Linkser

Linkser is a link parser for Ruby. It gets an URI, tries to dereference it and returns the relevant information about the resource.

Installation

Add to your Gemfile gem 'linkser' and bundle update

Using Linkser

l = Linkser.parse 'https://github.com/ging/linkser'
l.title #=> "linkser"
l.description #=> "linkser - Linkser is a link parser for Ruby. It gets an URI, tries to dereference it and returns the relevant information about the resource."

y = Linkser.parse 'http://youtube.com/someyoutubevideo'
y.title #=> the title of the video
y.images #=> the thumbnails of the video
y.resource.url #=> the url of the video