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Embed.ly API Client

This is a simple python API client to use with the Embed.ly API

  • For other languages including javascript : http://api.embed.ly/documentation#libraries

Background

  • API Documentation : http://api.embed.ly/documentation
  • oEmbed Standard: http://oembed.com

The Embed.ly API currently follows the oEmbed standard which is standard way to retrieve embeddable content via a URL.

  • For example, take a YouTube URL and pass it to the API to retrieve a standard response containing the embed code for the video.
  • http://api.embed.ly/v1/api/oembed?url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DI6ObTqIiYfE%26NR%3D1

Setup

Dependencies

  • simplejson – http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/simplejson

Source

  • http://github.com/embedly/embedly
  • using git
  • git clone http://github.com/embedly/embedly

Commands:

  • python setup.py build
  • python setup.py install

Test install:

  • python tests/client.py

Using the client library

  • Some sample code
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