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Redgifs play in feed? (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just switched to Voyager from Sync and I'm loving it so far! The only issue is Redgifs content doesn't play in my feed, it only shows the link. Is there a setting to enable this or is another solution possible? Thank you!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Issue #671: [Open][Enhancement] External links to GIFs should be embedded and autoplay

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a good example of a community with mostly redgifs?

For research purposes.

(But actually for research purposes lol)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I just did a (re)search for "redgif" and this popped up prominently: https://lemmynsfw.com/c/nsfw_gifs

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Thanks

I did a bit of research and it looks like in order to play videos with redgifs I'd have to apply for an api key.

Currently, Voyager (the app) never calls any endpoint that I own. There's no phone home at all in Voyager unlike some other Lemmy apps. Adding redgif support would mean that Voyager would have to phone home to get a client token because thats how the redgifs api works.

Redgif also state in their api agreement that they have the right to start charging money for api access at any time.

You can probably see why I'm wary for adding support :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Thanks for looking into it and I appreciate the integrity here. I'll just have to make that extra tap to access my uh, stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Could it work using temporary tokens? It looks like that may work without needing additional services. I don't know that it is intended for this kind of use but might be worth trying.

https://github.com/Redgifs/api/wiki/Temporary-tokens

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

No, that’s designed for development not production.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It isn’t implemented.

Maybe someone else knows if it’s on the todo list?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ok, thank you. I'm sticking with Voyager anyway, but it would be a nice feature to have.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s now implemented!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Awesome, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Nope, not implemented.