Facebook and Instagram API changes break embeds

Created on 29 October 2020, about 4 years ago
Updated 24 March 2023, over 1 year ago

Problem/Motivation

On october 24th Facebook changed their Facebook and Instagram Oembed API's. They now require an app to work.
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/oembed
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instagram/oembed/

Steps to reproduce

Enable Facebook or Instagram as a provider and paste a Facebook or Instagram URL in a long text field.

Proposed resolution

Add the ability to add the app ID and secret key in the settings of the module and use those to make the correct call to embed.

📌 Task
Status

Needs review

Version

1.0

Component

Code

Created by

🇳🇱Netherlands dries arnolds 🇳🇱 Amsterdam

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