Meta Tag Content Regex Pattern

Live Regex Tester

Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /<meta[^>]+content=["']([^"']+)["']/gi;
const test = "<meta name="description" content="My site">";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

// Extract matches
const matches = test.match(regex);
console.log(matches);

import re

pattern = r'<meta[^>]+content=["']([^"']+)["']'
test = "<meta name="description" content="My site">"
match = re.findall(pattern, test, re.IGNORECASE)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`<meta[^>]+content=["']([^"']+)["']`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("<meta name="description" content="My site">")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the Meta Tag Content Regex

Extracts content attribute values from HTML meta tags for SEO auditing and metadata analysis.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The meta tag content pattern is classified as intermediate difficulty in the web & html category. This pattern is specifically designed for HTML.

When using this regex, always consider edge cases and test thoroughly with real-world data. Use the interactive tester above to validate the pattern against your specific inputs before deploying to production.

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