Function GET

app/api/metadata/route.ts:4–111

(request: Request)

import { load } from "cheerio";

export async function GET(request: Request) {
  try {
    const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
    const url = searchParams.get("url");

    if (!url) {
      return NextResponse.json({ error: "URL is required" }, { status: 400 });
    }

    // Validate and normalize URL
    let validUrl: URL;
    try {
      validUrl = new URL(url);
      // Add https if no protocol is specified
      if (!validUrl.protocol || validUrl.protocol === ":") {
        validUrl = new URL(`https://${url}`);
      }
    } catch (error) {
      console.error("Invalid URL format:", error);
      return NextResponse.json(
        { error: "Invalid URL format" },
        { status: 400 },
      );
    }

    console.log("Fetching metadata for URL:", validUrl.toString());

    const response = await fetch(validUrl.toString(), {
      headers: {
        "User-Agent":
          "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; DirectoryBot/1.0; +http://localhost)",
      },
    });

    if (!response.ok) {
      return NextResponse.json(
        { error: `Failed to fetch URL: ${response.statusText}` },
        { status: response.status },
      );
    }

    const html = await response.text();
    const $ = load(html);

    // Get favicon
    let faviconUrl =
      $('link[rel="icon"]').attr("href") ||
      $('link[rel="shortcut icon"]').attr("href") ||
      $('link[rel="apple-touch-icon"]').attr("href") ||
      "/favicon.ico"; // Default fallback

    // If favicon is relative, make it absolute
    if (faviconUrl && !faviconUrl.startsWith("http")) {
      try {
        faviconUrl = new URL(faviconUrl, validUrl.origin).toString();
      } catch (e) {
        console.warn("Failed to parse favicon URL:", e);
        faviconUrl = "/favicon.ico";