Introducing Open Graph Fetcher—a secure gem designed to extract Open Graph metadata while mitigating common web vulnerabilities. With robust protections against SSRF attacks, IP address restrictions, and enforced HTTPS, you can confidently enrich your applications with reliable data. Enhance your web safety without compromising functionality.
OpenGraphFetcher is a powerful Ruby gem designed to safely fetch Open Graph metadata from web pages, ensuring your application remains secure and efficient. This tool mitigates security risks associated with Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks by implementing several key features:
- Mitigated SSRF Attacks: By preventing direct usage of IP addresses in URLs, OpenGraphFetcher enhances security against common vulnerabilities.
- IP Address Restrictions: The gem blocks private and local IP ranges post-DNS resolution, reducing the risk of accessing unintended resources.
- Secure Connections: It only supports HTTPS connections on the standard port (443), ensuring data security during transmission.
- Request Safety: Features like request timeouts for both DNS and HTTP prevent hanging requests and enhance the overall reliability of data fetching.
- Redirect Prevention: OpenGraphFetcher avoids unnecessary redirects, streamlining the process of retrieving metadata.
- Content Type Restrictions: By allowing only text/html responses, it minimizes the risk of processing unsafe content.
- Focused Data Retrieval: The gem is designed to return only relevant Open Graph properties, ensuring that your application receives concise and accurate data responses.
Basic Usage
To get started with OpenGraphFetcher, you can fetch Open Graph data with just a few lines of code:
url = "https://ogp.me"
fetcher = OpenGraphFetcher::Fetcher.new(url)
og_data = fetcher.fetch
puts og_data
Experience safe and efficient fetching of Open Graph metadata with OpenGraphFetcher, the robust solution for web developers looking to enhance their applications' metadata handling capabilities.