11 Mar 2026
Improved URL Status API, added usage notifications and more
With this update, we have primarily focused on the URL Status API, adding more features useful for URL analysis and redirect tracking. Other APIs have also been improved with new features requested by our customers, and we have introduced usage email notifications to keep you informed when you are close to exhausting your monthly credits before the next monthly reset.
#1 Usage email notifications
As requested by many customers, we have added email notifications when monthly credit usage reaches 80% before the next reset, and another notification when credits have been fully exhausted (100% usage). Additionally, we have added an email notification when a past-due subscription is canceled.
#2 Updates on URL Status API
We have added several improvements to this specific API, including new options to retrieve details about forms, internal and external links (categorized by tags), additional parsed HTML metadata, and the option to include favicon and og:image base64-encoded files. The API also returns valuable SSL certificate details, along with many other enhancements. Additionally, the API automatically unwraps the original URL from email gateway protection links (such as Proofpoint, Barracuda, etc.) and scans it directly, skipping the crawl of the gateway URL.
New available JSON parameters:
- "include_links": true
Extracts internal and external links, categorized by tags.
Also includes an "inline" category for links found inside inline scripts.
- "include_forms": true
Parses every form and its elements (input, button, etc.).
- "include_favicon_details": true
Includes details about the favicon, e.g.:
Base64-encoded file, MD5 hash, file size, and image dimensions.
- "include_og_image_details": true
Includes details about the og:image, e.g.:
Base64-encoded file, MD5 hash, file size, and image dimensions.
- "check_ssl_revocation": true
Enables SSL revocation checking (requires "verify_ssl": true).
- "include_response_body_text": true
Includes the response body in plain text (without HTML tags).
- "follow_custom_redirects": true
Follows custom redirects, e.g., site-specific redirects.
- "follow_meta_redirects": true
Follows HTML meta refresh redirects.
- "follow_header_redirects": true
Follows header refresh redirects.
New available JSON fields in the response:
"links": Returns all extracted internal and external links
"forms": Returns all parsed HTML forms and their elements
"favicon_details": Returns details of the favicon
"og_image_details": Returns details of the og:image
"body_md5_hash_original": Returns the MD5 hash of the unmodified body
"body_text": Returns the body text (without HTML tags)
"body_truncated": Returns true if the body was truncated
"revoked": Returns true if the SSL certificate is revoked
"expired_from_days": Returns how many days ago the SSL cert expired
"unwrapped_url": Returns the unwrapped original URL
"googlebot": Extracts the "googlebot" metadata
"og_url": Extracts the "og:url" metadata
"author": Extracts the "author" metadata
"fb_app_id": Extracts the "fb:app_id" metadata
"refresh_url": Extracts the meta refresh redirect URL
"apple_itunes_app_id": Extracts the "apple-itunes-app" ID metadata
"apple_itunes_app_name": Extracts the "apple-itunes-app" name metadata
"ld_url": Extracts the JSON-LD "url" metadata
"h1": Extracts the H1 elements
"h2": Extracts the H2 elements
"h3": Extracts the H3 elements
#3 Updates on SSL Info API
Improved detection of revoked certificates
Added "port" JSON parameter to set a custom port (default is 443)
Added "self_signed" JSON field
Added "expired_from_days" JSON field
Added "port" JSON field
#4 Updates on Domain Reputation API
Added "is_qrcode_service" JSON field
Improved detection of URL shorteners and other categories
Improved detection of phishing domains
#5 Updates on TLS Check API
Added "port" JSON parameter to set a custom port (default is 443)
Added "port" JSON field









