Youtube: External Links are stores as oembed

[PascalMinder]

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

[sanpii]

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

[j0k3r]

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

[sigmap]

Can confirm this happens on 2.3.3

[GeorgeHahn]

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.

[Kdecherf]

@sanpii @GeorgeHahn as a workaround, starting with 2.3.4 the original url is stored in the field origin_url, see #3553

[N07070]

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 ?

[ghost]

This started causing me problems last week, any YouTube video I save gets stored as an oembed and consequently doesn't work and doesn't link to the actual video. Here is a screenshot showing a video I saved on 24th Feb which was working fine, and one on the 28th Feb which is not (none have worked since).

I'm not sure whether this is a separate bug, but it makes YouTube videos unplayable on both desktop and mobile. Opening the link externally (example) just loads an XML document.

The only way I can play YouTube videos now is to copy the title and paste it in the YouTube search.

[mx-psi]

Maybe Wallabag should treat Youtube links in a special way and change the oembed URL by the actual URL automatically? I don't think the average user benefits from having the oembed URL in any way.

[gotmax23]

It might also be nice to have the saved YouTube video embeded directly in Wallabag.

[ghost]

This appears to now be fixed, my YouTube videos are working as expected.

[scharmach]

This appears to now be fixed, my YouTube videos are working as expected.

I'm running the latest version 2.4.2 and YouTube-videos are still not working as expected. I don't see any commit since then that would suggest otherweise either: 2.4.2...master

Thumbnails still don't show and links are still in this oembed-format. So what do you mean?

[ghost]

I take it back, still an issue. I mostly use Wallabag for sending articles from my desktop to my phone, so don't open the web app very often. Just the other day my Android phone started handling videos normally again; i.e. allowing me to play them in-app and link to an external app to handle it.

I must confess I didn't actually check any further than this. I can confirm it's still not working in the browser for me. Sorry for the misleading comment.

[ntnsndr]

I've never been happy with the Wallabag handling of YT links due to the oembed issue above. But in recent weeks, YT hasn't been working at all. Now, all YT links appear in Wallabag as this website. Is this something specific to wallabag.it, or to the software itself? Is there something I can do to prevent this?

I am a paying wallabag.it user.

[dominiksta]

Is anybody working on this? This bug is especially annoying on android, since there doesn't seem to be a way to open the original_url field at all, which renders wallabag completely unusable for youtube links.

[Kdecherf]

@dominiksta as far as I know there's no progress on this one.

[istjgeek]

New paying customer here. The improper youtube address is the only bug causing me regret so far. Would love to see it fixed. Otherwise, great service.

[eb0687]

Was this issue ever fixed? I still seem to get the same oembed error as others have mentioned here..