22 files changed, 677 insertions, 245 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ff6bd3f..7415887a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ translate:
 eslint:
         @yarn run eslint -c .dev/.eslintrc.js assets/vintage/js/
         @yarn run eslint -c .dev/.eslintrc.js assets/default/js/
+        @yarn run eslint -c .dev/.eslintrc.js assets/common/js/
 
 ### Run CSSLint check against Shaarli's SCSS files
 sasslint:
diff --git a/application/config/ConfigManager.php b/application/config/ConfigManager.php
index 4c98be30..fb085023 100644
--- a/application/config/ConfigManager.php
+++ b/application/config/ConfigManager.php
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ class ConfigManager
         $this->setEmpty('general.links_per_page', 20);
         $this->setEmpty('general.enabled_plugins', self::$DEFAULT_PLUGINS);
         $this->setEmpty('general.default_note_title', 'Note: ');
-        $this->setEmpty('general.retrieve_description', false);
+        $this->setEmpty('general.retrieve_description', true);
+        $this->setEmpty('general.enable_async_metadata', true);
 
         $this->setEmpty('updates.check_updates', false);
         $this->setEmpty('updates.check_updates_branch', 'stable');
diff --git a/application/container/ContainerBuilder.php b/application/container/ContainerBuilder.php
index c21d58dd..fd94a1c3 100644
--- a/application/container/ContainerBuilder.php
+++ b/application/container/ContainerBuilder.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use Shaarli\Front\Controller\Visitor\ErrorController;
 use Shaarli\Front\Controller\Visitor\ErrorNotFoundController;
 use Shaarli\History;
 use Shaarli\Http\HttpAccess;
+use Shaarli\Http\MetadataRetriever;
 use Shaarli\Netscape\NetscapeBookmarkUtils;
 use Shaarli\Plugin\PluginManager;
 use Shaarli\Render\PageBuilder;
@@ -90,6 +91,10 @@ class ContainerBuilder
             );
         };
 
+        $container['metadataRetriever'] = function (ShaarliContainer $container): MetadataRetriever {
+            return new MetadataRetriever($container->conf, $container->httpAccess);
+        };
+
         $container['pageBuilder'] = function (ShaarliContainer $container): PageBuilder {
             return new PageBuilder(
                 $container->conf,
diff --git a/application/container/ShaarliContainer.php b/application/container/ShaarliContainer.php
index 66e669aa..3a7c238f 100644
--- a/application/container/ShaarliContainer.php
+++ b/application/container/ShaarliContainer.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use Shaarli\Feed\FeedBuilder;
 use Shaarli\Formatter\FormatterFactory;
 use Shaarli\History;
 use Shaarli\Http\HttpAccess;
+use Shaarli\Http\MetadataRetriever;
 use Shaarli\Netscape\NetscapeBookmarkUtils;
 use Shaarli\Plugin\PluginManager;
 use Shaarli\Render\PageBuilder;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ use Slim\Container;
  * @property History                  $history
  * @property HttpAccess               $httpAccess
  * @property LoginManager             $loginManager
+ * @property MetadataRetriever        $metadataRetriever
  * @property NetscapeBookmarkUtils    $netscapeBookmarkUtils
  * @property callable                 $notFoundHandler       Overrides default Slim exception display
  * @property PageBuilder              $pageBuilder
diff --git a/application/front/controller/admin/ManageShaareController.php b/application/front/controller/admin/ManageShaareController.php
index bb083486..df2f1631 100644
--- a/application/front/controller/admin/ManageShaareController.php
+++ b/application/front/controller/admin/ManageShaareController.php
@@ -53,36 +53,22 @@ class ManageShaareController extends ShaarliAdminController
 
             // If this is an HTTP(S) link, we try go get the page to extract
             // the title (otherwise we will to straight to the edit form.)
-            if (empty($title) && strpos(get_url_scheme($url) ?: '', 'http') !== false) {
-                $retrieveDescription = $this->container->conf->get('general.retrieve_description');
-                // Short timeout to keep the application responsive
-                // The callback will fill $charset and $title with data from the downloaded page.
-                $this->container->httpAccess->getHttpResponse(
-                    $url,
-                    $this->container->conf->get('general.download_timeout', 30),
-                    $this->container->conf->get('general.download_max_size', 4194304),
-                    $this->container->httpAccess->getCurlDownloadCallback(
-                        $charset,
-                        $title,
-                        $description,
-                        $tags,
-                        $retrieveDescription
-                    )
-                );
-                if (! empty($title) && strtolower($charset) !== 'utf-8' && mb_check_encoding($charset)) {
-                    $title = mb_convert_encoding($title, 'utf-8', $charset);
-                }
+            if (true !== $this->container->conf->get('general.enable_async_metadata', true)
+                && empty($title)
+                && strpos(get_url_scheme($url) ?: '', 'http') !== false
+            ) {
+                $metadata = $this->container->metadataRetriever->retrieve($url);
             }
 
-            if (empty($url) && empty($title)) {
-                $title = $this->container->conf->get('general.default_note_title', t('Note: '));
+            if (empty($url)) {
+                $metadata['title'] = $this->container->conf->get('general.default_note_title', t('Note: '));
             }
 
             $link = [
-                'title' => $title,
+                'title' => $title ?? $metadata['title'] ?? '',
                 'url' => $url ?? '',
-                'description' => $description ?? '',
-                'tags' => $tags ?? '',
+                'description' => $description ?? $metadata['description'] ?? '',
+                'tags' => $tags ?? $metadata['tags'] ?? '',
                 'private' => $private,
             ];
         } else {
@@ -352,6 +338,8 @@ class ManageShaareController extends ShaarliAdminController
             'source' => $request->getParam('source') ?? '',
             'tags' => $tags,
             'default_private_links' => $this->container->conf->get('privacy.default_private_links', false),
+            'async_metadata' => $this->container->conf->get('general.enable_async_metadata', true),
+            'retrieve_description' => $this->container->conf->get('general.retrieve_description', false),
         ]);
 
         $this->executePageHooks('render_editlink', $data, TemplatePage::EDIT_LINK);
diff --git a/application/front/controller/admin/MetadataController.php b/application/front/controller/admin/MetadataController.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff845944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/front/controller/admin/MetadataController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin;
+
+use Slim\Http\Request;
+use Slim\Http\Response;
+
+/**
+ * Controller used to retrieve/update bookmark's metadata.
+ */
+class MetadataController extends ShaarliAdminController
+{
+    /**
+     * GET /admin/metadata/{url} - Attempt to retrieve the bookmark title from provided URL.
+     */
+    public function ajaxRetrieveTitle(Request $request, Response $response): Response
+    {
+        $url = $request->getParam('url');
+
+        // Only try to extract metadata from URL with HTTP(s) scheme
+        if (!empty($url) && strpos(get_url_scheme($url) ?: '', 'http') !== false) {
+            return $response->withJson($this->container->metadataRetriever->retrieve($url));
+        }
+
+        return $response->withJson([]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/application/http/HttpAccess.php b/application/http/HttpAccess.php
index 81d9e076..646a5264 100644
--- a/application/http/HttpAccess.php
+++ b/application/http/HttpAccess.php
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ namespace Shaarli\Http;
  */
 class HttpAccess
 {
-    public function getHttpResponse($url, $timeout = 30, $maxBytes = 4194304, $curlWriteFunction = null)
-    {
-        return get_http_response($url, $timeout, $maxBytes, $curlWriteFunction);
+    public function getHttpResponse(
+        $url,
+        $timeout = 30,
+        $maxBytes = 4194304,
+        $curlHeaderFunction = null,
+        $curlWriteFunction = null
+    ) {
+        return get_http_response($url, $timeout, $maxBytes, $curlHeaderFunction, $curlWriteFunction);
     }
 
     public function getCurlDownloadCallback(
@@ -24,16 +29,19 @@ class HttpAccess
         &$title,
         &$description,
         &$keywords,
-        $retrieveDescription,
-        $curlGetInfo = 'curl_getinfo'
+        $retrieveDescription
     ) {
         return get_curl_download_callback(
             $charset,
             $title,
             $description,
             $keywords,
-            $retrieveDescription,
-            $curlGetInfo
+            $retrieveDescription
         );
     }
+
+    public function getCurlHeaderCallback(&$charset, $curlGetInfo = 'curl_getinfo')
+    {
+        return get_curl_header_callback($charset, $curlGetInfo);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/application/http/HttpUtils.php b/application/http/HttpUtils.php
index 9f414073..28c12969 100644
--- a/application/http/HttpUtils.php
+++ b/application/http/HttpUtils.php
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ use Shaarli\Http\Url;
  * GET an HTTP URL to retrieve its content
  * Uses the cURL library or a fallback method
  *
- * @param string          $url               URL to get (http://...)
- * @param int             $timeout           network timeout (in seconds)
- * @param int             $maxBytes          maximum downloaded bytes (default: 4 MiB)
- * @param callable|string $curlWriteFunction Optional callback called during the download (cURL CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION).
- *                                           Can be used to add download conditions on the
- *                                           headers (response code, content type, etc.).
+ * @param string          $url                URL to get (http://...)
+ * @param int             $timeout            network timeout (in seconds)
+ * @param int             $maxBytes           maximum downloaded bytes (default: 4 MiB)
+ * @param callable|string $curlHeaderFunction Optional callback called during the download of headers
+ *                                            (CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION)
+ * @param callable|string $curlWriteFunction  Optional callback called during the download (cURL CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION).
+ *                                            Can be used to add download conditions on the
+ *                                            headers (response code, content type, etc.).
  *
  * @return array HTTP response headers, downloaded content
  *
@@ -35,8 +37,13 @@ use Shaarli\Http\Url;
  * @see http://stackoverflow.com/q/9183178
  * @see http://stackoverflow.com/q/1462720
  */
-function get_http_response($url, $timeout = 30, $maxBytes = 4194304, $curlWriteFunction = null)
-{
+function get_http_response(
+    $url,
+    $timeout = 30,
+    $maxBytes = 4194304,
+    $curlHeaderFunction = null,
+    $curlWriteFunction = null
+) {
     $urlObj = new Url($url);
     $cleanUrl = $urlObj->idnToAscii();
 
@@ -70,7 +77,8 @@ function get_http_response($url, $timeout = 30, $maxBytes = 4194304, $curlWriteF
     // General cURL settings
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, true);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
-    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
+    // Default header download if the $curlHeaderFunction is not defined
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, !is_callable($curlHeaderFunction));
     curl_setopt(
         $ch,
         CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
@@ -81,25 +89,21 @@ function get_http_response($url, $timeout = 30, $maxBytes = 4194304, $curlWriteF
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $userAgent);
 
-    if (is_callable($curlWriteFunction)) {
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, $curlWriteFunction);
-    }
-
     // Max download size management
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE, 1024*16);
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, false);
+    if (is_callable($curlHeaderFunction)) {
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, $curlHeaderFunction);
+    }
+    if (is_callable($curlWriteFunction)) {
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, $curlWriteFunction);
+    }
     curl_setopt(
         $ch,
         CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION,
-        function ($arg0, $arg1, $arg2, $arg3, $arg4 = 0) use ($maxBytes) {
-            if (version_compare(phpversion(), '5.5', '<')) {
-                // PHP version lower than 5.5
-                // Callback has 4 arguments
-                $downloaded = $arg1;
-            } else {
-                // Callback has 5 arguments
-                $downloaded = $arg2;
-            }
+        function ($arg0, $arg1, $arg2, $arg3, $arg4) use ($maxBytes) {
+            $downloaded = $arg2;
+
             // Non-zero return stops downloading
             return ($downloaded > $maxBytes) ? 1 : 0;
         }
@@ -493,6 +497,46 @@ function is_https($server)
  * Get cURL callback function for CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION
  *
  * @param string $charset     to extract from the downloaded page (reference)
+ * @param string $curlGetInfo Optionally overrides curl_getinfo function
+ *
+ * @return Closure
+ */
+function get_curl_header_callback(
+    &$charset,
+    $curlGetInfo = 'curl_getinfo'
+) {
+    $isRedirected = false;
+
+    return function ($ch, $data) use ($curlGetInfo, &$charset, &$isRedirected) {
+        $responseCode = $curlGetInfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
+        $chunkLength = strlen($data);
+        if (!empty($responseCode) && in_array($responseCode, [301, 302])) {
+            $isRedirected = true;
+            return $chunkLength;
+        }
+        if (!empty($responseCode) && $responseCode !== 200) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // After a redirection, the content type will keep the previous request value
+        // until it finds the next content-type header.
+        if (! $isRedirected || strpos(strtolower($data), 'content-type') !== false) {
+            $contentType = $curlGetInfo($ch, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE);
+        }
+        if (!empty($contentType) && strpos($contentType, 'text/html') === false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!empty($contentType) && empty($charset)) {
+            $charset = header_extract_charset($contentType);
+        }
+
+        return $chunkLength;
+    };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get cURL callback function for CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION
+ *
+ * @param string $charset     to extract from the downloaded page (reference)
  * @param string $title       to extract from the downloaded page (reference)
  * @param string $description to extract from the downloaded page (reference)
  * @param string $keywords    to extract from the downloaded page (reference)
@@ -506,10 +550,8 @@ function get_curl_download_callback(
     &$title,
     &$description,
     &$keywords,
-    $retrieveDescription,
-    $curlGetInfo = 'curl_getinfo'
+    $retrieveDescription
 ) {
-    $isRedirected = false;
     $currentChunk = 0;
     $foundChunk = null;
 
@@ -524,37 +566,18 @@ function get_curl_download_callback(
      *
      * @return int|bool length of $data or false if we need to stop the download
      */
-    return function (&$ch, $data) use (
+    return function ($ch, $data) use (
         $retrieveDescription,
-        $curlGetInfo,
         &$charset,
         &$title,
         &$description,
         &$keywords,
-        &$isRedirected,
         &$currentChunk,
         &$foundChunk
     ) {
+        $chunkLength = strlen($data);
         $currentChunk++;
-        $responseCode = $curlGetInfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
-        if (!empty($responseCode) && in_array($responseCode, [301, 302])) {
-            $isRedirected = true;
-            return strlen($data);
-        }
-        if (!empty($responseCode) && $responseCode !== 200) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        // After a redirection, the content type will keep the previous request value
-        // until it finds the next content-type header.
-        if (! $isRedirected || strpos(strtolower($data), 'content-type') !== false) {
-            $contentType = $curlGetInfo($ch, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE);
-        }
-        if (!empty($contentType) && strpos($contentType, 'text/html') === false) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (!empty($contentType) && empty($charset)) {
-            $charset = header_extract_charset($contentType);
-        }
+
         if (empty($charset)) {
             $charset = html_extract_charset($data);
         }
@@ -562,6 +585,10 @@ function get_curl_download_callback(
             $title = html_extract_title($data);
             $foundChunk = ! empty($title) ? $currentChunk : $foundChunk;
         }
+        if (empty($title)) {
+            $title = html_extract_tag('title', $data);
+            $foundChunk = ! empty($title) ? $currentChunk : $foundChunk;
+        }
         if ($retrieveDescription && empty($description)) {
             $description = html_extract_tag('description', $data);
             $foundChunk = ! empty($description) ? $currentChunk : $foundChunk;
@@ -591,6 +618,6 @@ function get_curl_download_callback(
             return false;
         }
 
-        return strlen($data);
+        return $chunkLength;
     };
 }
diff --git a/application/http/MetadataRetriever.php b/application/http/MetadataRetriever.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba9bd40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/http/MetadataRetriever.php
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shaarli\Http;
+
+use Shaarli\Config\ConfigManager;
+
+/**
+ * HTTP Tool used to extract metadata from external URL (title, description, etc.).
+ */
+class MetadataRetriever
+{
+    /** @var ConfigManager */
+    protected $conf;
+
+    /** @var HttpAccess */
+    protected $httpAccess;
+
+    public function __construct(ConfigManager $conf, HttpAccess $httpAccess)
+    {
+        $this->conf = $conf;
+        $this->httpAccess = $httpAccess;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve metadata for given URL.
+     *
+     * @return array [
+     *                  'title' => <remote title>,
+     *                  'description' => <remote description>,
+     *                  'tags' => <remote keywords>,
+     *               ]
+     */
+    public function retrieve(string $url): array
+    {
+        $charset = null;
+        $title = null;
+        $description = null;
+        $tags = null;
+        $retrieveDescription = $this->conf->get('general.retrieve_description');
+
+        // Short timeout to keep the application responsive
+        // The callback will fill $charset and $title with data from the downloaded page.
+        $this->httpAccess->getHttpResponse(
+            $url,
+            $this->conf->get('general.download_timeout', 30),
+            $this->conf->get('general.download_max_size', 4194304),
+            $this->httpAccess->getCurlHeaderCallback($charset),
+            $this->httpAccess->getCurlDownloadCallback(
+                $charset,
+                $title,
+                $description,
+                $tags,
+                $retrieveDescription
+            )
+        );
+
+        if (!empty($title) && strtolower($charset) !== 'utf-8') {
+            $title = mb_convert_encoding($title, 'utf-8', $charset);
+        }
+
+        return [
+            'title' => $title,
+            'description' => $description,
+            'tags' => $tags,
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/assets/common/js/metadata.js b/assets/common/js/metadata.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5200b481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/common/js/metadata.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import he from 'he';
+
+function clearLoaders(loaders) {
+  if (loaders != null && loaders.length > 0) {
+    [...loaders].forEach((loader) => {
+      loader.classList.remove('loading-input');
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+(() => {
+  const loaders = document.querySelectorAll('.loading-input');
+  const inputTitle = document.querySelector('input[name="lf_title"]');
+  if (inputTitle != null && inputTitle.value.length > 0) {
+    clearLoaders(loaders);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const url = document.querySelector('input[name="lf_url"]').value;
+  const basePath = document.querySelector('input[name="js_base_path"]').value;
+
+  const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+  xhr.open('GET', `${basePath}/admin/metadata?url=${encodeURI(url)}`, true);
+  xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
+  xhr.onload = () => {
+    const result = JSON.parse(xhr.response);
+    Object.keys(result).forEach((key) => {
+      if (result[key] !== null && result[key].length) {
+        const element = document.querySelector(`input[name="lf_${key}"], textarea[name="lf_${key}"]`);
+        if (element != null && element.value.length === 0) {
+          element.value = he.decode(result[key]);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    clearLoaders(loaders);
+  };
+
+  xhr.send();
+})();
diff --git a/assets/default/js/base.js b/assets/default/js/base.js
index aadffc13..7f6b9637 100644
--- a/assets/default/js/base.js
+++ b/assets/default/js/base.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Awesomplete from 'awesomplete';
+import he from 'he';
 
 /**
  * Find a parent element according to its tag and its attributes
@@ -96,15 +97,6 @@ function updateAwesompleteList(selector, tags, instances) {
 }
 
 /**
- * html_entities in JS
- *
- * @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18749591/encode-html-entities-in-javascript
- */
-function htmlEntities(str) {
-  return str.replace(/[\u00A0-\u9999<>&]/gim, (i) => `&#${i.charCodeAt(0)};`);
-}
-
-/**
  * Add the class 'hidden' to city options not attached to the current selected continent.
  *
  * @param cities           List of <option> elements
@@ -569,7 +561,7 @@ function init(description) {
           input.setAttribute('name', totag);
           input.setAttribute('value', totag);
           findParent(input, 'div', { class: 'rename-tag-form' }).style.display = 'none';
-          block.querySelector('a.tag-link').innerHTML = htmlEntities(totag);
+          block.querySelector('a.tag-link').innerHTML = he.encode(totag);
           block
             .querySelector('a.tag-link')
             .setAttribute('href', `${basePath}/?searchtags=${encodeURIComponent(totag)}`);
diff --git a/assets/default/scss/shaarli.scss b/assets/default/scss/shaarli.scss
index 2f49bbd2..286ac83b 100644
--- a/assets/default/scss/shaarli.scss
+++ b/assets/default/scss/shaarli.scss
@@ -1273,6 +1273,57 @@ form {
   }
 }
 
+.loading-input {
+  position: relative;
+
+  @keyframes around {
+    0% {
+      transform: rotate(0deg);
+    }
+
+    100% {
+      transform: rotate(360deg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  .icon-container {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 60px;
+    top: calc(50% - 10px);
+  }
+
+  .loader {
+    position: relative;
+    height: 20px;
+    width: 20px;
+    display: inline-block;
+    animation: around 5.4s infinite;
+
+    &::after,
+    &::before {
+      content: "";
+      background: $form-input-background;
+      position: absolute;
+      display: inline-block;
+      width: 100%;
+      height: 100%;
+      border-width: 2px;
+      border-color: #333 #333 transparent transparent;
+      border-style: solid;
+      border-radius: 20px;
+      box-sizing: border-box;
+      top: 0;
+      left: 0;
+      animation: around 0.7s ease-in-out infinite;
+    }
+
+    &::after {
+      animation: around 0.7s ease-in-out 0.1s infinite;
+      background: transparent;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // LOGIN
 .login-form-container {
   .remember-me {
diff --git a/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md b/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md
index 263fb761..dbfc3da9 100644
--- a/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md
+++ b/doc/md/Shaarli-configuration.md
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ _These settings should not be edited_
 - **timezone**: See [the list of supported timezones](http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php).
 - **enabled_plugins**: List of enabled plugins.
 - **default_note_title**: Default title of a new note.
+- **enable_async_metadata** (boolean): Retrieve external bookmark metadata asynchronously to prevent bookmark creation slowdown.
 - **retrieve_description** (boolean): If set to true, for every new Shaare Shaarli will try to retrieve the description and keywords from the HTML meta tags.
 - **root_url**: Overrides automatic discovery of Shaarli instance's URL (e.g.) `https://sub.domain.tld/shaarli-folder/`.
 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index b10397dd..220847f5 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ $app->group('/admin', function () {
     $this->post('/plugins', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\PluginsController:save');
     $this->get('/token', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\TokenController:getToken');
     $this->get('/thumbnails', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\ThumbnailsController:index');
-
+    $this->get('/metadata', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\MetadataController:ajaxRetrieveTitle');
     $this->get('/visibility/{visibility}', '\Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\SessionFilterController:visibility');
 })->add('\Shaarli\Front\ShaarliAdminMiddleware');
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8a24512a..b879b223 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "awesomplete": "^1.1.2",
     "blazy": "^1.8.2",
     "fork-awesome": "^1.1.7",
+    "he": "^1.2.0",
     "pure-extras": "^1.0.0",
     "purecss": "^1.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php b/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php
index 29941c8c..3321242f 100644
--- a/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php
+++ b/tests/bookmark/LinkUtilsTest.php
@@ -216,60 +216,91 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     /**
+     * Test the header callback with valid value
+     */
+    public function testCurlHeaderCallbackOk(): void
+    {
+        $callback = get_curl_header_callback($charset, 'ut_curl_getinfo_ok');
+        $data = [
+            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
+            'Server: GitHub.com',
+            'Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:01:33 GMT',
+            'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8',
+            'Status: 200 OK',
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($data as $chunk) {
+            static::assertIsInt($callback(null, $chunk));
+        }
+
+        static::assertSame('utf-8', $charset);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Test the download callback with valid value
      */
-    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOk()
+    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOk(): void
     {
+        $charset = 'utf-8';
         $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
             $charset,
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            false,
-            'ut_curl_getinfo_ok'
+            false
         );
+
         $data = [
-            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
-            'Server: GitHub.com',
-            'Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:01:33 GMT',
-            'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8',
-            'Status: 200 OK',
-            'end' => 'th=device-width">'
+            'th=device-width">'
                 . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
                 . '<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
             '<title>ignored</title>'
                 . '<meta name="description" content="desc" />'
                 . '<meta name="keywords" content="key1,key2" />',
         ];
-        foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
-            $ignore = null;
-            $expected = $key !== 'end' ? strlen($line) : false;
-            $this->assertEquals($expected, $callback($ignore, $line));
-            if ($expected === false) {
-                break;
-            }
+
+        foreach ($data as $chunk) {
+            static::assertSame(strlen($chunk), $callback(null, $chunk));
         }
-        $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
-        $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
-        $this->assertEmpty($desc);
-        $this->assertEmpty($keywords);
+
+        static::assertSame('utf-8', $charset);
+        static::assertSame('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
+        static::assertEmpty($desc);
+        static::assertEmpty($keywords);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the header callback with valid value
+     */
+    public function testCurlHeaderCallbackNoCharset(): void
+    {
+        $callback = get_curl_header_callback($charset, 'ut_curl_getinfo_no_charset');
+        $data = [
+            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($data as $chunk) {
+            static::assertSame(strlen($chunk), $callback(null, $chunk));
+        }
+
+        static::assertFalse($charset);
     }
 
     /**
      * Test the download callback with valid values and no charset
      */
-    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkNoCharset()
+    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkNoCharset(): void
     {
+        $charset = null;
         $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
             $charset,
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            false,
-            'ut_curl_getinfo_no_charset'
+            false
         );
+
         $data = [
-            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
             'end' => 'th=device-width">'
                 . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
                 . '<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
@@ -277,10 +308,11 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
             . '<meta name="description" content="desc" />'
             . '<meta name="keywords" content="key1,key2" />',
         ];
-        foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
-            $ignore = null;
-            $this->assertEquals(strlen($line), $callback($ignore, $line));
+
+        foreach ($data as $chunk) {
+            static::assertSame(strlen($chunk), $callback(null, $chunk));
         }
+
         $this->assertEmpty($charset);
         $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
         $this->assertEmpty($desc);
@@ -290,18 +322,18 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
     /**
      * Test the download callback with valid values and no charset
      */
-    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkHtmlCharset()
+    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkHtmlCharset(): void
     {
+        $charset = null;
         $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
             $charset,
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            false,
-            'ut_curl_getinfo_no_charset'
+            false
         );
+
         $data = [
-            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
             '<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />',
             'end' => 'th=device-width">'
                 . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
@@ -310,14 +342,10 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
             . '<meta name="description" content="desc" />'
             . '<meta name="keywords" content="key1,key2" />',
         ];
-        foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
-            $ignore = null;
-            $expected = $key !== 'end' ? strlen($line) : false;
-            $this->assertEquals($expected, $callback($ignore, $line));
-            if ($expected === false) {
-                break;
-            }
+        foreach ($data as $chunk) {
+            static::assertSame(strlen($chunk), $callback(null, $chunk));
         }
+
         $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
         $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
         $this->assertEmpty($desc);
@@ -327,25 +355,26 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
     /**
      * Test the download callback with valid values and no title
      */
-    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkNoTitle()
+    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkNoTitle(): void
     {
+        $charset = 'utf-8';
         $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
             $charset,
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            false,
-            'ut_curl_getinfo_ok'
+            false
         );
+
         $data = [
-            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
             'end' => 'th=device-width">Refactoring · GitHub<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
             'ignored',
         ];
-        foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
-            $ignore = null;
-            $this->assertEquals(strlen($line), $callback($ignore, $line));
+
+        foreach ($data as $chunk) {
+            static::assertSame(strlen($chunk), $callback(null, $chunk));
         }
+
         $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
         $this->assertEmpty($title);
         $this->assertEmpty($desc);
@@ -353,81 +382,55 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     /**
-     * Test the download callback with an invalid content type.
+     * Test the header callback with an invalid content type.
      */
-    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackInvalidContentType()
+    public function testCurlHeaderCallbackInvalidContentType(): void
     {
-        $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
-            $charset,
-            $title,
-            $desc,
-            $keywords,
-            false,
-            'ut_curl_getinfo_ct_ko'
-        );
-        $ignore = null;
-        $this->assertFalse($callback($ignore, ''));
-        $this->assertEmpty($charset);
-        $this->assertEmpty($title);
+        $callback = get_curl_header_callback($charset, 'ut_curl_getinfo_ct_ko');
+        $data = [
+            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
+        ];
+
+        static::assertFalse($callback(null, $data[0]));
+        static::assertNull($charset);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Test the download callback with an invalid response code.
+     * Test the header callback with an invalid response code.
      */
-    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackInvalidResponseCode()
+    public function testCurlHeaderCallbackInvalidResponseCode(): void
     {
-        $callback = $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
-            $charset,
-            $title,
-            $desc,
-            $keywords,
-            false,
-            'ut_curl_getinfo_rc_ko'
-        );
-        $ignore = null;
-        $this->assertFalse($callback($ignore, ''));
-        $this->assertEmpty($charset);
-        $this->assertEmpty($title);
+        $callback = get_curl_header_callback($charset, 'ut_curl_getinfo_rc_ko');
+
+        static::assertFalse($callback(null, ''));
+        static::assertNull($charset);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Test the download callback with an invalid content type and response code.
+     * Test the header callback with an invalid content type and response code.
      */
-    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackInvalidContentTypeAndResponseCode()
+    public function testCurlHeaderCallbackInvalidContentTypeAndResponseCode(): void
     {
-        $callback = $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
-            $charset,
-            $title,
-            $desc,
-            $keywords,
-            false,
-            'ut_curl_getinfo_rs_ct_ko'
-        );
-        $ignore = null;
-        $this->assertFalse($callback($ignore, ''));
-        $this->assertEmpty($charset);
-        $this->assertEmpty($title);
+        $callback = get_curl_header_callback($charset, 'ut_curl_getinfo_rs_ct_ko');
+
+        static::assertFalse($callback(null, ''));
+        static::assertNull($charset);
     }
 
     /**
      * Test the download callback with valid value, and retrieve_description option enabled.
      */
-    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkWithDesc()
+    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkWithDesc(): void
     {
+        $charset = 'utf-8';
         $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
             $charset,
             $title,
             $desc,
             $keywords,
-            true,
-            'ut_curl_getinfo_ok'
+            true
         );
         $data = [
-            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
-            'Server: GitHub.com',
-            'Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:01:33 GMT',
-            'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8',
-            'Status: 200 OK',
             'th=device-width">'
                 . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
                 . '<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
@@ -435,14 +438,11 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
             . '<meta name="description" content="link desc" />'
             . '<meta name="keywords" content="key1,key2" />',
         ];
-        foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
-            $ignore = null;
-            $expected = $key !== 'end' ? strlen($line) : false;
-            $this->assertEquals($expected, $callback($ignore, $line));
-            if ($expected === false) {
-                break;
-            }
+
+        foreach ($data as $chunk) {
+            static::assertSame(strlen($chunk), $callback(null, $chunk));
         }
+
         $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
         $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
         $this->assertEquals('link desc', $desc);
@@ -453,8 +453,9 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
      * Test the download callback with valid value, and retrieve_description option enabled,
      * but no desc or keyword defined in the page.
      */
-    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkWithDescNotFound()
+    public function testCurlDownloadCallbackOkWithDescNotFound(): void
     {
+        $charset = 'utf-8';
         $callback = get_curl_download_callback(
             $charset,
             $title,
@@ -464,24 +465,16 @@ class LinkUtilsTest extends TestCase
             'ut_curl_getinfo_ok'
         );
         $data = [
-            'HTTP/1.1 200 OK',
-            'Server: GitHub.com',
-            'Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:01:33 GMT',
-            'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8',
-            'Status: 200 OK',
             'th=device-width">'
                 . '<title>Refactoring · GitHub</title>'
                 . '<link rel="search" type="application/opensea',
             'end' => '<title>ignored</title>',
         ];
-        foreach ($data as $key => $line) {
-            $ignore = null;
-            $expected = $key !== 'end' ? strlen($line) : false;
-            $this->assertEquals($expected, $callback($ignore, $line));
-            if ($expected === false) {
-                break;
-            }
+
+        foreach ($data as $chunk) {
+            static::assertSame(strlen($chunk), $callback(null, $chunk));
         }
+
         $this->assertEquals('utf-8', $charset);
         $this->assertEquals('Refactoring · GitHub', $title);
         $this->assertEmpty($desc);
diff --git a/tests/container/ContainerBuilderTest.php b/tests/container/ContainerBuilderTest.php
index 5d52daef..3dadc0b9 100644
--- a/tests/container/ContainerBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/container/ContainerBuilderTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Shaarli\Front\Controller\Visitor\ErrorController;
 use Shaarli\Front\Controller\Visitor\ErrorNotFoundController;
 use Shaarli\History;
 use Shaarli\Http\HttpAccess;
+use Shaarli\Http\MetadataRetriever;
 use Shaarli\Netscape\NetscapeBookmarkUtils;
 use Shaarli\Plugin\PluginManager;
 use Shaarli\Render\PageBuilder;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ class ContainerBuilderTest extends TestCase
         static::assertInstanceOf(History::class, $container->history);
         static::assertInstanceOf(HttpAccess::class, $container->httpAccess);
         static::assertInstanceOf(LoginManager::class, $container->loginManager);
+        static::assertInstanceOf(MetadataRetriever::class, $container->metadataRetriever);
         static::assertInstanceOf(NetscapeBookmarkUtils::class, $container->netscapeBookmarkUtils);
         static::assertInstanceOf(PageBuilder::class, $container->pageBuilder);
         static::assertInstanceOf(PageCacheManager::class, $container->pageCacheManager);
diff --git a/tests/front/controller/admin/ManageShaareControllerTest/DisplayCreateFormTest.php b/tests/front/controller/admin/ManageShaareControllerTest/DisplayCreateFormTest.php
index 2eb95251..4fd88480 100644
--- a/tests/front/controller/admin/ManageShaareControllerTest/DisplayCreateFormTest.php
+++ b/tests/front/controller/admin/ManageShaareControllerTest/DisplayCreateFormTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use Shaarli\Config\ConfigManager;
 use Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\FrontAdminControllerMockHelper;
 use Shaarli\Front\Controller\Admin\ManageShaareController;
 use Shaarli\Http\HttpAccess;
+use Shaarli\Http\MetadataRetriever;
 use Shaarli\TestCase;
 use Slim\Http\Request;
 use Slim\Http\Response;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ class DisplayCreateFormTest extends TestCase
         $this->createContainer();
 
         $this->container->httpAccess = $this->createMock(HttpAccess::class);
+        $this->container->metadataRetriever = $this->createMock(MetadataRetriever::class);
         $this->controller = new ManageShaareController($this->container);
     }
 
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ class DisplayCreateFormTest extends TestCase
      * Test displaying bookmark create form
      * Ensure that every step of the standard workflow works properly.
      */
-    public function testDisplayCreateFormWithUrl(): void
+    public function testDisplayCreateFormWithUrlAndWithMetadataRetrieval(): void
     {
         $this->container->environment = [
             'HTTP_REFERER' => $referer = 'http://shaarli/subfolder/controller/?searchtag=abc'
@@ -53,40 +55,20 @@ class DisplayCreateFormTest extends TestCase
         });
         $response = new Response();
 
-        $this->container->httpAccess
-            ->expects(static::once())
-            ->method('getCurlDownloadCallback')
-            ->willReturnCallback(
-                function (&$charset, &$title, &$description, &$tags) use (
-                    $remoteTitle,
-                    $remoteDesc,
-                    $remoteTags
-                ): callable {
-                    return function () use (
-                        &$charset,
-                        &$title,
-                        &$description,
-                        &$tags,
-                        $remoteTitle,
-                        $remoteDesc,
-                        $remoteTags
-                    ): void {
-                        $charset = 'ISO-8859-1';
-                        $title = $remoteTitle;
-                        $description = $remoteDesc;
-                        $tags = $remoteTags;
-                    };
-                }
-            )
-        ;
-        $this->container->httpAccess
-            ->expects(static::once())
-            ->method('getHttpResponse')
-            ->with($expectedUrl, 30, 4194304)
-            ->willReturnCallback(function($url, $timeout, $maxBytes, $callback): void {
-                $callback();
-            })
-        ;
+        $this->container->conf = $this->createMock(ConfigManager::class);
+        $this->container->conf->method('get')->willReturnCallback(function (string $param, $default) {
+            if ($param === 'general.enable_async_metadata') {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return $default;
+        });
+
+        $this->container->metadataRetriever->expects(static::once())->method('retrieve')->willReturn([
+            'title' => $remoteTitle,
+            'description' => $remoteDesc,
+            'tags' => $remoteTags,
+        ]);
 
         $this->container->bookmarkService
             ->expects(static::once())
@@ -127,6 +109,72 @@ class DisplayCreateFormTest extends TestCase
         static::assertSame($tags, $assignedVariables['tags']);
         static::assertArrayHasKey('source', $assignedVariables);
         static::assertArrayHasKey('default_private_links', $assignedVariables);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('async_metadata', $assignedVariables);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('retrieve_description', $assignedVariables);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test displaying bookmark create form without any external metadata retrieval attempt
+     */
+    public function testDisplayCreateFormWithUrlAndWithoutMetadata(): void
+    {
+        $this->container->environment = [
+            'HTTP_REFERER' => $referer = 'http://shaarli/subfolder/controller/?searchtag=abc'
+        ];
+
+        $assignedVariables = [];
+        $this->assignTemplateVars($assignedVariables);
+
+        $url = 'http://url.tld/other?part=3&utm_ad=pay#hash';
+        $expectedUrl = str_replace('&utm_ad=pay', '', $url);
+
+        $request = $this->createMock(Request::class);
+        $request->method('getParam')->willReturnCallback(function (string $key) use ($url): ?string {
+            return $key === 'post' ? $url : null;
+        });
+        $response = new Response();
+
+        $this->container->metadataRetriever->expects(static::never())->method('retrieve');
+
+        $this->container->bookmarkService
+            ->expects(static::once())
+            ->method('bookmarksCountPerTag')
+            ->willReturn($tags = ['tag1' => 2, 'tag2' => 1])
+        ;
+
+        // Make sure that PluginManager hook is triggered
+        $this->container->pluginManager
+            ->expects(static::at(0))
+            ->method('executeHooks')
+            ->willReturnCallback(function (string $hook, array $data): array {
+                static::assertSame('render_editlink', $hook);
+                static::assertSame('', $data['link']['title']);
+                static::assertSame('', $data['link']['description']);
+
+                return $data;
+            })
+        ;
+
+        $result = $this->controller->displayCreateForm($request, $response);
+
+        static::assertSame(200, $result->getStatusCode());
+        static::assertSame('editlink', (string) $result->getBody());
+
+        static::assertSame('Shaare - Shaarli', $assignedVariables['pagetitle']);
+
+        static::assertSame($expectedUrl, $assignedVariables['link']['url']);
+        static::assertSame('', $assignedVariables['link']['title']);
+        static::assertSame('', $assignedVariables['link']['description']);
+        static::assertSame('', $assignedVariables['link']['tags']);
+        static::assertFalse($assignedVariables['link']['private']);
+
+        static::assertTrue($assignedVariables['link_is_new']);
+        static::assertSame($referer, $assignedVariables['http_referer']);
+        static::assertSame($tags, $assignedVariables['tags']);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('source', $assignedVariables);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('default_private_links', $assignedVariables);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('async_metadata', $assignedVariables);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('retrieve_description', $assignedVariables);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/http/MetadataRetrieverTest.php b/tests/http/MetadataRetrieverTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c9eaa0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/http/MetadataRetrieverTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Shaarli\Http;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Shaarli\Config\ConfigManager;
+
+class MetadataRetrieverTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /** @var MetadataRetriever */
+    protected $retriever;
+
+    /** @var ConfigManager */
+    protected $conf;
+
+    /** @var HttpAccess */
+    protected $httpAccess;
+
+    public function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->conf = $this->createMock(ConfigManager::class);
+        $this->httpAccess = $this->createMock(HttpAccess::class);
+        $this->retriever = new MetadataRetriever($this->conf, $this->httpAccess);
+
+        $this->conf->method('get')->willReturnCallback(function (string $param, $default) {
+            return $default === null ? $param : $default;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test metadata retrieve() with values returned
+     */
+    public function testFullRetrieval(): void
+    {
+        $url = 'https://domain.tld/link';
+        $remoteTitle = 'Remote Title ';
+        $remoteDesc = 'Sometimes the meta description is relevant.';
+        $remoteTags = 'abc def';
+        $remoteCharset = 'utf-8';
+
+        $expectedResult = [
+            'title' => $remoteTitle,
+            'description' => $remoteDesc,
+            'tags' => $remoteTags,
+        ];
+
+        $this->httpAccess
+            ->expects(static::once())
+            ->method('getCurlHeaderCallback')
+            ->willReturnCallback(
+                function (&$charset) use (
+                    $remoteCharset
+                ): callable {
+                    return function () use (
+                        &$charset,
+                        $remoteCharset
+                    ): void {
+                        $charset = $remoteCharset;
+                    };
+                }
+            )
+        ;
+        $this->httpAccess
+            ->expects(static::once())
+            ->method('getCurlDownloadCallback')
+            ->willReturnCallback(
+                function (&$charset, &$title, &$description, &$tags) use (
+                    $remoteCharset,
+                    $remoteTitle,
+                    $remoteDesc,
+                    $remoteTags
+                ): callable {
+                    return function () use (
+                        &$charset,
+                        &$title,
+                        &$description,
+                        &$tags,
+                        $remoteCharset,
+                        $remoteTitle,
+                        $remoteDesc,
+                        $remoteTags
+                    ): void {
+                        static::assertSame($remoteCharset, $charset);
+
+                        $title = $remoteTitle;
+                        $description = $remoteDesc;
+                        $tags = $remoteTags;
+                    };
+                }
+            )
+        ;
+        $this->httpAccess
+            ->expects(static::once())
+            ->method('getHttpResponse')
+            ->with($url, 30, 4194304)
+            ->willReturnCallback(function($url, $timeout, $maxBytes, $headerCallback, $dlCallback): void {
+                $headerCallback();
+                $dlCallback();
+            })
+        ;
+
+        $result = $this->retriever->retrieve($url);
+
+        static::assertSame($expectedResult, $result);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test metadata retrieve() without any value
+     */
+    public function testEmptyRetrieval(): void
+    {
+        $url = 'https://domain.tld/link';
+
+        $expectedResult = [
+            'title' => null,
+            'description' => null,
+            'tags' => null,
+        ];
+
+        $this->httpAccess
+            ->expects(static::once())
+            ->method('getCurlDownloadCallback')
+            ->willReturnCallback(
+                function (): callable {
+                    return function (): void {};
+                }
+            )
+        ;
+        $this->httpAccess
+            ->expects(static::once())
+            ->method('getCurlHeaderCallback')
+            ->willReturnCallback(
+                function (): callable {
+                    return function (): void {};
+                }
+            )
+        ;
+        $this->httpAccess
+            ->expects(static::once())
+            ->method('getHttpResponse')
+            ->with($url, 30, 4194304)
+            ->willReturnCallback(function($url, $timeout, $maxBytes, $headerCallback, $dlCallback): void {
+                $headerCallback();
+                $dlCallback();
+            })
+        ;
+
+        $result = $this->retriever->retrieve($url);
+
+        static::assertSame($expectedResult, $result);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tpl/default/editlink.html b/tpl/default/editlink.html
index 568545bd..7ab7e1fe 100644
--- a/tpl/default/editlink.html
+++ b/tpl/default/editlink.html
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
           action="{$base_path}/admin/shaare"
           class="page-form pure-u-lg-3-5 pure-u-22-24 page-form page-form-light"
     >
+      {$asyncLoadClass=$link_is_new && $async_metadata && empty($link.title) ? 'loading-input' : ''}
+
       <h2 class="window-title">
         {if="!$link_is_new"}{'Edit Shaare'|t}{else}{'New Shaare'|t}{/if}
       </h2>
@@ -28,21 +30,32 @@
       <div>
       <label for="lf_title">{'Title'|t}</label>
       </div>
-      <div>
-        <input type="text" name="lf_title" id="lf_title" value="{$link.title}" class="lf_input autofocus">
+      <div class="{$asyncLoadClass}">
+        <input type="text" name="lf_title" id="lf_title" value="{$link.title}"
+         class="lf_input {if="!$async_metadata"}autofocus{/if}"
+        >
+        <div class="icon-container">
+          <i class="loader"></i>
+        </div>
       </div>
       <div>
         <label for="lf_description">{'Description'|t}</label>
       </div>
-      <div>
+      <div class="{if="$retrieve_description"}{$asyncLoadClass}{/if}">
         <textarea name="lf_description" id="lf_description" class="autofocus">{$link.description}</textarea>
+        <div class="icon-container">
+          <i class="loader"></i>
+        </div>
       </div>
       <div>
         <label for="lf_tags">{'Tags'|t}</label>
       </div>
-      <div>
+      <div class="{if="$retrieve_description"}{$asyncLoadClass}{/if}">
         <input type="text" name="lf_tags" id="lf_tags" value="{$link.tags}" class="lf_input autofocus"
           data-list="{loop="$tags"}{$key}, {/loop}" data-multiple data-autofirst autocomplete="off" >
+        <div class="icon-container">
+          <i class="loader"></i>
+        </div>
       </div>
 
       <div>
@@ -88,5 +101,6 @@
     </form>
   </div>
   {include="page.footer"}
+  {if="$link_is_new && $async_metadata"}<script src="{$asset_path}/js/metadata.min.js?v={$version_hash}#"></script>{/if}
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index a73758cc..8e3d1470 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ module.exports = [
     entry: {
       thumbnails: './assets/common/js/thumbnails.js',
       thumbnails_update: './assets/common/js/thumbnails-update.js',
+      metadata: './assets/common/js/metadata.js',
       pluginsadmin: './assets/default/js/plugins-admin.js',
       shaarli: [
         './assets/default/js/base.js',
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ module.exports = [
       ].concat(glob.sync('./assets/vintage/img/*')),
       markdown: './assets/common/css/markdown.css',
       thumbnails: './assets/common/js/thumbnails.js',
+      metadata: './assets/common/js/metadata.js',
       thumbnails_update: './assets/common/js/thumbnails-update.js',
     },
     output: {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0a12820c..55bd9827 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2912,6 +2912,11 @@ hash.js@^1.0.0, hash.js@^1.0.3:
     inherits "^2.0.3"
     minimalistic-assert "^1.0.1"
 
+he@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/he/-/he-1.2.0.tgz#84ae65fa7eafb165fddb61566ae14baf05664f0f"
+  integrity sha512-F/1DnUGPopORZi0ni+CvrCgHQ5FyEAHRLSApuYWMmrbSwoN2Mn/7k+Gl38gJnR7yyDZk6WLXwiGod1JOWNDKGw==
+
 hmac-drbg@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hmac-drbg/-/hmac-drbg-1.0.1.tgz#d2745701025a6c775a6c545793ed502fc0c649a1"