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Life & fun · November 29, 2015

oEmbed

Embedded representation of a URL on third party sites

oEmbed launched on November 29, 2015 with 7 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

What it does

The oEmbed spec

oEmbed is a format for allowing an embedded representation of a URL on third party sites. The simple API allows a website to display embedded content (such as photos or videos) when a user posts a link to that resource, without having to parse the resource directly. A consumer (e.g. WordPress ) makes the following HTTP request: The provider (e.g. Flickr ) then responds with an oEmbed response: This allows the consumer to turn a URL to a Flickr photo page into structured data to allow embedding of that photo in the consumer's website. This spec is broken into three parts - configuration, the consumer request and the provider response. An oEmbed exchange occurs between a consumer and a…from oembed.com

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