IFramely alternatives, homebrewed solution, etc.

[phenomlab]

@julian it seems that the link-preview package has been deprecated

js-link-preview

This package is no longer supported and has been deprecated. To avoid malicious use, npm is hanging on to the package name.. Latest version: 1.0.0, last published: 7 years ago. Start using js-link-preview in your project by running `npm i js-link-preview`. There are no other projects in the npm registry using js-link-preview.

npm (www.npmjs.com)

[julian]

@phenomlab ah, well, then it's a good thing I use

link-preview-js

Javascript module to extract and fetch HTTP link information from blocks of text.. Latest version: 3.0.12, last published: 25 days ago. Start using link-preview-js in your project by running `npm i link-preview-js`. There are 50 other projects in the npm registry using link-preview-js.

npm (www.npmjs.com)

[phenomlab]

To take the heat off @julian in lieu of his new arrival to the Lam family I decided to take a stab at this myself, and have a working solution here

OGProxy - a replacement for iFramely

Hi all, I’ve been working on a self-coded replacement for iFramely, and I now have a workable solution that Is able to bypass CORS restrictions Gets data as...

Sudonix | A one-stop-shop for all your technology questions (sudonix.org)

It's NOT perfect, and NOT finished, but working for the most part. It's also not a plugin, but raw code.

Let me know if any interest.

[julian]

@phenomlab hehe that's exactly where I am at the moment. Just need to put it into a plugin and add some settings.

[julian]

@phenomlab so it seems like link-preview-js is also deprecated!

Only recently (31 March 2023), though, so I think perhaps if it still working fine, then NodeBB could take it over.

[phenomlab]

@julian I knew I wasn't seeing things 🤭. It's one of the reasons I started to write my own replacement. Not that I'm impatient, but to give something back to the NodeBB Community (once I've finished it)

[julian]

I do think using that library is still worth it. The server-side component I think it helpful because then we can leverage caching to reduce noise to queried servers.

I have been fiddling with my own plugin today and hope to have something to demo soon

It's a race!!

[phenomlab]

@julian I'm using a CORS proxy with caching for what I'm developing. Currently it's using content headers but tomorrow I will secure it with an API key.

The drawback here is that the CORS proxy needs to run as a daemon but is very efficient and gets around the cors restrictions nicely.

[julian]

Mmm sounds like our camo proxy we use here for images.

[phenomlab]

@julian yes, exactly.