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Last updated Jun 21, 2025

n8n node for getting link previews with HTML sanitization and rich text support

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Description

n8n-nodes-link-preview

This is an n8n community node for retrieving link previews with HTML sanitization and rich text support.

n8n is a fair-code licensed workflow automation platform.

Installation
Operations
Resources
Version history

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

Operations

Link Preview

Retrieves preview information from a URL including:

  • Title
  • Description
  • Favicons
  • Images
  • Videos

The node includes HTML sanitization to prevent XSS attacks while preserving rich text formatting.

Features

  • URL normalization and validation
  • HTML sanitization with DOMPurify
  • Configurable timeout and redirect handling
  • Rich text support with safe HTML tags
  • Error handling and validation

Input Fields

  • URL: The URL to get the preview from
  • Timeout: Request timeout in milliseconds (default: 10000)
  • Follow Redirects: Whether to follow redirects (default: true)

Output Fields

  • title: The page title
  • description: The page description
  • favicons: Array of favicon URLs
  • images: Array of image URLs
  • videos: Array of video URLs
  • siteName: The site name
  • contentType: The content type
  • mediaType: The media type

Resources

Version history

1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Basic link preview functionality
  • HTML sanitization
  • URL normalization
  • Configurable options