Metadata Extractor

Metadata Extractor

by jancurn

A small efficient actor that loads a web page, parses its HTML using Cheerio library and extracts the following meta-data from the <HEAD> tag, such as...

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About Metadata Extractor

A small efficient actor that loads a web page, parses its HTML using Cheerio library and extracts the following meta-data from the <HEAD> tag, such as page title, description, author etc.

What does this actor do?

Metadata Extractor is a web scraping and automation tool available on the Apify platform. It's designed to help you extract data and automate tasks efficiently in the cloud.

Key Features

  • Cloud-based execution - no local setup required
  • Scalable infrastructure for large-scale operations
  • API access for integration with your applications
  • Built-in proxy rotation and anti-blocking measures
  • Scheduled runs and webhooks for automation

How to Use

  1. Click "Try This Actor" to open it on Apify
  2. Create a free Apify account if you don't have one
  3. Configure the input parameters as needed
  4. Run the actor and download your results

Documentation

Metadata extractor The actor takes a list of URLs of web pages on input, loads the HTML, and then extracts metadata from the HTML. The result is stored as a JSON file into the default dataset. For example, for https://www.apify.com, the JSON result looks as follows: { "url": "https://www.apify.com/", "title": "Web Scraping, Data Extraction and Automation · Apify", "meta": { "X-UA-Compatible": "IE=edge,chrome=1", "viewport": "width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1", "copyright": "Copyright&copy; 2019 Apify Technologies s.r.o. All rights reserved.", "keywords": "web scraper, web crawler, scraping, data extraction, API", "robots": "index,follow", "referrer": "origin", "googlebot": "index,follow", "description": "Apify extracts data from websites, crawls lists of URLs and automates workflows on the web. Turn any website into an API in a few minutes!", "twitter:card": "summary_large_image", "twitter:creator": "@apify", "fb:app_id": "1636933253245869", "og:url": "https://apify.com/", "og:type": "website", "og:title": "Web Scraping, Data Extraction and Automation · Apify", "og:description": "Apify extracts data from websites, crawls lists of URLs and automates workflows on the web. Turn any website into an API in a few minutes!", "og:image": "https://apify.com/img/og-image.png", "og:image:alt": "Apify", "og:image:width": "1200", "og:image:height": "630", "og:locale": "en_IE", "og:site_name": "Apify", "next-head-count": "19" } }

Common Use Cases

Market Research

Gather competitive intelligence and market data

Lead Generation

Extract contact information for sales outreach

Price Monitoring

Track competitor pricing and product changes

Content Aggregation

Collect and organize content from multiple sources

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Actor Information

Developer
jancurn
Pricing
Paid
Total Runs
1,668,220
Active Users
1,265
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