# API Contract

# API Contract for `shinyseo`

This page is written so another agent can use the package without reading the source.

## Exported surface

- `social_meta(meta)`

There are no other exported helpers.

## Return value

`social_meta()` returns a `shiny::tags$head()` fragment.

You normally place it inside a Shiny UI definition, for example:

    shinyseo::social_meta(list(
      title = "Hello",
      description = "Short app description.",
      url = "https://example.no",
      image = "https://example.no/share.png"
    ))

## Input contract

`meta` can be one of:

- a character string containing a path to a YAML file
- a named list of metadata values

If `meta` is a character string, the package reads it with `yaml::read_yaml()`.

If the file does not exist, the function stops with:

- `Meta file not found: <path>`

## Required fields

These keys must exist in the final metadata object:

- `title`
- `description`
- `url`
- `image`

The function checks only that the names exist. It does not currently validate that the values are non-empty strings.

If any required key is missing, the function stops with:

- `Missing required meta fields: ...`

## Defaults

The package fills these defaults when the key is missing or `NULL`:

- `locale = "en_US"`
- `robots = "index,follow,max-image-preview:large,max-snippet:-1,max-video-preview:-1"`
- `twitter_card = "summary_large_image"`
- `schema_type = "WebApplication"`
- `operating_system = "Any"`
- `author_type = "Person"`
- `publisher_type = "Organization"`
- `in_language = locale`

Important detail:

- `schema` is enabled unless it is exactly `FALSE`
- `schema = TRUE`, `schema = NULL`, or an omitted `schema` field all result in JSON-LD output
- `schema = FALSE` suppresses JSON-LD

## Output tags

The function writes these tags into the returned head fragment:

- `<link rel="canonical" href="...">`
- `<meta name="description" ...>`
- `<meta name="robots" ...>`
- Open Graph tags used by Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, X, and other platforms that read Open Graph:
  - `og:type = website`
  - `og:title`
  - `og:description`
  - `og:url`
  - `og:image`
  - `og:site_name` when `site_name` is present
  - `og:locale` when `locale` is present
  - `og:image:width` when `image_width` is present
  - `og:image:height` when `image_height` is present
  - `og:image:type` when `image_type` is present
  - `og:image:alt` when `image_alt` is present
- Twitter Card tags:
  - `twitter:card`
  - `twitter:title`
  - `twitter:description`
  - `twitter:image`
  - `twitter:url`
  - `twitter:site` when `twitter_site` is present
  - `twitter:creator` when `twitter_creator` is present
  - `twitter:image:alt` when `twitter_image_alt` is present
- Bing verification:
  - `msvalidate.01` when `bing_site_verification` is present
- Google verification:
  - `google-site-verification` when `google_site_verification` is present
- Schema.org JSON-LD:
  - only when `schema` is not `FALSE`
  - always includes `@context`, `@type`, `name`, `description`, `url`, and `inLanguage`
  - conditionally includes `applicationCategory`, `operatingSystem`, `educationalUse`, `isAccessibleForFree`, `disclaimer`, `author`, and `publisher`

## Field map

Key | Used for
--- | ---
`title` | Page title, Open Graph title, Twitter title, schema name
`description` | Meta description, Open Graph description, Twitter description, schema description
`url` | Canonical URL, Open Graph URL, Twitter URL, schema URL
`image` | Open Graph image, Twitter image
`locale` | Open Graph locale, schema language default
`robots` | Robots meta tag
`twitter_card` | Twitter card type
`twitter_site` | Twitter site handle
`twitter_creator` | Twitter creator handle
`twitter_image_alt` | Twitter image alt text
`image_alt` | Open Graph image alt text
`image_width` | Open Graph image width
`image_height` | Open Graph image height
`image_type` | Open Graph image MIME type
`bing_site_verification` | Bing Webmaster verification
`google_site_verification` | Google Search Console verification
`schema_type` | Schema.org `@type`
`application_category` | Schema.org `applicationCategory`
`operating_system` | Schema.org `operatingSystem`
`educational_use` | Schema.org `educationalUse`
`is_accessible_for_free` | Schema.org `isAccessibleForFree`
`disclaimer` | Schema.org `disclaimer`
`author_name` | Schema.org `author.name`
`author_type` | Schema.org `author.@type`
`publisher_name` | Schema.org `publisher.name`
`publisher_type` | Schema.org `publisher.@type`
`in_language` | Schema.org `inLanguage`
`schema` | Turns JSON-LD on or off

## Behavior notes

- The function does not mutate the input list outside its local copy.
- The helper returns plain Shiny tags, so it is safe to embed in `fluidPage()`, `navbarPage()`, or any other UI container that accepts head tags.
- The package is intentionally small and generic.
- If you need a simpler SEO-only configuration, you can still use the required four fields and leave the rest blank.