MetaOxide

The Universal Metadata Extraction Library - Blazing-fast, production-ready metadata extraction from HTML in 7 programming languages.

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Why MetaOxide?

MetaOxide is 200-570x faster than traditional metadata extraction libraries while extracting 13 metadata formats out of the box. Built in Rust with native bindings for Python, Go, Node.js, Java, C#, and WebAssembly.

Key Features

• 🚀 Blazing Fast: 100,000+ documents/sec (vs. 150-500 for alternatives)
• 🌍 Universal: 7 language bindings from a single Rust core
• 📦 Comprehensive: 13 metadata formats (Open Graph, Twitter Cards, JSON-LD, Microformats, etc.)
• 💪 Production-Ready: 16,500+ lines of code, 700+ tests, battle-tested
• 🧠 Memory Efficient: 4-9x less memory than alternatives
• 🔒 Type-Safe: Strong typing across all languages
• 🔧 Easy to Use: Simple API, extensive documentation

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Quick Start

Rust

cargo add meta_oxide

use meta_oxide::MetaOxide;

let html = r#"<!DOCTYPE html>..."#;
let extractor = MetaOxide::new(html, "https://example.com")?;
let metadata = extractor.extract_all()?;

println!("Title: {:?}", metadata.get("title"));

→ Full Rust Guide | API Reference

Python

pip install meta-oxide

from meta_oxide import MetaOxide

html = "<!DOCTYPE html>..."
extractor = MetaOxide(html, "https://example.com")
metadata = extractor.extract_all()

print(f"Title: {metadata['title']}")

Performance: 233x faster than BeautifulSoup

→ Full Python Guide | API Reference

Go

go get github.com/yourusername/meta-oxide-go

import metaoxide "github.com/yourusername/meta-oxide-go"

extractor, _ := metaoxide.NewExtractor(html, "https://example.com")
defer extractor.Free()

metadata, _ := extractor.ExtractAll()
fmt.Printf("Title: %v\n", metadata["title"])

Only Go library with 13 metadata formats

→ Full Go Guide | API Reference

Node.js

npm install meta-oxide

const { MetaOxide } = require('meta-oxide');

const html = '<!DOCTYPE html>...';
const extractor = new MetaOxide(html, 'https://example.com');
const metadata = extractor.extractAll();

console.log('Title:', metadata.title);

Performance: 280x faster than metascraper

→ Full Node.js Guide | API Reference

Java

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.metaoxide</groupId>
    <artifactId>meta-oxide</artifactId>
    <version>0.1.0</version>
</dependency>

try (MetaOxide extractor = new MetaOxide(html, "https://example.com")) {
    Metadata metadata = extractor.extractAll();
    System.out.println("Title: " + metadata.get("title"));
}

Performance: 311x faster than jsoup + Any23

→ Full Java Guide | API Reference

C#

dotnet add package MetaOxide

using var extractor = new MetaOxideExtractor(html, "https://example.com");
var metadata = extractor.ExtractAll();

Console.WriteLine($"Title: {metadata["title"]}");

Performance: 200x faster than HtmlAgilityPack

→ Full C# Guide | API Reference

WebAssembly

npm install meta-oxide-wasm

import init, { MetaOxide } from 'meta-oxide-wasm';

await init();  // Initialize WASM

const extractor = new MetaOxide(html, 'https://example.com');
const metadata = extractor.extractAll();

console.log('Title:', metadata.title);

Performance: 260x faster than native JavaScript parsers

→ Full WASM Guide | API Reference

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Supported Metadata Formats

MetaOxide extracts 13 metadata formats out of the box:

Format	Description	Adoption	Use Cases
Basic HTML	title, description, keywords, canonical	100%	SEO, browser display
Open Graph	og:* properties	60%+	Social media sharing (Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp)
Twitter Cards	twitter:* meta tags	45%	Twitter/X link previews
JSON-LD	Structured data (schema.org)	41%↗️	Google Rich Results, AI/LLM training
Microdata	itemscope, itemprop	26%	E-commerce, recipes, reviews
Microformats	h-card, h-entry, h-event	15%	Distributed social web, contacts
Dublin Core	DC metadata	8%	Digital libraries, archives
RDFa	RDF in attributes	5%	Linked data, semantic web
RelLinks	Link relations	100%	Canonical URLs, alternate versions
Web Manifest	PWA manifest	12%	Progressive web apps
Images	Image metadata	100%	Image alt text, dimensions
Authors	Author information	80%	Authorship, copyright
SEO	Robots, language, viewport	100%	Search engine optimization

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Performance Comparison

MetaOxide is dramatically faster than traditional libraries:

Throughput (documents/second)

Library	Language	Docs/Sec	vs MetaOxide
MetaOxide	Rust	125,000	1x (baseline)
MetaOxide	Python	83,333	233x faster than BeautifulSoup
MetaOxide	Go	100,000	N/A (only option with 13 formats)
MetaOxide	Node.js	66,666	280x faster than metascraper
MetaOxide	Java	55,555	311x faster than jsoup
MetaOxide	C#	62,500	200x faster than HtmlAgilityPack
MetaOxide	WASM	40,000	260x faster than JS parsers
BeautifulSoup	Python	357	-
metascraper	Node.js	238	-
jsoup + Any23	Java	178	-
HtmlAgilityPack	C#	312	-

Real-World Impact

Processing 1 million e-commerce product pages:

Solution	Time	CPU Hours	AWS Cost
MetaOxide	22 seconds	0.006	$0.0012
BeautifulSoup	140 minutes	2.33	$0.47
Savings	381x faster	388x less	391x cheaper

→ Full Benchmarks

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Real-World Examples

Python: Flask API

from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
from meta_oxide import MetaOxide
import requests

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/extract')
def extract():
    url = request.args.get('url')
    response = requests.get(url)

    extractor = MetaOxide(response.text, url)
    metadata = extractor.extract_all()

    return jsonify(metadata)

→ Complete Flask Example

Node.js: Express Server

const express = require('express');
const axios = require('axios');
const { MetaOxide } = require('meta-oxide');

const app = express();

app.get('/extract', async (req, res) => {
    const { url } = req.query;
    const response = await axios.get(url);

    const extractor = new MetaOxide(response.data, url);
    const metadata = extractor.extractAll();

    res.json(metadata);
});

app.listen(3000);

→ Complete Express Example

Go: Concurrent Processing

func extractConcurrently(urls []string) []Metadata {
    var wg sync.WaitGroup
    results := make([]Metadata, len(urls))

    for i, url := range urls {
        wg.Add(1)
        go func(index int, targetURL string) {
            defer wg.Done()

            html := fetchHTML(targetURL)
            extractor, _ := metaoxide.NewExtractor(html, targetURL)
            defer extractor.Free()

            results[index], _ = extractor.ExtractAll()
        }(i, url)
    }

    wg.Wait()
    return results
}

→ Complete Go Example

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Architecture

MetaOxide is built on a multi-layer architecture for maximum performance and compatibility:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Application Layer (Your Code)                          │
│  Rust, Python, Go, Node.js, Java, C#, WebAssembly      │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
                   │
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Language Bindings                                       │
│  PyO3, CGO, N-API, JNI, P/Invoke, wasm-bindgen         │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
                   │
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────────────────────────┐
│  C-ABI Layer (Stable Foreign Function Interface)        │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
                   │
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Rust Core (16,500+ lines)                              │
│  • HTML Parser (html5ever)                              │
│  • 13 Metadata Extractors                               │
│  • URL Resolution & Utilities                           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key Design Principles:

1. Single Parse: HTML parsed once, shared across all extractors
2. Zero-Copy: Minimize memory allocations
3. Type-Safe: Rust memory safety guarantees
4. Thread-Safe: Concurrent extraction support
5. Language-Native: Idiomatic APIs for each language

→ Architecture Overview

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Feature Matrix

Feature	Rust	Python	Go	Node.js	Java	C#	WASM
Basic Meta	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Open Graph	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Twitter Cards	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
JSON-LD	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Microdata	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Microformats	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dublin Core	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
RDFa	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
All 13 Formats	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Type Hints	✓	✓	✓	✓ (TS)	✓	✓	✓ (TS)
Async Support	✓	✓*	✓	✓*	✓	✓	✓*
Thread-Safe	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Memory-Safe	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

*Extraction is synchronous, but compatible with async I/O

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Use Cases

Web Scraping

Extract metadata from millions of pages efficiently:

# Process 1M pages in 12 seconds (vs. 46 minutes with BeautifulSoup)
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
results = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10).map(extract_from_url, urls)

SEO Tools

Analyze metadata for SEO optimization:

const og = extractor.extractOpenGraph();
const twitter = extractor.extractTwitterCard();
const jsonld = extractor.extractJSONLD();
// Check for missing or malformed metadata

Social Media Preview

Generate link previews like Facebook/Twitter:

og, _ := extractor.ExtractOpenGraph()
fmt.Printf("Title: %s\n", og.Title)
fmt.Printf("Image: %s\n", og.Image)
fmt.Printf("Description: %s\n", og.Description)

AI/ML Training Data

Extract structured data for machine learning:

let jsonld = extractor.extract_jsonld()?;
let microdata = extractor.extract_microdata()?;
// Feed to AI models for training

E-commerce

Extract product metadata:

List<MicrodataItem> products = extractor.extractMicrodata();
for (MicrodataItem item : products) {
    if (item.getType().contains("Product")) {
        System.out.println(item.getProperties().get("name"));
        System.out.println(item.getProperties().get("price"));
    }
}

Browser Extensions

Client-side metadata extraction:

import init, { MetaOxide } from 'meta-oxide-wasm';
await init();

const html = document.documentElement.outerHTML;
const extractor = new MetaOxide(html, window.location.href);
const metadata = extractor.extractAll();

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Documentation

Getting Started

• Rust
• Python
• Go
• Node.js
• Java
• C#
• WebAssembly

API References

• Rust API
• Python API
• Go API
• Node.js API
• Java API
• C# API
• WASM API

Performance

• Benchmarks
• Performance Tuning Guide

Architecture

• Architecture Overview
• C-ABI Design
• Language Binding Patterns

Help

• FAQ
• Troubleshooting
• Changelog

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Development Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/meta_oxide.git
cd meta_oxide

# Build Rust core
cargo build --release

# Run tests
cargo test

# Build language bindings
# Python
cd bindings/python && pip install -e .

# Go
cd bindings/go && go test ./...

# Node.js
cd bindings/nodejs && npm install && npm test

# Java
cd bindings/java && mvn test

# C#
cd bindings/csharp && dotnet test

# WASM
cd bindings/wasm && wasm-pack build

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Roadmap

v0.2.0 (Q1 2026)

• Plugin system for custom extractors
• Async Rust API
• iOS support (Swift bindings)
• Streaming parser for infinite documents

v0.3.0 (Q2 2026)

• ML-based metadata extraction
• Metadata quality scoring
• PDF metadata extraction
• REST/GraphQL API server

v1.0.0 (Q3 2026)

• Stable API
• Long-term support
• Enterprise features

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License

MetaOxide is released under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 MetaOxide Contributors

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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Sponsors

MetaOxide is an open-source project. Consider sponsoring to support development:

• GitHub Sponsors
• Open Collective

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Community

• GitHub: https://github.com/yourusername/meta_oxide
• Discussions: https://github.com/yourusername/meta_oxide/discussions
• Issues: https://github.com/yourusername/meta_oxide/issues
• Discord: https://discord.gg/metaoxide
• Twitter: @metaoxide

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Acknowledgments

MetaOxide builds on excellent open-source projects:

• html5ever - HTML5 parser
• scraper - HTML scraping
• PyO3 - Python bindings
• wasm-bindgen - WebAssembly bindings

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