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URL Inspector

Inspect metadata, Open Graph tags, favicon, and social previews (X, Facebook, LinkedIn) for any URL

Paste any public URL to see its Open Graph tags, Twitter Card metadata, favicon, and social preview mockups for X, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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URL Inspector is a free developer and SEO tool that fetches any public URL and returns a detailed breakdown of its HTTP headers, response metadata, redirect chain, and page-level signals. Think of it as curl plus a lightweight crawler rolled into a clean browser UI.

Paste a URL and instantly see: final resolved URL (after all redirects), HTTP status code, content-type, server headers, caching directives, security headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options), Open Graph tags, canonical URL, and meta robots directives.

It's used by developers debugging redirects, SEOs auditing a page's crawlability, and content managers verifying that social previews will render correctly.

How it works

  1. Paste any public URL into the input field — the tool validates the URL format before fetching.
  2. The server fetches the URL (following redirects) and collects all HTTP response headers.
  3. The page HTML is lightly parsed for meta tags: Open Graph, Twitter Card, canonical, meta robots, title, description.
  4. Results are displayed in collapsible sections: Redirect chain, Response headers, SEO signals, Social preview.
  5. Copy individual values or export the full result as JSON.

Use cases

  • Debug a redirect chain to confirm a 301 goes to the correct destination with the right status code.
  • Verify that HSTS and CSP headers are correctly set after a security configuration change.
  • Check that Open Graph tags are populated correctly so social sharing previews render on LinkedIn and Twitter.
  • Audit a competitor's caching strategy from their Cache-Control and Vary headers.
  • Confirm that a canonical tag points to the intended URL before publishing a page.
  • Investigate why a page is blocked from indexing by checking X-Robots-Tag and meta robots.

Frequently asked questions

Does this tool work on any URL?

It works on any publicly accessible HTTP or HTTPS URL. Private URLs behind authentication, VPNs, or local networks (localhost, 192.168.x.x) are blocked for security reasons.

Does it render JavaScript?

No — the tool fetches the raw server response without executing JavaScript. Tags injected by client-side code (React, Vue, Next.js ISR) will only appear if they're in the initial HTML payload.

Is this tool free?

Yes — URL Inspector is completely free. No account or credits required.

How up-to-date are the results?

Results are fetched live at the moment you run the tool. They represent the current server response and are not cached by CreatorHub.

Can I inspect HTTPS URLs with certificate issues?

Certificate errors are reported in the results but the tool still fetches the response. This is useful for debugging SSL misconfigurations on staging environments.

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