---
title: Card
description: >-
Represents a rich preview card that is generated using OpenGraph tags from a
URL.
menu:
docs:
parent: entities
---
{{< tabs >}}
{{< tab title="video" >}}
```javascript
{
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMv_EPMED8Y",
"title": "♪ Brand New Friend (Christmas Song!)",
"description": "",
"type": "video",
"author_name": "YOGSCAST Lewis & Simon",
"author_url": "https://www.youtube.com/user/BlueXephos",
"provider_name": "YouTube",
"provider_url": "https://www.youtube.com/",
"html": "",
"width": 480,
"height": 270,
"image": "https://files.mastodon.social/preview_cards/images/014/179/145/original/9cf4b7cf5567b569.jpeg",
"embed_url": ""
}
```
{{< endtab >}}
{{< tab title="photo" >}}
```javascript
{
"url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomfenskephotography/49088768431/",
"title": "Oregon",
"description": "",
"type": "photo",
"author_name": "Tom Fenske Photography",
"author_url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomfenskephotography/",
"provider_name": "Flickr",
"provider_url": "https://www.flickr.com/",
"html": "",
"width": 1024,
"height": 427,
"image": "https://files.mastodon.social/preview_cards/images/014/287/139/original/651b1c6976817824.jpeg",
"embed_url": "https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49088768431_6a4322b3bb_b.jpg"
}
```
{{< endtab >}}
{{< tab title="link" >}}
```javascript
{
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/dec/07/i-lost-my-193000-inheritance-with-one-wrong-digit-on-my-sort-code",
"title": "‘I lost my £193,000 inheritance – with one wrong digit on my sort code’",
"description": "When Peter Teich’s money went to another Barclays customer, the bank offered £25 as a token gesture",
"type": "link",
"author_name": "",
"author_url": "",
"provider_name": "",
"provider_url": "",
"html": "",
"width": 0,
"height": 0,
"image": null,
"embed_url": ""
}
```
{{< endtab >}}
{{< endtabs >}}
## Required attributes
### `url`
**Description:** Location of linked resource.
**Type:** String \(URL\)
**Version history:** Added in 1.0.0
### `title`
**Description:** Title of linked resource.
**Type:** String
**Version history:** Added in 1.0.0
### `description`
**Description:** Description of preview.
**Type:** String
**Version history:** Added in 1.0.0
### `type`
**Description:** The type of the preview card.
**Type:** String \(Enumerable, oneOf\)
- `link` = Link OEmbed
- `photo` = Photo OEmbed
- `video` = Video OEmbed
- `rich` = iframe OEmbed. Not currently accepted, so won't show up in practice.
**Version history:** Added in 1.3.0
## Optional attributes
### `author_name`
**Description:** The author of the original resource.
**Type:** String
**Version history:** Added in 1.3.0
### `author_url`
**Description:** A link to the author of the original resource.
**Type:** String \(URL\)
**Version history:** Added in 1.3.0
### `provider_name`
**Description:** The provider of the original resource.
**Type:** String
**Version history:** Added in 1.3.0
### `provider_url`
**Description:** A link to the provider of the original resource.
**Type:** String \(URL\)
**Version history:** Added in 1.3.0
### `html`
**Description:** HTML to be used for generating the preview card.
**Type:** String \(HTML\)
**Version history:** Added in 1.3.0
### `width`
**Description:** Width of preview, in pixels.
**Type:** Number
**Version history:** Added in 1.3.0
### `height`
**Description:** Height of preview, in pixels.
**Type:** Number
**Version history:** Added in 1.3.0
### `image`
**Description:** Preview thumbnail.
**Type:** String \(URL\)
**Version history:** Added in 1.0.0
### `embed_url`
**Description:** Used for photo embeds, instead of custom `html`.
**Type:** String \(URL\)
**Version history:** Added in 2.1.0
## See also
{{< page-ref page="status.md" >}}
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