Implement website specific attachment embedding #78

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opened 2025-08-08 01:55:31 +00:00 by twig · 0 comments

twig commented

2025-08-08 01:55:31 +00:00

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unsure what to properly name the issue, but we need to have website-specific parsers to extract attachment data, such as for tenor, giphy, and the like

i assume this would download the web page, and extract the desired gif link.

though i am unsure how we should implement this, but i see three options

the sending client downloads the page and replace the sent link with the direct one
the receiving client downloads the page and renders the correct embed, this would use more bandwidth
this should be implemented in the backend as part of our proxy system

if we go with the third option, we need to consider circumstances where the backend has embed proxies disabled by the admin. Then we probably want to implement one of the other options too, as a fallback

@radical @sauceyred, thoughts?

unsure what to properly name the issue, but we need to have website-specific parsers to extract attachment data, such as for tenor, giphy, and the like i assume this would download the web page, and extract the desired gif link. though i am unsure how we should implement this, but i see three options 1. the sending client downloads the page and replace the sent link with the direct one 2. the receiving client downloads the page and renders the correct embed, this would use more bandwidth 3. this should be implemented in the backend as part of our proxy system if we go with the third option, we need to consider circumstances where the backend has embed proxies disabled by the admin. Then we probably want to implement one of the other options too, as a fallback @radical @sauceyred, thoughts?