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Link Preview Image

Generate stunning image previews from URLs or links with automatic metadata extraction

Checkout Website Screenshot API for taking clean screenshots from any URL

Template Meta

Type	Supported Formats	Supported Types
Library Template	png jpg jpeg webp pdf	base64 url binary

Integrations

Automate this template using integrations

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Airtable

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Rest API

Dynamic URLs

Signed URLs

MCP Server

Orshot CLI

Backend Usage

You can generate Link Preview Image renders using Rest API and Orshot SDKs

API Documentation

await fetch("https://api.orshot.com/v1/generate/images", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    Authorization: "Bearer <ORSHOT_API_KEY>",
  }, 
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "templateId": "link-preview-image",
    "response": {
      "format": "png",
      "type": "base64"
      "scale": 1
    },
    "modifications": {
      "url": "https://www.theverge.com/the-vergecast/673453/openai-jony-ive-io-gadget-google-io-vergecast",
      "backgroundPattern": "waves",
      "backgroundColor": "linear-gradient(#80E4AB, #348F6A)",
      "backgroundImage": "",
      "fontFamily": "Poppins",
      "width": "1200",
      "title": "",
      "author": "",
      "authorTitle": "",
      "date": "",
      "readTime": "",
      "authorPhoto": ""
    }
  }),
});

Modifications

You can customize the template using following modifications

Key	Description	Type
url	URL of the blog post to extract metadata from	string
backgroundPattern	Add a background pattern, leave empty for none.	select
backgroundColor	Background color or gradient. Supports hex colors, CSS gradients, or named colors	string
backgroundImage	Background image URL. Takes priority over backgroundColor	string
fontFamily	Font family for the text	select
width	Width of the preview card in pixels (height is auto)	number
title	Override the automatically extracted title	string
author	Override the automatically extracted author name	string
authorTitle	Author's job title or description	string
date	Override the automatically extracted publish date	string
readTime	Estimated reading time	string
authorPhoto	Override the automatically extracted author photo URL	string

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