Generating Open Graph Images With Playwright & Django
Generate Open Graph images for social media sharing with Playwright & Django. Set up model, view, URL pattern & background task to create branded-looking pages.
Although social media algorithms usually discourage posting links so that users stay as long as possible on the network, people often still post links below an introductory post as a comment or reply. Normal links to websites on social media look pretty dull unless you add open-graph images representing that link. In this article, I will show you how you can generate open-graph images for a Django website using web rendering from HTML and CSS. I rely on this technique to generate Open Graph previews for links from DjangoTricks, 1st things 1st, and PyBazaar. What is an Open Graph? Fac...