# Meta Data Extractor (`dainty_screw/metadata-extractor-reliable-web-page-metadata-extraction`) Actor

Metadata Extractor is your go-to tool for extracting meta-data from web pages. Using Cheerio, it parses HTML to extract titles, descriptions, authors, and more.Perfect for content managers and SEO experts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dainty\_screw/metadata-extractor-reliable-web-page-metadata-extraction.md
- **Developed by:** [codemaster devops](https://apify.com/dainty_screw) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 63 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

$19.99/month + usage

To use this Actor, you pay a monthly rental fee to the developer. The rent is subtracted from your prepaid usage every month after the free trial period. You also pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher Apify subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#rental-actors

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## 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© 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"
    }
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

URLs of the web pages to extract the metadata from. They must have either HTTP or HTTPS scheme.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Select proxies to be used by your crawler.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.apify.com/",
    "https://blog.apify.com/"
  ],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.apify.com/",
        "https://blog.apify.com/"
    ],
    "proxy": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dainty_screw/metadata-extractor-reliable-web-page-metadata-extraction").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.apify.com/",
        "https://blog.apify.com/",
    ],
    "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dainty_screw/metadata-extractor-reliable-web-page-metadata-extraction").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.apify.com/",
    "https://blog.apify.com/"
  ],
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call dainty_screw/metadata-extractor-reliable-web-page-metadata-extraction --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dainty_screw/metadata-extractor-reliable-web-page-metadata-extraction"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/7j1RuPVEF6PThuC2t/builds/VtiEFgz6XatFcESQn/openapi.json