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Announcing djangoembed, rich media consuming and providing with Django
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I'm pleased to announce the release of djangoembed, a django app for consuming and providing rich media.
What is OEmbed?
OEmbed is a format for allowing a rich representation of a url. If you've used Facebook you've probably seen this feature before -- linking a YouTube video will embed an actual video player in the news feed, automatically. The player is represented by some HTML, plus there may be additional metadata like the author, a link to their channel, the title of the video, or even a thumbnail.
OEmbed is a pretty neat idea. A site that serves up content decides that it wants to allow users elsewhere to integrate with their site. What's missing is the discovery step.