# Google docs onebox gem requires a "published" document

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-docs-onebox-gem-requires-a-published-document/33649>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-docs-onebox-gem-requires-a-published-document/33649 "2015-09-23T16:42:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-docs-onebox-gem-requires-a-published-document/33649/4 "2015-09-25T07:23:20Z")

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Can we convert the URLs into the publish form automatically?

May want to build on top of [FEATURE: Add placeholder for google docs oneboxes by riking · Pull Request #307 · discourse/onebox · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/onebox/pull/307) so we don’t get iframe flashing.

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