Mayel
@mayel  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

Giphy is one of those sites that does something dodgy where what looks like the URL to image file (see the .gif extension) actually serves you an HTML page if you visit it directly. If you use the URL of the page the gif is on though, oembed should allow us to pull it in: giphy.com/gifs/tongue-goodni...
Mayel
@mayel  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago

Giphy is one of those sites that does something dodgy where what looks like the URL to image file (see the .gif extension) actually serves you an HTML page if you visit it directly. If you use the URL of the page the gif is on though, oembed should allow us to pull it in: giphy.com/gifs/tongue-goodni...
Mayel
@mayel  ·  activity timestamp 3 years ago
@dajbelshaw well directly embeding a remote image is called hotlinking and some websites don't like it, whether it's because of bandwidth costs or less chances to shove ads in our faces. When we next update the playground though, you'll be able to copy the image (the image itself rather than the URL, see screenshot) and paste it into the editor, which will upload a copy of the original file instead.