diff --git a/crates/api/src/post/get_link_metadata.rs b/crates/api/src/post/get_link_metadata.rs
index 0669408aa..e469b51c7 100644
--- a/crates/api/src/post/get_link_metadata.rs
+++ b/crates/api/src/post/get_link_metadata.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use lemmy_api_common::{
   post::{GetSiteMetadata, GetSiteMetadataResponse},
   request::fetch_link_metadata,
 };
+use lemmy_db_views::structs::LocalUserView;
 use lemmy_utils::{
   error::{LemmyErrorExt, LemmyResult},
   LemmyErrorType,
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ use url::Url;
 pub async fn get_link_metadata(
   data: Query<GetSiteMetadata>,
   context: Data<LemmyContext>,
+  // Require an account for this API
+  _local_user_view: LocalUserView,
 ) -> LemmyResult<Json<GetSiteMetadataResponse>> {
   let url = Url::parse(&data.url).with_lemmy_type(LemmyErrorType::InvalidUrl)?;
   let metadata = fetch_link_metadata(&url, &context).await?;