Fixed Facebook Photo Posts displayed as links instead of embeds

[rfc0001]

Affected version

2.1.0

Many Facebook Page Posts have the following format:

https://www.facebook.com/WDWNewsToday/photos/a.441846857712/10156708925807713/

Instead of embedding these as a post (which they are) they are embedded as URLs, e.g.:

Log into Facebook

Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

www.facebook.com

 

[Chris D]

I think this is the correct behaviour.

We only convert individual posts or videos - I'm not sure what Facebook would classify that as exactly, but it appears to be a page containing multiple posts so it's not actually something they support embedding from.

 

[rfc0001]

I think this is the correct behaviour.

We only convert individual posts or videos - I'm not sure what Facebook would classify that as exactly, but it appears to be a page containing multiple posts so it's not actually something they support embedding from.

The are listed under Posts on the Page. I think it's a technicality that their links are photos.

Here's an example of a Page where literally every Post has a link like the above:

WDW News Today

WDW News Today, Orlando, Florida. 143,124 likes · 22,104 talking about this. WDWNT is a daily updated resource for all news and information on Disney Parks worldwide, focusing on the Walt Disney...

www.facebook.com

Ctrl-click the "x min" under a post to get a link in the above format. There is no post link, making it literally impossible to embed a post from pages using Photos in posts. Am I to tell every Facebook page owner that creates Posts using Photos that they are doing it wrong?

 

[Chris D]

Turns out these are embeddable.

Links like this:

https://www.facebook.com/WDWNewsToday/photos/a.441846857712/10156711002317713/?type=3&permPage=1

Can be converted to:

https://www.facebook.com/WDWNewsToday/posts/10156711002317713/

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I promise you I did try this last night but either my internet connection was playing up or Facebook was having an off day because I pasted that photos link into this page and nothing happened: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/embedded-posts/

 

[rfc0001]

Thanks for confirming!

 

[rfc0001]

Facebook videos not embedding either:

280K views · 2.7K reactions | Get a sneak peek at the Uncovered Skyliners at Walt Disney World @chipandco | Chip and Company

Get a sneak peek at the Uncovered Skyliners at Walt Disney World @chipandco.

www.facebook.com

Note: changing the URL action from watch to videos allows the same video to embed:

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[XF Bug Bot]

Thank you for reporting this issue. It has now been resolved and we are aiming to include it in a future XF release (2.1.2).

Change log:

Support embedding Facebook "photos" URLs.

Any changes made as a result of this issue being resolved may not be rolled out here until later.

 

[Chris D]

FYI we support the "watch" URLs too:

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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=279797599584442

 

[Ludachris]

Is this only a function of 2.X, not 1.5? I ask because when I try to paste a link for a FB post in a reply it renders it as a link, not an embed. And I have FB listed as a BB Code Media Site in ACP. It just doesn't parse it and show it as a FB post.

 

[Chris D]

We support Facebook videos in 1.5 but not posts.