"
}

Error Object Structure

{
"error": "Error message"
}

Error Handling

The getMetadata function handles errors gracefully and returns an error message in the following cases:

If the URL is not provided.

If the URL is not valid.

If the fetch request fails.

If an error occurs during the extraction of metadata.

This package is made using cheerio❤️.