Does the plugin check for Youtube Embed?

  • Resolved shirtguy72

    (@shirtguy72)


    7 months, 2 weeks ago

    Just found you by checking for New Plugins (/browse/new/)

    I have to ask, does/would/could you plugin check for broken links that may contain youtube. com /embed/ ? I’m guessing they would have to be checked on the admin side of things when using plugins that use a YT image placeholder image?

    I’m no developer, so I hope that all makes sense.

    In closing; I know many are looking for a better broken link checker from what’s available in the repo, I hope this plugin does well, BEST WISHES!

    • This topic was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by shirtguy72. Reason: To remove link
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  • Plugin Author Aristocles

    (@apos37)

    Thanks for asking. Currently it only looks for links in <a href=""></a> tags. I’m assuming that the embed links you are referring to are the <iframe src=""> tags? I can certainly add scanning for these links in a future version. ??

    Thread Starter shirtguy72

    (@shirtguy72)

    Yes, though in my instance, via the plugin in use, <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src= gets changed to <iframe title=”YouTube video player” src= in the text editor, (if that makes any difference?)

    Looking forward to upcoming updates.

    For an initial release of a plugin, I am/was most impressed, here comes the 5-Star Review!

    Plugin Author Aristocles

    (@apos37)

    That won’t make a difference; it will strip the src from the iframe tag regardless of order.

    I just pushed a new update (v1.0.4) that looks for iframe source links now, and if it’s a YouTube video it will check for validity. It also wasn’t looking for image links, so I added that, too. Check it out and let me know if it’s working for you. I tested it on my end and it seems to be working well.

    Thanks for the kind review, btw. ??

    Thread Starter shirtguy72

    (@shirtguy72)

    Confirmed: Plugin compatible with Lite Video Embed!

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/mihdan-lite-youtube-embed/

    Thanks! I personally would make sure to add/mention Broken YT Videos in you description and tags, I know people are looking for this feature in masses. “Build It and They Will Come” — Again thanks!

    Plugin Author Aristocles

    (@apos37)

    Good to know! You’re very welcome. Thanks again!

    gonchar5

    (@gonchar5)

    Hello

    Your “Broken Link Notifier” plugin can find links to embedded videos that have been removed from any source site, not just YouTube, and 404 errors appear in my site’s video player?

    (In the source sites from which I receive videos, the embed links are <iframe src=””> tags)

    Plugin Author Aristocles

    (@apos37)

    @gonchar5, Can you please elaborate on what you are asking? I’m not sure I understand.

    The plugin does check iframe src urls if that’s what you’re asking.

    Simply checking the iframe src url does not work for all types of videos, though. YouTube videos for example will still return a good header response no matter what, so I had to make a workaround to attempt to fetch JSON data for a specific video, and if that doesn’t exist then the link is broken.

    I have only integrated with YouTube videos so far. Embedded videos from other websites like Vimeo will likely need proper integration as well. Are you wanting me to integrate with another video site? If so, which one(s)?

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