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yii2mod/yii2-link-preview
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LinkPreview widget renders page preview

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Yii2 Link Preview Widget
========================

[](#yii2-link-preview-widget)

LinkPreview widget automatically retrieves some information from the content of the link.

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist yii2mod/yii2-link-preview "*"

```

or add

```
"yii2mod/yii2-link-preview": "*"

```

to the require section of your `composer.json` file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Execute init migration:

```
php yii migrate/up --migrationPath=@vendor/yii2mod/yii2-link-preview/migrations
```

2. Define preview action in your controller:

```
public function actions()
{
    return [
        'link-preview' => LinkPreviewAction::className()
    ];
}
```

3. Add widget to your page as follows:

```
echo LinkPreview::widget([
    'selector' => '#your-input-id or .someclass',
    'clientOptions' => [
        'previewActionUrl' => \yii\helpers\Url::to(['link-preview'])
    ],
])
```

**Example of usage with the ActiveForm and saving the page info**

1. Create the basic form in the view:

```

        Preview