Show HN: an API to pull Facebook-style thumbnails and abstracts for a URL

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I was looking for something like this a while back. I love the idea and need something like this. However, right now it's taking 2-5 minutes to respond... if it is at all. The one that worked seemed to be a screenshot of the page, which is cool but not exactly what facebook does.

Looking into it now- I'm definitely not seeing 2-5 minute responses, though 10 seconds is common. What URLs have you tried?

I was pulling links off the front page (not HN links, external ones). This is the most recent:

http://paulstamatiou.com/storage-for-photographers

It's been going for 2.5 mins.

Ridiculous. On it.

Hey no big deal dude, just giving you a heads up!

Heh, thanks for the heads up. Looks like it's fixed- it was an issue deploying NLTK.

I threw this together to scratch my own itch, but I'd love feedback. It's only hosted on a personal VPS right now, so be nice :)

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