Wallabag: Youtube: External Links are stores as oembed

Created on 27 Apr 2018 · 6Comments · Source: wallabag/wallabag

When I add a youtube link (for example) the external link stores is https://www.youtube.com/oembed?format=xml&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS7z8WsXPMk.

Is that behavior intended?

Environment

wallabag version: 2.3.2

Bug

Source

PascalMinder

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Most helpful comment

@sanpii @GeorgeHahn as a workaround, starting with 2.3.4 the original url is stored in the field origin_url, see https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag/pull/3553

Kdecherf on 14 Oct 2019

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All 6 comments

This "feature" annoys me because I can’t directly copy/paste the link to youtube-dl.

sanpii on 21 Aug 2018

It might be related to the site config?
BTW, don't test youtube link on f43.me, there is a custom behavior for youtube.

j0k3r on 22 Aug 2018

Can confirm this happens on 2.3.3

sigmap on 2 Nov 2018

Is there any way to get the original youtube link through the API? I am running into an issue with this behavior in a wallabag reducer plugin to automatically download youtube links.

GeorgeHahn on 14 Oct 2019

@sanpii @GeorgeHahn as a workaround, starting with 2.3.4 the original url is stored in the field origin_url, see https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag/pull/3553

Kdecherf on 14 Oct 2019

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Maybe the link to the youtube video should be the origin each time ? I don't understand the point of having the oembed tag code in the URL.

Otherwise, this issue could be closed ?