A python module that gathers elements required for linkPreview.
link_preview is now a fashionable way of sharing links in social media. The contents of what the preview is made up are:-
1. og.title:-
Title of the preview.
In HTML: <meta property="og.title" content="XYZ">
Value: XYZ
2. og.description:-
Description of the preview.
In HTML: <meta property="og.description" content="XYZ">
Value: XYZ
3. og.image:-
Image of the preview.
In HTML: <meta property="og.image" content="XYZ">
Value: XYZ
4. title:-
if 'og:title' is not found, this becomes the Title.
In HTML: <title>XYZ</title>
Value: XYZ
5. meta description:-
if 'og:description' is not found, this becomes the Description.
In HTML: <meta name="description" content="XYZ">
Value: XYZ
6. favicon:-
if 'og:image' is not found, this becomes the Image.
In HTML: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="XYZ" type="image/x-icon">
Value: XYZ
7. website:-
Host website for the link.
Reference:- richpreview (from where I learned)
This module fetches all these data and combines those into a dictionary.
A sample WhatsApp link_preview:-
#######################################
# I # Title #
# M # Description #
# A # #
# G # website #
# E # #
#######################################
Usage:-
from link_preview import link_preview
dict_elem = link_preview.generate_dict(url) # this is a dict()
# Access values
title = dict_elem['title']
description = dict_elem['description']
image = dict_elem['image']
website = dict_elem['website']
To install from pip, use the following command
pip install link_preview
to update, use
pip install -U link_preview
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