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OG-afbeeldingen in JavaScript

Genereer og:image in JavaScript met de FastOG API — met een Dynamic API-abonnement (maak je API-sleutel aan in het dashboard), op abonnementsbasis, HMAC-beveiligd. Deze handleiding laat zien hoe je een signer-hulpprogramma maakt voor HMAC-ondertekende OG-afbeeldings-URL's en dynamische Open Graph-afbeeldingen direct rendert. Probeer de gratis OG Image Tester om een voorbeeld te bekijken voordat je live gaat.

Inhoudsopgave

  1. Snelstart (5 minuten)
  2. Next.js App Router
  3. Next.js Pages Router
  4. Express.js-backend
  5. Vanilla Node.js
  6. Frontend-integratiepatronen
  7. Testen en debuggen
  8. Veelvoorkomende valkuilen

Snel aan de slag

Doel: Genereer binnen 5 minuten een ondertekende OG-afbeeldings-URL.

Stap 1: Afhankelijkheden installeren

bash
npm install crypto  # Built-in, no install needed

Stap 2: Ondertekeningshulpprogramma maken

javascript
// lib/og-image-signer.js
import crypto from "crypto";

export function generateSignedOgUrl(params, options = {}) {
    const {
        baseUrl = "https://fastog.com/api/v1/og",
        apiKey = process.env.FASTOG_API_KEY,
        hmacSecret = process.env.FASTOG_HMAC_SECRET,
    } = options;

    if (!apiKey || !hmacSecret) {
        throw new Error("Missing FASTOG_API_KEY or FASTOG_HMAC_SECRET");
    }

    // RFC-3986 percent-encoding: keep A-Za-z0-9-._~
    const enc = (s) =>
        encodeURIComponent(s).replace(
            /[!'()*]/g,
            (c) => "%" + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16).toUpperCase(),
        );

    // Every query param except the signature, INCLUDING key
    const all = { ...params, key: apiKey };

    // Canonical query: sorted enc(key)=enc(value) pairs joined with &
    const pairs = [];
    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(all)) {
        for (const vv of Array.isArray(v) ? v : [v]) {
            pairs.push(`${enc(k)}=${enc(vv)}`);
        }
    }
    pairs.sort();
    const canonical = pairs.join("&");

    // Sign the exact bytes the server will verify
    const signature = crypto
        .createHmac("sha256", hmacSecret)
        .update(`GET/api/v1/og\n${canonical}`)
        .digest("hex");

    // Build the URL from the same pairs so bytes match the canonical form
    const url = new URL(baseUrl);
    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(all)) {
        for (const vv of Array.isArray(v) ? v : [v]) {
            url.searchParams.append(Array.isArray(v) ? `${k}[]` : k, vv);
        }
    }
    url.searchParams.set("s", signature);

    return url.toString();
}

Stap 3: Gebruik in je app

javascript
// app/blog/[slug]/page.jsx
import { generateSignedOgUrl } from "@/lib/og-image-signer";

export async function generateMetadata({ params }) {
    const post = await getPost(params.slug);

    const ogImageUrl = generateSignedOgUrl({
        template: "blog",
        title: post.title,
        subtitle: post.excerpt,
    });

    return {
        openGraph: {
            images: [ogImageUrl],
        },
    };
}

Stap 4: Testen

De ondertekenaar is een ES-module (import/export), gebruik dus een dynamische import():

bash
node -e "
import('./lib/og-image-signer.js').then(({ generateSignedOgUrl }) => {
    console.log(generateSignedOgUrl({ title: 'Test' }));
});
"

Next.js App Router

typescript
// app/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
import { generateSignedOgUrl } from "@/lib/og-image-signer";
import { getPost } from "@/lib/posts";

interface PageProps {
    params: Promise<{ slug: string }>;
}

export async function generateMetadata({ params }: PageProps) {
    const { slug } = await params;
    const post = await getPost(slug);

    const ogImageUrl = generateSignedOgUrl({
        template: "blog",
        title: post.title,
        subtitle: post.excerpt,
        author: post.author.name,
        // Optional: customize colors
        theme: "indigo",
    });

    return {
        title: post.title,
        description: post.excerpt,
        openGraph: {
            title: post.title,
            description: post.excerpt,
            images: [
                {
                    url: ogImageUrl,
                    width: 1200,
                    height: 630,
                    alt: post.title,
                },
            ],
            type: "article",
        },
        twitter: {
            card: "summary_large_image",
            images: [ogImageUrl],
        },
    };
}

Patroon 2: API-routeproxy

Gebruik dit als je OG-afbeeldingen wilt cachen of aangepaste logica wilt toevoegen.

typescript
// app/api/og/route.ts
import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
import { generateSignedOgUrl } from "@/lib/og-image-signer";

export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
    try {
        const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
        const title = searchParams.get("title");
        const template = searchParams.get("template") || "default";

        if (!title) {
            return NextResponse.json(
                { error: "Missing title parameter" },
                { status: 400 },
            );
        }

        // Generate signed URL
        const ogImageUrl = generateSignedOgUrl({
            template,
            title,
        });

        // Option 1: Redirect to FastOG
        return NextResponse.redirect(ogImageUrl);

        // Option 2: Fetch and return image (for caching)
        // const response = await fetch(ogImageUrl);
        // const imageBuffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
        // return new NextResponse(imageBuffer, {
        //     headers: {
        //         'Content-Type': 'image/png',
        //         'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=31536000, immutable',
        //     },
        // });
    } catch (error) {
        console.error("OG image generation failed:", error);
        return NextResponse.json(
            { error: "Failed to generate OG image" },
            { status: 500 },
        );
    }
}

Gebruik:

typescript
// In your component
<meta property="og:image" content={`/api/og?title=${encodeURIComponent(post.title)}`} />

Patroon 3: Servercomponent direct

typescript
// app/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
import { generateSignedOgUrl } from '@/lib/og-image-signer';

export default async function BlogPost({ params }) {
    const post = await getPost(params.slug);

    const ogImageUrl = generateSignedOgUrl({
        template: 'blog',
        title: post.title,
    });

    return (
        <article>
            <head>
                <meta property="og:image" content={ogImageUrl} />
                <meta property="og:title" content={post.title} />
            </head>
            {/* ... post content ... */}
        </article>
    );
}

Next.js Pages Router

typescript
// pages/blog/[slug].tsx
import { generateSignedOgUrl } from '@/lib/og-image-signer';
import { GetStaticProps, GetStaticPaths } from 'next';

interface BlogPostProps {
    post: Post;
    ogImageUrl: string;
}

export default function BlogPost({ post, ogImageUrl }: BlogPostProps) {
    return (
        <>
            <Head>
                <meta property="og:image" content={ogImageUrl} />
                <meta property="og:title" content={post.title} />
                <meta property="og:description" content={post.excerpt} />
            </Head>
            <article>
                <h1>{post.title}</h1>
                <p>{post.excerpt}</p>
            </article>
        </>
    );
}

export async function getStaticPaths() {
    // Generate paths...
}

export async function getStaticProps({ params }) {
    const post = await getPost(params.slug);

    const ogImageUrl = generateSignedOgUrl({
        template: 'blog',
        title: post.title,
        subtitle: post.excerpt,
    });

    return {
        props: {
            post,
            ogImageUrl,
        },
    };
}

Express.js-backend

Installatie

bash
npm install express crypto

Implementatie

javascript
// app.js
import express from "express";
import crypto from "crypto";
import { URL } from "url";

const app = express();

function generateSignedOgUrl(params, options = {}) {
    const {
        baseUrl = "https://fastog.com/api/v1/og",
        apiKey = process.env.FASTOG_API_KEY,
        hmacSecret = process.env.FASTOG_HMAC_SECRET,
    } = options;

    // RFC-3986 percent-encoding: keep A-Za-z0-9-._~
    const enc = (s) =>
        encodeURIComponent(s).replace(
            /[!'()*]/g,
            (c) => "%" + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16).toUpperCase(),
        );

    // Every query param except the signature, INCLUDING key
    const all = { ...params, key: apiKey };

    // Canonical query: sorted enc(key)=enc(value) pairs joined with &
    const pairs = [];
    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(all)) {
        for (const vv of Array.isArray(v) ? v : [v]) {
            pairs.push(`${enc(k)}=${enc(vv)}`);
        }
    }
    pairs.sort();
    const canonical = pairs.join("&");

    // Sign the exact bytes the server will verify
    const signature = crypto
        .createHmac("sha256", hmacSecret)
        .update(`GET/api/v1/og\n${canonical}`)
        .digest("hex");

    // Build the URL from the same pairs so bytes match the canonical form
    const url = new URL(baseUrl);
    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(all)) {
        for (const vv of Array.isArray(v) ? v : [v]) {
            url.searchParams.append(Array.isArray(v) ? `${k}[]` : k, vv);
        }
    }
    url.searchParams.set("s", signature);

    return url.toString();
}

// Blog post route
app.get("/blog/:slug", async (req, res) => {
    const post = await getPost(req.params.slug);

    const ogImageUrl = generateSignedOgUrl({
        template: "blog",
        title: post.title,
        subtitle: post.excerpt,
    });

    res.render("blog/post", {
        post,
        ogImageUrl,
    });
});

// API endpoint for dynamic OG images
app.get("/api/og", (req, res) => {
    const { title, template = "default" } = req.query;

    if (!title) {
        return res.status(400).json({ error: "Missing title" });
    }

    const ogImageUrl = generateSignedOgUrl({
        template,
        title,
    });

    res.json({ ogImageUrl });
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
    console.log("Server running on port 3000");
});

EJS-sjabloon

ejs
<!-- views/blog/post.ejs -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta property="og:image" content="<%= ogImageUrl %>" />
    <meta property="og:title" content="<%= post.title %>" />
    <meta property="og:description" content="<%= post.excerpt %>" />
</head>
<body>
    <h1><%= post.title %></h1>
</body>
</html>

Vanilla Node.js

javascript
// og-signer.js
const crypto = require("crypto");
const { URL } = require("url");

function generateSignedOgUrl(params, options = {}) {
    const {
        baseUrl = "https://fastog.com/api/v1/og",
        apiKey = process.env.FASTOG_API_KEY,
        hmacSecret = process.env.FASTOG_HMAC_SECRET,
    } = options;

    // RFC-3986 percent-encoding: keep A-Za-z0-9-._~
    const enc = (s) =>
        encodeURIComponent(s).replace(
            /[!'()*]/g,
            (c) => "%" + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16).toUpperCase(),
        );

    // Every query param except the signature, INCLUDING key
    const all = { ...params, key: apiKey };

    // Canonical query: sorted enc(key)=enc(value) pairs joined with &
    const pairs = [];
    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(all)) {
        for (const vv of Array.isArray(v) ? v : [v]) {
            pairs.push(`${enc(k)}=${enc(vv)}`);
        }
    }
    pairs.sort();
    const canonical = pairs.join("&");

    // Sign the exact bytes the server will verify
    const signature = crypto
        .createHmac("sha256", hmacSecret)
        .update(`GET/api/v1/og\n${canonical}`)
        .digest("hex");

    // Build the URL from the same pairs so bytes match the canonical form
    const url = new URL(baseUrl);
    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(all)) {
        for (const vv of Array.isArray(v) ? v : [v]) {
            url.searchParams.append(Array.isArray(v) ? `${k}[]` : k, vv);
        }
    }
    url.searchParams.set("s", signature);

    return url.toString();
}

module.exports = { generateSignedOgUrl };

Gebruik:

javascript
// index.js
const { generateSignedOgUrl } = require("./og-signer");

const ogUrl = generateSignedOgUrl({
    template: "blog",
    title: "My Blog Post",
});

console.log("OG Image URL:", ogUrl);

Frontend-integratiepatronen

Patroon 1: Statische sitegeneratie (SSG)

Geschikt voor: blogposts, productpagina's, content die niet vaak verandert.

typescript
// Generate at build time
export async function generateStaticParams() {
    const posts = await getAllPosts();
    return posts.map((post) => ({ slug: post.slug }));
}

export async function generateMetadata({ params }) {
    const post = await getPost(params.slug);

    return {
        openGraph: {
            images: [generateSignedOgUrl({ title: post.title })],
        },
    };
}

Patroon 2: Server-side rendering (SSR)

Geschikt voor: dynamische content, gebruikersspecifieke pagina's.

typescript
export default async function Page({ params }) {
    const data = await fetchData(params.id);
    const ogImageUrl = generateSignedOgUrl({ title: data.title });

    return (
        <>
            <Head>
                <meta property="og:image" content={ogImageUrl} />
            </Head>
            <Content data={data} />
        </>
    );
}

Patroon 3: Client-side fallback

Wanneer server-side generatie niet mogelijk is.

typescript
'use client';

import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';

export default function ShareButtons({ post }) {
    const [ogImageUrl, setOgImageUrl] = useState<string | null>(null);

    useEffect(() => {
        // Fetch from your API that generates signed URLs
        fetch(`/api/og?title=${encodeURIComponent(post.title)}`)
            .then(res => res.json())
            .then(data => setOgImageUrl(data.ogImageUrl));
    }, [post.title]);

    const shareUrl = ogImageUrl || '/fallback-og.png';

    return (
        <div>
            <button onClick={() => shareToTwitter(shareUrl)}>
                Share on Twitter
            </button>
        </div>
    );
}

⚠️ Waarschuwing: Client-side generatie betekent dat sociale crawlers de dynamische OG-afbeelding niet zien. Gebruik waar mogelijk SSR/SSG.


Testen en debuggen

Unittests

javascript
// __tests__/og-image-signer.test.js
import { generateSignedOgUrl } from "../lib/og-image-signer";

describe("generateSignedOgUrl", () => {
    const mockParams = {
        title: "Test Post",
        template: "blog",
    };

    const mockOptions = {
        apiKey: "sk_test1234567890",
        hmacSecret: "a".repeat(64),
    };

    it("generates a valid URL", () => {
        const url = generateSignedOgUrl(mockParams, mockOptions);
        expect(url).toMatch(/^https:\/\/fastog\.com\/api\/v1\/og\?/);
        expect(url).toContain("key=sk_test");
        expect(url).toContain("s=");
    });

    it("includes all params", () => {
        const url = generateSignedOgUrl(mockParams, mockOptions);
        const parsed = new URL(url);
        expect(parsed.searchParams.get("title")).toBe("Test Post");
        expect(parsed.searchParams.get("template")).toBe("blog");
    });

    it("throws without API key", () => {
        expect(() => generateSignedOgUrl(mockParams, {})).toThrow();
    });
});

Handmatig testen

bash
# 1. Generate URL (ES module — use dynamic import)
node -e "
import('./lib/og-image-signer.js').then(({ generateSignedOgUrl }) => {
    const url = generateSignedOgUrl({ title: 'Test' });
    console.log(url);
});
"

# 2. Test with curl
curl "https://fastog.com/api/v1/og?title=Test&key=sk_quick_123abc&s=<sig>"

# 3. Check response headers
curl -I "https://fastog.com/api/v1/og?title=Test&key=sk_quick_123abc&s=<sig>"

Debugmodus

javascript
function generateSignedOgUrl(params, options = {}) {
    const debug = options.debug || process.env.DEBUG_OG === "true";

    // ... existing code ...

    if (debug) {
        console.log("OG URL Debug:", {
            baseUrl,
            canonical,
            apiKey,
            signature,
            finalUrl: url.toString(),
        });
    }

    return url.toString();
}

Veelvoorkomende valkuilen

1. HMAC-geheim blootstellen in clientcode

❌ Fout:

javascript
// In client component
const ogUrl = generateSignedOgUrl(params, {
    hmacSecret: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_HMAC_SECRET,
});

✅ Correct:

javascript
// In server component or API route
export async function generateMetadata() {
    const ogUrl = generateSignedOgUrl(params);
    // ...
}

2. URL-codering niet afhandelen

❌ Fout:

javascript
const url = `${baseUrl}?title=${params.title}&key=${apiKey}`;

✅ Correct:

javascript
const url = new URL(baseUrl);
url.searchParams.set("title", params.title);
url.searchParams.set("key", apiKey);

3. Andere bytes ondertekenen dan je verzendt

De handtekening dekt GET/api/v1/og plus een nieuwe regel plus de canonieke query — de gesorteerde enc(key)=enc(value)-paren van elke parameter behalve s, inclusief key. Bouw de uiteindelijke URL op uit dezelfde gecodeerde paren, anders retourneert de server 401 invalid_signature.


Omgevingsvariabelen

bash
# .env.local
FASTOG_API_KEY=sk_your_full_api_key_here
FASTOG_HMAC_SECRET=your_64_char_hex_secret_here
FASTOG_BASE_URL=https://fastog.com/api/v1/og
typescript
// lib/env.ts
import { z } from "zod";

const envSchema = z.object({
    FASTOG_API_KEY: z.string().startsWith("sk_"),
    FASTOG_HMAC_SECRET: z.string().length(64),
    FASTOG_BASE_URL: z
        .string()
        .url()
        .optional()
        .default("https://fastog.com/api/v1/og"),
});

export const env = envSchema.parse(process.env);

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