node-red-contrib-metadata 1.0.0

A node that can retrieve the metadata of the provided URL

npm install node-red-contrib-metadata

node-red-contrib-cloud-metadat

Node-RED node that fetch a URL metadata like page title, provider or thumbnail

Install

Install from npm

npm install node-red-contrib-metadata

Install from the palette manager

node-red-contrib-metadata

Usage

You can provide a URL in the node configuration or overwrite it by passing a URL in the message payload. Be sure to pass an absolute URL, starting with http or https.

On the output, you'll get the metadata as an object like:

{
	"description": "Page description",
	"icon": "https://www.page.com/favicon.ico",
	"image": "https://www.page.com/img/thumbnail.jpg",
	"title": "Page title",
	"language": "en",
	"type": "video.other",
	"provider":"Site"
}