micawber
a small library for extracting rich content from urls
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, no known vulnerabilities, and solves a real problem—extracting and embedding media metadata—with a minimal dependency footprint. The only caveat is that its license is not clearly documented; verify it in the repository before use in proprietary projects.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.8 or later.
- Low friction: pure Python wheel with a single runtime dependency (beautifulsoup4).
- Actively maintained as of 2026-07-05, with recent commits and 680 repository stars.
License · maintenance · safety
(unclear) — License status is unclear—no SPDX identifier or raw license text is recorded. Verify the actual license in the repository before using in proprietary or copyleft-sensitive projects.
last release 2026-07-05 (40 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-19 · 680 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 205,590 downloads/mo, #9,587 on PyPI
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pip install micawber
import micawber
providers = micawber.bootstrap_basic()
result = providers.request('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XHDUOHuzU')
print(result['title'], result['thumbnail_url'])- Which providers (YouTube, Flickr, etc.) are included in bootstrap_basic() and whether additional providers can be registered.
- Whether the library handles rate limiting or caching for repeated requests to the same URL.
- How the library behaves when a URL is unreachable or does not return oEmbed metadata.
What it is and what it does
Micawber is a small library for fetching and embedding rich media metadata from URLs. It wraps the oEmbed standard, allowing you to query URLs (especially video and image links) and receive structured metadata like title, author, thumbnail, and embed HTML. The library ships with built-in provider rules for common platforms and can parse blocks of text or HTML, automatically replacing bare links with embedded content.
You typically use it by bootstrapping a provider registry, then either requesting metadata for a single URL or parsing a larger text block to replace all recognized links with embeds. It depends only on beautifulsoup4 for HTML parsing and requires Python 3.8+.
Use it for
- Fetch metadata (title, thumbnail, embed code) for a YouTube or Flickr link in a blog or content management system.
- Parse a user-submitted text block and automatically replace bare video URLs with embedded players.
- Build a link preview feature that shows rich metadata (author, title, image) before a user clicks.
- Extract structured data from media URLs for indexing or display in a feed or gallery.
- Convert raw HTML containing media links into HTML with embedded content widgets.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, no known vulnerabilities, and solves a real problem—extracting and embedding media metadata—with a minimal dependency footprint. The only caveat is that its license is not clearly documented; verify it in the repository before use in proprietary projects.
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micawber on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction: pure Python wheel with a single runtime dependency (beautifulsoup4). Actively maintained as of 2026-07-05, with recent commits and 680 repository stars.
Requires Python 3.8 or later.
License in practice
License status is unclear—no SPDX identifier or raw license text is recorded. Verify the actual license in the repository before using in proprietary or copyleft-sensitive projects.
Quickstart
pip install micawber
import micawber
providers = micawber.bootstrap_basic()
result = providers.request('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XHDUOHuzU')
print(result['title'], result['thumbnail_url'])Verify before relying
- Which providers (YouTube, Flickr, etc.) are included in bootstrap_basic() and whether additional providers can be registered.
- Whether the library handles rate limiting or caching for repeated requests to the same URL.
- How the library behaves when a URL is unreachable or does not return oEmbed metadata.
Package facts
| License | Not declared unclear |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.8 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagebeautifulsoup4 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 40 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 205,590 / month, #9,587 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Programming Language :: Python :: 3Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: micawber-0.7.0-py3-none-any.whl
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