This chapter covers the core features and capabilities of Meta Tag Generator.
# Generate meta tags from a config file
python src/meta_tag_generator.py --config examples/site_config.json
# Generate a full HTML document
python src/meta_tag_generator.py --config examples/site_config.json --format html
# Validate without generating output
python src/meta_tag_generator.py --config examples/site_config.json --validate-only
# Output as JSON report (great for CI/CD)
python src/meta_tag_generator.py --config examples/site_config.json --format json
# Write to file
python src/meta_tag_generator.py --config examples/site_config.json --output head.htmlFollow this guide to get Meta Tag Generator up and running in your environment.
Create a JSON file with these fields:
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
title | string | Yes | Page title (aim for 50-60 chars) |
description | string | Yes | Meta description (aim for 120-160 chars) |
charset | string | No | Character encoding (default: utf-8) |
viewport | string | No | Viewport settings (default: width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0) |
theme_color | string | No | Browser theme color (e.g., #00FF88) |
canonical_url | string | Yes | The canonical URL for the page |
language | string | No | HTML lang attribute (default: en) |
author | string | No | Page author |
robots | string | No | Robots directive (default: index, follow) |
keywords | array | No | List of keywords |
og_type | string | No | Open Graph type (default: website) |
og_title | string | No | OG title (falls back to title) |
og_description | string | No | OG description (falls back to description) |
og_image | string | Yes | OG image URL (1200x630 recommended) |
og_image_width | int | No | OG image width in pixels |
og_image_height | int | No | OG image height in pixels |
og_url | string | No | OG URL (falls back to canonical_url) |
og_site_name | string | No | Your site/brand name |
twitter_card | string | No | Twitter card type (default: summary_large_image) |
twitter_site | string | No | Twitter handle (e.g., @yoursite) |
twitter_creator | string | No | Author's Twitter handle |
custom_meta | array | No | Additional {name, content} meta tags |
See examples/site_config.json for a complete example.
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