# Controlling amount of embedded text
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-amount-of-embedded-text/62968
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [18 Maio , 2017 18:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-amount-of-embedded-text/62968 "2017-05-18T18:46:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [18 Maio , 2017 18:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-amount-of-embedded-text/62968/1 "2017-05-18T18:46:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Embedding Discourse Comments via Javascript](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-discourse-comments-via-javascript/31963):
Can I customize how much of the original content gets copied over to the start of the Discourse post?
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [18 Maio , 2017 19:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-amount-of-embedded-text/62968/2 "2017-05-18T19:07:29Z")
The excerpt is generated via [this function](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/models/topic_embed.rb#L181-L195) so I don’t think it’s easily customizable.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [7 Junho , 2019 21:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-amount-of-embedded-text/62968/3 "2019-06-07T21:16:05Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [7 Julho , 2019 21:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/controlling-amount-of-embedded-text/62968/4 "2019-07-07T21:16:13Z")
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