Email Link Extractor

by leafed_dryer

Extract and unwrap tracking links from marketing emails. Get the real destination URLs from SendGrid, Mailchimp, HubSpot & more for clean analysis.

163 runs
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About Email Link Extractor

Ever click a link in a marketing email and wonder where it *really* goes? Most emails are full of tracking links from services like SendGrid, Mailchimp, or HubSpot that hide the final destination. This actor cuts through that noise. It’s an Email Link Extractor built to pull every link from your email content, analyze them, and then patiently follow the chain of redirects to find the actual URL at the end. I use it to audit campaign links, see where competitors are driving traffic, or just clean up a messy list of URLs for analysis. It handles the big providers—SendGrid, Mailchimp, Beehiiv, HubSpot, Constant Contact—and most others you’ll encounter. The real value is in getting that clean, final dataset. Instead of a column full of different tracking URLs, you get the real article links, product pages, or landing sites, which is what you actually need for any serious work. It saves you the manual hassle of clicking each link or writing a custom script to unwrap redirects.

What does this actor do?

Email Link 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

Email Link Extractor

Overview

This Apify actor extracts all links from email content (HTML and plain text) and resolves tracking URLs from major email marketing services to reveal the final destination URLs. It organizes and categorizes the results for analysis.

Key Features

  • Extracts links from both HTML and plain text email content.
  • Identifies and resolves tracking links from services including:
    • SendGrid (sendgrid.net/ss/c/)
    • Mailchimp (mailchimp.com/track/)
    • Beehiiv (mail.beehiiv.com)
    • HubSpot (hslinks.com)
    • Constant Contact (constantcontact.com/links/)
    • Mailgun (mailgun.org/link/)
    • Campaign Monitor (click.campaigns.)
    • AWeber (aweber.com/ct/)
  • Categorizes links as direct, tracked, resolved, or unresolved.
  • Provides detailed statistics and breakdowns by tracking service.
  • Optimized for integration with automation platforms like Make.com.

How to Use

Execute the actor via a POST request to the Apify API. Provide the email content as JSON in the request body.

Basic Input

At minimum, you must provide either html or text.

{
  "html": "<html>email content</html>",
  "subject": "Email Subject"
}

Full Input Example

{
  "html": "Email HTML",
  "text": "Plain text version",
  "subject": "Newsletter Title",
  "from": {
    "address": "sender@example.com",
    "name": "Sender Name"
  },
  "date": "2025-08-17T15:06:16.000Z",
  "messageId": "unique-message-id",
  "options": {
    "resolveRedirects": true,
    "includeMailto": false,
    "minTextLength": 3
  }
}

Input/Output

Input Fields

  • html (string, optional): The HTML body of the email.
  • text (string, optional): The plain text body of the email. At least one of html or text is required.
  • subject (string, optional): The email subject line.
  • from (object, optional): Sender information with address and name.
  • date (string, optional): The email date in ISO format.
  • messageId (string, optional): A unique identifier for the email.
  • options (object, optional):
    • resolveRedirects (boolean): Whether to resolve tracking URLs. Defaults to true.
    • includeMailto (boolean): Whether to include mailto: links in results. Defaults to false.
    • minTextLength (number): Minimum length for link anchor text to be included.

Output Structure

The actor returns a structured JSON object with the extracted and resolved link data.

{
  "success": true,
  "timestamp": "2025-08-17T15:30:00.000Z",
  "email": {
    "subject": "Newsletter Title"
  },
  "summary": {
    "totalLinks": 15,
    "trackedLinks": 12,
    "directLinks": 3,
    "resolvedLinks": 8,
    "unresolvedLinks": 4
  },
  "trackingStats": {
    "sendgrid": {
      "total": 8,
      "resolved": 6,
      "unresolved": 2
    }
  },
  "links": {
    "all": [...],
    "resolved": [
      {
        "original": "https://tracking-url...",
        "cleaned": "https://real-destination.com",
        "text": "Click here",
        "service": "sendgrid"
      }
    ],
    "direct": [...],
    "unresolved": [...]
  }
}

Integration with Make.com

  1. Use an HTTP Request module to POST email data to the actor's run endpoint:
    POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~email-link-extractor/runs
  2. Set the headers:
    • Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN
    • Content-Type: application/json
  3. Place the full email content JSON in the request body.
  4. To fetch the results, send a GET request to the dataset items endpoint:
    GET https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~email-link-extractor/runs/LAST/dataset/items

Performance & Notes

  • Average runtime: 2-5 seconds per email.
  • Memory usage: Approximately 100MB per execution.
  • Common Issues:
    • Error "Se requiere al menos HTML o texto": Ensure your input contains either the html or text field.
    • Unresolved links: Some complex or encrypted tracking URLs may not resolve and will be marked with "status": "unresolved".
    • Timeouts: For very large emails, you may need to increase the timeoutSecs in the execution options.

Categories

AUTOMATION NEWS INTEGRATIONS

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
leafed_dryer
Pricing
Paid
Total Runs
163
Active Users
7

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