Expand Fireside.fm Links to Full iframe via Onebox

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Expand Fireside.fm Links to Full iframe via Onebox

MichaelTunnell requested that links from Fireside.fm be expanded into a full iframe player, similar to how YouTube links are handled. Currently, when posting a link to a Fireside.fm episode, it gets heavily cropped. MichaelTunnell shared examples of the issue and a mockup of what the iframe player could look like on the forum.

codinghorror and justin suggested whitelisting the iframe’s src domain to achieve the desired result. However, MichaelTunnell clarified that he is looking for a solution to automatically expand links to an iframe player when posting a link, similar to how other platforms like WellFed (RSS polling), IFTTT, or WordPress plugins work.

Justin edited the title and category to reflect that this is a feature request for the onebox gem, rather than a bug report. MichaelTunnell expressed his desire to find a way to make this work, either by adding the embed iframe code to a feed or through onebox.

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This is not a huge issue but it would be great if it could be addressed. I do podcasting and am using Fireside as the podcast host which is one of the most popular providers of podcast hosting. Unfortunately, when I post a link to expand it gets heavily cropped.

Here is an example of what it does when posting an episode link for expansion: (I put the wrong episode in this screenshot, ignore that part lol)

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Fireside actually offers a pretty nice embeddable player via iframe so my request is to pull the iframe code to place in the expansion.

Here is an example of what the iframe player would look like on the forum: (this is just a mockup)

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Whitelist the iframe in your site settings if that is what you want to do.

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Yes, you can whitelist the src domain of the iframe and get the new player. I do that for my podcast (example).

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I am referring to posting a link and it expanding correctly or expanding to an iframe of that episode (like YouTube) not just posting an iframe.

For example, if I use wellfed (rss polling), ifttt, wordpress plugin, or something else to auto post a topic it wont have the iframe as an option to post just the itemurl. This is why I was asking about the expansion portion not just an iframe post.

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Thanks for the clarification – I’ve edited the title and category to better reflect, as this is a feature request to our onebox gem instead of a bug.

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Sorry about the bad cat selection . . . I didnt know it was called onebox until now.

If I can find a way to put the embed iframe code in a feed but in onebox would be awesome :smiley:

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