Add prerending parameter support about sdk HOT 4 CLOSED

Hello!

This is behavior more related with the impossibility to scrape certain websites.

The component is doing an API call like this:
https://api.microlink.io/?url=https://www.google.de/search?q=hello+world

It "looks that doesn't work" because many sites (like Google, LinkedIn, etc) disable GET petitions that they detected that they are not real users.

However, you can make something tricky: Enable prerender feature. It performs a smart call like a browser.

The API call looks like:
https://api.microlink.io/?url=https://www.google.de/search?q=hello+world&prerender

and magic! your expected data is here 😄

Currently microlink free API endpoint doesn't use prerender by default because it bloats the server. You can enable it, but because it consume more CPU and the response time is higher, it is not enabled by default (contact us for use a pro plan!)

On the other hand, we can add a prerender option into microlink.js to enable make API call with prerending enabled:

<MicrolinkCard url='https://github.com' prenreder />

So I'm going to keep this issue open until we added it (probably this week).

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Hi @Kikobeats

Thanks a lot, this helps! Looking forward to the option you will add :)

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Will be shipped at 1.2.0.

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Works like a charm, thank you!

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