Linkser

Linkser is a link parser for Ruby. It gets an URI, tries to dereference it and returns the relevant information about the resource.

Add to your Gemfile gem 'linkser' and bundle update

l = Linkser.parse 'https://github.com/ging/linkser'
l.title #=> "linkser"
l.description #=> "linkser - Linkser is a link parser for Ruby. It gets an URI, tries to dereference it and returns the relevant information about the resource."

y = Linkser.parse 'http://youtube.com/someyoutubevideo'
y.title #=> the title of the video
y.images #=> the thumbnails of the video
y.resource.url #=> the url of the video