Get Metadata Actor (Rental Version) This Apify actor extracts metadata from web pages. It can process multiple URLs in a single run and supports both Selenium and BeautifulSoup for web scraping. ## Features - Extract metadata from multiple URLs in a single run - Support for both Selenium and BeautifulSoup scraping methods - Extract various types of metadata: - Page title - Meta tags (name, property, charset, http-equiv, itemprop) - Link tags (stylesheets, icons, etc.) - Language information - Filter metadata by name - Limit the number of metadata entries per URL - Proxy support (Apify proxy or custom proxy) - Detailed error reporting ## Input The actor accepts the following input parameters: json { "target_urls": [ // Optional: Multiple URLs to process "https://example.com", "https://example.org" ], "use_selenium": false, // Optional: Whether to use Selenium (default: false) "use_proxy": false, // Optional: Whether to use a proxy (default: false) "proxy_type": "apify", // Optional: Type of proxy to use ("apify" or "custom") "custom_proxy_url": "", // Optional: Custom proxy URL if proxy_type is "custom" "limit": 0, // Optional: Maximum number of metadata entries per URL (0 for no limit) "filter": [ // Optional: List of strings to filter metadata by name "title", "description", "og:" ] } Note: You must provide either target_urls (or both). If both are provided, all URLs will be processed. ## Output The actor outputs an array of metadata entries, where each entry has the following structure: json { "url": "https://example.com", // The URL the metadata was extracted from "name": "title", // The name of the metadata (e.g., "title", "description", "og:title") "content": "Example Domain" // The content of the metadata } If an error occurs while processing a URL, an error entry will be included in the output: json { "url": "https://example.com", "name": "error", "content": "Error message describing what went wrong" } ## Scraping Methods The actor supports two methods for extracting metadata: 1. simple (Default) - Faster and more lightweight - Suitable for static websites - Lower resource usage - No JavaScript execution 2. advanced (selenium) - Supports JavaScript-rendered content - More resource-intensive - Slower but more comprehensive - Better for dynamic websites To use Selenium, set use_selenium to true in the input. By default, the actor uses BeautifulSoup for better performance. ## Examples ### Basic Usage (Single URL) json { "target_url": "https://example.com" } ### Multiple URLs with Filtering json { "target_urls": [ "https://example.com", "https://example.org" ], "filter": ["title", "description", "og:title"] } ### Using Proxy json { "target_urls": [ "https://example.com", ], "use_proxy": true, "proxy_type": "apify" }