diff --git a/crates/routes/src/post_link_tags.rs b/crates/routes/src/post_link_tags.rs
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index 000000000..7c92a0c11
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+++ b/crates/routes/src/post_link_tags.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use actix_web::{error::ErrorBadRequest, web::Query, *};
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use lemmy_utils::{request::fetch_post_link_tags, LemmyError};
+use lemmy_websocket::LemmyContext;
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use url::Url;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Params {
+  url: String,
+}
+
+pub fn config(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
+  cfg.route("/post_link_tags", web::get().to(get_post_links_response));
+  // .app_data(Data::new(client));
+}
+
+async fn get_post_links_response(
+  info: Query<Params>,
+  context: web::Data<LemmyContext>,
+) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+  let url =
+    Url::parse(&info.url).map_err(|_| ErrorBadRequest(LemmyError::from(anyhow!("not_found"))))?;
+  println!("url: {:?}", url);
+
+  let json = fetch_post_link_tags(context.client(), &url)
+    .await
+    .map_err(|_| ErrorBadRequest(LemmyError::from(anyhow!("not_found"))))?;
+  println!("json: {:?}", json);
+
+  Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(json))
+}