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How can I get oembed json for reddit comment?

I'm trying to use python-oembed library to get oembed comment from reddit(https://github.com/reddit/reddit/wiki/oEmbed):

import oembed

consumer = oembed.OEmbedConsumer()
endpoint = oembed.OEmbedEndpoint('https://www.reddit.com/oembed',['https://www.reddit.com/r/*'])

consumer.addEndpoint(endpoint)

response = consumer.embed('https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/2safxv/we_should_start_keeping_giraffes_a_secret_from/cno7zic')

And get oembed.OEmbedError: Missing required fields on OEmbed rich response. error.

How can I retreive this data?

Solution

  • The oembed returned by reddit is invalid.

    From http://oembed.com/, §2.3.4.4, width and height are required for the rich type.

    But, from the reddit sample, we see that reddit doesn't supply a width nor height value.

    You might need to get reddit to fix their broken oembed implementation, or you might want to use more forgiving library.