https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29242
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Bug #: 29242
Summary: Extension to embed offsite media via oEmbed (video,
photos, rich media)
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Extensions requests
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
Was reminded of oEmbed stuff recently; see bug 25854 for adding an oEmbed
provider to MediaWiki.
It would also be useful in some situations to embed oEmbed-able resources from
foreign sites. Simplest implementation would probably be as a parser function:
{{#oembed:http://www.flickr.com/photos/brionv/5730494932/in/photostream}}
or to set an embedding size:
{{#oembed:http://www.flickr.com/photos/brionv/5730494932/in/photostream|400x300px}}
Of course there are difficulties with being a safe oEmbed client:
* embedding foreign HTML without sanitization can be dangerous
* performing sanitzation may remove the interesting bits, like the video player
:P
Hosting the embed content on a foreign iframe can work nicely, but this is hard
to generalize.
A basic extension should probably do:
* provide a domain whitelist control that can be modified by sysops
* consider allowing photos from any domain? (embedding raw images is safe, but
of course is a potential image vandalism vector)
* provide some fairly generic-ish way for a 'serve embed data from alternate
domain' setup
This will be easier to do if future oEmbed versions add native iframe URL
support to the return data.
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