POST/api/v1/bookmarks/preview

Preview a bookmark

Fetches a link's title, description, site name, icon and image, for a bookmark block. The limits count per account, not per IP address.

API token required300 per day per IP30 per minute per IP

Code samples and Try it

Request body

application/json, required

urlstringRequired
The http or https link to preview. 1–2,048 characters.

Responses

200OK.
401No token, or the token is revoked or mistyped.
422That address may not be fetched: a private network, another scheme or port, or credentials in the URL.
429Too many requests from your IP address. Wait the seconds in Retry-After.

bash

curl -X POST https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/bookmarks/preview \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MARKDROP_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/blog/launch"}'

javascript

const res = await fetch("https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/bookmarks/preview", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MARKDROP_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "url": "https://example.com/blog/launch"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();

python

import os

import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/bookmarks/preview",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MARKDROP_TOKEN']}"},
    json={"url": "https://example.com/blog/launch"},
)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json())

Try it

API token

Kept in this tab only, and sent only to the API. Create a token

urlrequired

Your request

curl -X POST https://api.markdrop.in/api/v1/bookmarks/preview \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MARKDROP_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/blog/launch"}'

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