# How to change social media preview (Open Graph metadata) via API

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Using the **[Short.io API](https://developers.short.io/)** features you can change the generated preview data of a link that you share on social networks.

Note

The Social media preview is available starting from the **Pro plan**.

Before you begin, make sure \[you have created an API key]\(/articles/api-reference/Technical questions/how-to-use-the-short.io-api#how-to-create-an-api-key).

## To update social media preview[​](#to-update-social-media-preview "Direct link to To update social media preview")

1. Sign in to your [Short.io account](https://short.io/).

2. Browse the [opengraph properties](https://developers.short.io/reference/put_links-opengraph-domainid-linkid) page.

3. In the **Path params** section provide the needed data:

   * **domainId -** the unique identifier of your domain

   * **linkId** - the unique identifier of your short link

   Note

   You can find information on how to retrieve the above parameters in the following \[article]\(/articles/api-reference/Technical questions/how-to-retrieve-domain-link-and-folder-identifiers-from-the-short.io-urls-and-api).

   ![API reference path params with domainId and linkId fields highlighted](/assets/images/api-and-technical-questions-how-to-change-social-media-preview-open-graph-metadata-via-api-screenshotfrom2024-11-2910-24-32-e8799723-18aa0de3d4b5cd87b730a9d9a9c39147.png)

4. Navigate to the **Body params** section and click on **+** to **Add** **array of strings**:

   ![Body Params section with Add array of strings field and plus 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5. Enter as much parameters and their values as needed, *for example*:

   * \[ "**description**", "This is my online store" ]

   * \[ "**image**", "`<your-image-URL>`" ]

   * \[ "**twitter<!-- -->:card**", "summary" ]

   ![Body params with Open Graph description, image, and twitter values](/assets/images/api-and-technical-questions-how-to-change-social-media-preview-open-graph-metadata-via-api-screenshotfrom2024-09-3012-18-33-c6d18ed7-531a60ce1c0265a3095f0d00dac2aecd.png)

   Note

   You can review the full list of parameters [here](#full-list-of-parameters-descriptions-and-expected-values).

6. Navigate to the **Credentials** section and enter your authorization key:

   ![Credentials section with API key header and Try It button highlighted](/assets/images/api-and-technical-questions-how-to-change-social-media-preview-open-graph-metadata-via-api-screenshotfrom2024-11-2910-32-08-95f2f86e-a2b1ebaf6ef9443ad050b89a1335af4a.png)

7. Click on **Try it!**.

8. In the **Response** panel you can review the result:

   ![API response showing 200 status with Open Graph metadata arrays](/assets/images/api-and-technical-questions-how-to-change-social-media-preview-open-graph-metadata-via-api-screenshotfrom2024-09-3012-20-46a-f309689a-2c54da97d4a4b312d5bbff206f30e678.png)

9. Sign in to your [Short.io account](https://short.io/).

10. From the **Branded links** menu click on  to edit the short link which you updated via the API:

    ![Branded links list with edit pencil icon highlighted on a link](/assets/images/api-and-technical-questions-how-to-change-social-media-preview-open-graph-metadata-via-api-image-6b30ef68-5dbb083de0667031e94665739bb596b1.png)

11. Navigate to the **Social media** menu to review the new values:

    ![Social media metadata editor with Open Graph fields populated](/assets/images/api-and-technical-questions-how-to-change-social-media-preview-open-graph-metadata-via-api-screenshotfrom2024-11-2910-53-54-973df08c-1f9913a17258917710f65fd2bc2b2658.png)

You can then use the [Facebook's Sharing Debugger](https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/) to check how the link's preview looks after you added the Open Graph settings.

## Full list of parameters, descriptions and expected values[​](#full-list-of-parameters-descriptions-and-expected-values "Direct link to Full list of parameters, descriptions and expected values")

Below is a list in alphabetical order of all the parameters, descriptions and expected values (if applicable) that can be set as social media metadata:

| **Parameter**                           | **Description** / **Expected value**                                                                                                                                                                               |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **audio**                               | URL to an audio file                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **description**                         | Page description                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **determiner**                          | A, an or the                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **image<!-- -->:alt**                   | Description of what is in the image                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **image<!-- -->:height**                | Image height                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **image<!-- -->:width**                 | Image width                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **image<!-- -->:type**                  | Image MIME type                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **image**                               | Image URL                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **locale**                              | Locale of the page                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **locale<!-- -->:alternate**            | Alternate locals of the page                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **site\_name**                          | Website name                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **title**                               | Page title                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **twitter:app<!-- -->:country**         | X/Twitter app country                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| **twitter:app:url<!-- -->:googleplay**  | Your app URL in Google Play                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **twitter:app:id<!-- -->:googleplay**   | Your app ID in Google Play                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **twitter:app:name<!-- -->:googleplay** | Name of your app in Google Play                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **twitter:app:url<!-- -->:ipad**        | Your iPad app URL in Apple Store                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **twitter:app:id<!-- -->:ipad**         | Your iPad app ID in Apple Store                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **twitter:app:name<!-- -->:ipad**       | Name of your iPad app in Apple Store                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **twitter:app:url<!-- -->:iphone**      | Your iPhone app URL in Apple Store                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **twitter:app:id<!-- -->:iphone**       | Your iPhone                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **twitter:app:name<!-- -->:iphone**     | Name of your iPhone app in Apple Store                                                                                                                                                                             |
| **twitter:player<!-- -->:stream**       | URL to raw video or audio stream                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **twitter:player<!-- -->:height**       | Height of iframe in pixels                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **twitter:player<!-- -->:width**        | Width of iframe in pixels                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **twitter<!-- -->:player**              | HTTPS URL of player iframe                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **twitter:image<!-- -->:alt**           | A text description of the image                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **twitter<!-- -->:image**               | URL of image to use in the card                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **twitter<!-- -->:title**               | Title of content (max 70 characters)                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **twitter<!-- -->:description**         | Description of content (max 200 characters)                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **twitter:creator<!-- -->:id**          | X/Twitter user ID of content creator                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **twitter<!-- -->:creator**             | @username of content creator                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **twitter:site<!-- -->:id**             | X/Twitter website ID                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **twitter<!-- -->:site**                | @username of website                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **twitter<!-- -->:card**                | The X card type                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **type**                                | Page type: **article**, **book**, **profile**, **website**, **music.song**, **music.album**, **music.playlist**, **music.radio\_station**, **video.movie**, **video.episode**, **video.tv\_show**, **video.other** |
| **url**                                 | Canonical URL of your object                                                                                                                                                                                       |
