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Which oEmbeds are supported in Arc XP?

Arc XP supports many oEmbed sources out of the box using the "Social URL" content element in Composer.

What is an oEmbed?

An oEmbed is provided by content sites such as Facebook and Twitter to allow you to embed its content types (videos, images, playlists, and more) on your website. Content providers such as TED must provide an oEmbed service and oEmbeds for its different types of content. For example, in September 2021, Facebook stopped supporting oEmbeds for comments on posts, and as a result, we cannot provide that type of oEmbed.

oEmbeds are an alternative to HTML embeds. This way, your users don’t have to copy and paste HTML from these places; they can just copy a link. For example, instead of locating, copying, pasting, and verifying HTML embed code from Twitter, you could copy and paste the tweet link into the Composer Social URL content element, embedding the article with a preview in Composer using oEmbeds.

How do I add an oEmbed to Composer?

Copy the link to that particular piece of content and paste it into the pop-up for the Social URL content element. A preview of the embed appears in Composer.

What’s the difference between embedding in Composer using the Social URL embed and the HTML embed?

When adding social items such as a tweet, Instagram post, or YouTube video, adding the content through the social URL element is preferred. Generally, it offers more benefits than pasting it in an HTML element. For example, social media elements typically do more “behind the scenes” because they are referents, and it is simpler to search for social media elements than HTML.

What oEmbeds are supported by Composer?

Composer supports the following list of elements. 

oEmbed

oEmbed URL and example URLs

Notes

DailyMotion videos

oEmbed URL - https://www.dailymotion.com/services/oembed

Example URLs

  • https://www.dailymotion.com/video/abcdef

  • https://dai.ly/abcdef

Facebook posts (activity, photos, media) and videos

Facebook post

oEmbed URL - https://graph.facebook.com/v8.0/oembed_post

Example URLs 

  • https://www.facebook.com/username/posts/123456789

  • https://www.facebook.com/username/activity/abcdef

  • https://www.facebook.com/username/photos/abcdef/

  • https://www.facebook.com/username/permalink.php?story_fbid=123456789

  • https://www.facebook.com/username/media/albums/abcdef/

Facebook video

oEmbed URL - https://graph.facebook.com/v8.0/oembed_video

Example URLs

  • https://www.facebook.com/username/videos/123456789/

  • https://www.facebook.com/watch/abcdef

  • https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=abcdef

Facebook supports oEmbeds for only posts (activity, photos, media) and videos. Arc XP does not support Facebook Pages oEmbeds

To obtain the URL of a Facebook post, follow these steps. 

  1. Click the three-dot menu on the post and select Embed Post.

  2. Click Advanced Settings.

  3. Copy the URL of post field. 

Flickr videos or images

oEmbed URL - https://www.flickr.com/services/oembed.json/

Example URL - https://www.flickr.com/photos/username/123456789

Use the full Flickr URL instead of the abbreviated format.

Instagram images and videos

oEmbed URL - https://graph.facebook.com/v8.0/instagram_oembed

Example URL - https://www.instagram.com/p/abcdef/

As of October 2021, Instagram deprecated IGTB and now supports only video post oEmbeds.

Issuu documents

oEmbed URL - https://issuu.com/oembed_wp

Example URL - https://issuu.com/username/docs/document-title

Kickstarter projects

oEmbed URL - https://www.kickstarter.com/services/oembed

Example URL - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/projectname/abcdef

Mixcloud music

oEmbed URL - https://www.mixcloud.com/oembed

Example URL - https://www.mixcloud.com/username/show-title

PollDaddy polls or surveys

oEmbed URL - https://polldaddy.com/oembed/

Example URLs 

  • https://polldaddy.com/poll/abcdef

  • https://poll.fm/12345678

If the URL loads a script using document.write, polls will not consistently render on a React site. Details and alternatives for your script can be viewed here. 

Reddit posts or comments

oEmbed URL - https://www.reddit.com/oembed

Example URL - https://www.reddit.com/r/subreddit/comments/abcdef/title/

SlideShare presentations and slideshows

oEmbed URL - https://www.slideshare.net/api/oembed/2

Example URL - https://www.slideshare.net/username/presentation-title

SoundCloud tracks, albums, and playlists

oEmbed URL - https://soundcloud.com/oembed

Example URL - https://soundcloud.com/username/abcdef

Spotify songs, albums, artists, playlists, podcasts, and podcast episodes

oEmbed URL - https://embed.spotify.com/oembed/

Example URL - https://open.spotify.com/track/abcdef

TED Talk videos

oEmbed URL - https://www.ted.com/services/v1/oembed.json

Example URL - https://www.ted.com/talks/speaker/title

TikTok posts

oEmbed URL - https://www.tiktok.com/oembed

Example URL - https://www.tiktok.com/@username/video/123456789

oEmbed functionality was released with TikTok 1.48.9.

X (formerly Twitter) tweets

oEmbed URL - https://publish.twitter.com/oembed

Example URL - https://twitter.com/username/status/123456789

 

Vimeo video

oEmbed URL - https://vimeo.com/api/oembed.json

Example URL - https://vimeo.com/123456789

Wordpress.tv video

oEmbed URL - https://wordpress.tv/oembed/

Example URL - https://wordpress.tv/some-event/

YouTube videos and playlists 

YouTube video

oEmbed URL - https://www.youtube.com/oembed

Example URLs

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123

  • https://youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=xyz456

  • https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=uvw789&index=1

YouTube playlist

oEmbed URL - https://www.youtube.com/oembed

Example URL - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=abcdefg

YouTube short URL

oEmbed URL - https://www.youtube.com/oembed

Example URL - https://youtu.be/abcdef

Some videos might not function due to licensed content restrictions.

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