Quickly explain what Onebox is?

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A co-admin new to Discourse was going through the options and pointed out that “Onebox” wasn’t exactly intuitive. Maybe it’s worth adding a heading to that page about what Onebox is?

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This might help:
https://github.com/discourse/onebox/blob/master/README.md

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I am trying to embed something from autodesk360.com and it doesn’t seem to register. Is there a way within my discourse admin settings to allow for this iframe to show?

https://myhub.autodesk360.com/ue29ca300/shares/public/SHabee1QT1a327cf2b7a526ef5b381cfd1ef?mode=embed

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I believe @sam added a feature where you can whitelist iframes.

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Another option if you haven’t already ruled it out might be Sketchfab, it looks like a lot of people have been using it to share their 3D models on a Discourse instance. If you search for Sketchfab here, you might find some examples of what you are looking for.

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For clarity, would I be correct in thinking that Onebox is using oEmbed to provide embedded previews of links (ie that onebox is Discourse’s elsewhere-cryptically-referenced native support for oEmbed?)

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Yes, onebox leverages OpenGraph and oEmbed tags, if present on the target site.

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Hi,

I have Discourse version 2.5.3. If I copy Youtube links or use the hyperlink, it only shows me the link I don’t see any image with it. Do I need to do something specific to make it work ?

Thank you

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If you are writing something press ‘enter’ until it is on a separate line

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@ondrej I am entering it on a separate line

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Some possible reasons:

  • the youtube video has specified it is not allowed to embed (in the youtube settings for the video)

  • your server IP is blacklisted by youtube

The latter one can be tested by posting the youtube video link here. If it works here…

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