mamuso/acts_as_unvlogable

An easy way to include external video services in a rails app.

Acts as unvlogable

What the hell is this!

This is the plugin that we use in unvlog.com to manage the supported video services. It is an easy way to obtain a few basics about a video only through its url.

A quick example:

To include this video in this post we need to know its title, the correct way to embed it and its thumbnail url. With this plugin we have an easy access to this data:

    @aha = UnvlogIt.new("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPQnbtldFyo")
    @aha.title => "paradon del portero"
    @aha.thumbnail => "http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/GPQnbtldFyo/default.jpg"
    @aha.embed_url => "http://www.youtube.com/v/GPQnbtldFyo"
    @aha.embed_html(width, height) => "<object [...]</object>"
    # all together :)
    @aha.video_details(width, height) => {
                                            :title => ...,
                                            :thumbnail => ...,
                                            :embed_url => ...,
                                            :embed_html => ...,
                                          }

With this plugin we have an unique way to manage multiple services :)

Install it!

1. Install it as a gem:

    gem "acts_as_unvlogable"
   

2. Optionally you can create the config/unvlogable.yml to store keys for the different services. You have in the plugin a sample file.

2.1. 'yt' gem will need an API key from google in order to get the youtube video information properly, without dealing with API limits. They explain it better than me here

Use it!

The idea is make it as simple as possible. For a given video URL as http://vimeo.com/1785993:

    videotron = UnvlogIt.new("http://vimeo.com/1785993")

Then we have methods to know the 'basics' for use this video on your application.

• title: A method to know the title of the video on the service.

    videotron.title
    => "Beached"
  

• service: A method to know the name of the video provider service.

  videotron.service
  => "Vimeo"
  

• thumbnail: An image representation of the video. Each service has a different size, but... it works :)

    videotron.thumbnail
    => "http://bc1.vimeo.com/vimeo/thumbs/143104745_640.jpg"
  

• embed_url: The url (with flashvars) of the video player.

    videotron.embed_url
    => "http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1785993 [...] &show_portrait=1"
  

• embed_html(width, height): Uses the embed_url to build an oembed string. The default width x height is 425 x 344, but we can specify a different one.

    videotron.embed_html(400, 300)
    => "<object width='400' height='300'><param name='mo [...] 300'></embed></object>"
  

• flv: DEPRECATED

• video_details(width, height): All together :), returns all the previous elements in a hash. Width and height can be specified to build the embed_html.

    videotron.video_details
    => "{ [...] }"
  

Supported services

At this moment we support the following video services:

• Youtube
• Vimeo
• Vine
• Giphy
• Gfycat
• Flickr (videos)
• Metacafe
• Dailymotion
• Collegehumor
• Myspace
• Ted Talks
• 11870.com
• Dalealplay
• RuTube
• Wistia
• Pleer — Audio

And... what else?

If you find a bug or want to suggest a new video service, please tell it to us in a ticket.

Thanks!!

acts_as_unvlogable's Issues

invalid gem: package metadata is missing

Hello,

when I am trying to install acts_as_unvlogable gem I got the below error
invalid gem: package metadata is missing in /home/cis/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1@linkmission_test/cache/youtube_it-2.1.1.gem

I am using ruby 2.1.1 version
and rails 4.1

error in UnvlogIt#title on valid rutube url

Hi mamuso,
I tried to parse random Rutube url from the main page http://rutube.ru/video/536e5c9548348e7ee9cdfcc5e1f149ea/ and got an error. Does Rutube respond with invalid XML?

Loading development environment (Rails 3.2.8)
1.9.3p194 :001 > aha = UnvlogIt.new 'http://rutube.ru/video/536e5c9548348e7ee9cdfcc5e1f149ea/'
 => #<UnvlogIt:0xbb8d4e4 @object=#<VgRutube:0xbb8ce68 @url="http://rutube.ru/video/536e5c9548348e7ee9cdfcc5e1f149ea/", @movie_id="536">> 
1.9.3p194 :002 > aha.title
REXML::ParseException: #<REXML::ParseException: Missing end tag for 'hr' (got "body")
Line: 6
Position: 175
Last 80 unconsumed characters:
>
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb:335:in `pull_event'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb:183:in `pull'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:22:in `parse'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/document.rb:231:in `build'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/document.rb:43:in `initialize'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/xml-simple-1.1.2/lib/xmlsimple.rb:965:in `new'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/xml-simple-1.1.2/lib/xmlsimple.rb:965:in `parse'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/xml-simple-1.1.2/lib/xmlsimple.rb:164:in `xml_in'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/xml-simple-1.1.2/lib/xmlsimple.rb:203:in `xml_in'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/acts_as_unvlogable-1.0.0/lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_rutube.rb:69:in `rt_info'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/acts_as_unvlogable-1.0.0/lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_rutube.rb:9:in `title'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/acts_as_unvlogable-1.0.0/lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:33:in `title'
(irb):2:in `irb_binding'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/workspace.rb:80:in `eval'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/workspace.rb:80:in `evaluate'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/context.rb:254:in `evaluate'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:159:in `block (2 levels) in eval_input'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:273:in `signal_status'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:156:in `block in eval_input'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:243:in `block (2 levels) in each_top_level_statement'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:229:in `loop'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:229:in `block in each_top_level_statement'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:228:in `catch'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb/ruby-lex.rb:228:in `each_top_level_statement'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:155:in `eval_input'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:70:in `block in start'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:69:in `catch'
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/irb.rb:69:in `start'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:47:in `start'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands.rb:41:in `<top (required)>'
script/rails:6:in `require'
script/rails:6:in `<main>'
...
Missing end tag for 'hr' (got "body")
Line: 6
Position: 175
Last 80 unconsumed characters:

Line: 6
Position: 175
Last 80 unconsumed characters:

    from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:95:in `rescue in parse'
    from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/parsers/treeparser.rb:20:in `parse'
    from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/document.rb:231:in `build'
    from /usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/rexml/document.rb:43:in `initialize'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/xml-simple-1.1.2/lib/xmlsimple.rb:965:in `new'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/xml-simple-1.1.2/lib/xmlsimple.rb:965:in `parse'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/xml-simple-1.1.2/lib/xmlsimple.rb:164:in `xml_in'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/xml-simple-1.1.2/lib/xmlsimple.rb:203:in `xml_in'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/acts_as_unvlogable-1.0.0/lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_rutube.rb:69:in `rt_info'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/acts_as_unvlogable-1.0.0/lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_rutube.rb:9:in `title'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/acts_as_unvlogable-1.0.0/lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:33:in `title'
    from (irb):2
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:47:in `start'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
    from /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194/gems/railties-3.2.8/lib/rails/commands.rb:41:in `<top (required)>'
    from script/rails:6:in `require'
    from script/rails:6:in `<main>'1.9.3p194 :003 > aha.embed_url
 => nil 

Ted Talks do not work

UnvlogIt.new("http://www.ted.com/talks/amory_lovins_a_50_year_plan_for_energy.html")

responds with an unsupported video type! Would love if you could patch this up! Thanks for the gem

Unsuported url or service

Hi, I'm using the latest version and I'm getting this error when trying to use youtube urls (I have the google api key in the config).

Gem Tests are also failing

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Failures:

  1) UnvlogIt with an existent youtube url initialize a VgYoutube instance
     Failure/Error: let(:videotron) { UnvlogIt.new("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVa4q-YVjD8", {:key => "AIzaSyCWdV1zQpyD1X1OdheU6UqfV3JR6JQXY9A" }) } # => Keith Moon??s drum kit explodes
     ArgumentError:
       Unsuported url or service
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:20:in `rescue in initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:16:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `new'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `service_object'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:86:in `load_service'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:26:in `initialize'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:22:in `new'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:22:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:25:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

  2) UnvlogIt with an existent youtube url returns the video properties
     Failure/Error: let(:videotron) { UnvlogIt.new("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVa4q-YVjD8", {:key => "AIzaSyCWdV1zQpyD1X1OdheU6UqfV3JR6JQXY9A" }) } # => Keith Moon??s drum kit explodes
     ArgumentError:
       Unsuported url or service
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:20:in `rescue in initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:16:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `new'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `service_object'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:86:in `load_service'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:26:in `initialize'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:22:in `new'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:22:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:348:in `check_video_attributes'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:32:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

  3) UnvlogIt with a shortened youtube URL initialize a VgYoutube instance
     Failure/Error: let(:videotron) { UnvlogIt.new("http://youtu.be/4pzMBtPMUq8", {:key => "AIzaSyCWdV1zQpyD1X1OdheU6UqfV3JR6JQXY9A" }) } # => Keith Moon??s drum kit explodes
     ArgumentError:
       Unsuported url or service
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:20:in `rescue in initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:16:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtu.rb:9:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `new'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `service_object'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:86:in `load_service'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:26:in `initialize'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:49:in `new'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:49:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:52:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

  4) UnvlogIt with a shortened youtube URL returns the video properties
     Failure/Error: let(:videotron) { UnvlogIt.new("http://youtu.be/4pzMBtPMUq8", {:key => "AIzaSyCWdV1zQpyD1X1OdheU6UqfV3JR6JQXY9A" }) } # => Keith Moon??s drum kit explodes
     ArgumentError:
       Unsuported url or service
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:20:in `rescue in initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:16:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtu.rb:9:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `new'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `service_object'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:86:in `load_service'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:26:in `initialize'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:49:in `new'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:49:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:348:in `check_video_attributes'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:59:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

  5) UnvlogIt with an existent 'youtubed' metacafe url initialize a VgMetacafe instance
     Failure/Error: let(:videotron) { UnvlogIt.new("http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-r07zdVLOWBA/pop_rocks_and_coke_myth/", {:key => "AIzaSyCWdV1zQpyD1X1OdheU6UqfV3JR6JQXY9A" }) } # => Pop Rocks and Coke Myth
     ArgumentError:
       Unsuported url or service
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:20:in `rescue in initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:16:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_metacafe.rb:13:in `new'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_metacafe.rb:13:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `new'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `service_object'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:86:in `load_service'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:26:in `initialize'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:84:in `new'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:84:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:87:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

  6) UnvlogIt with an existent 'youtubed' metacafe url returns the video properties
     Failure/Error: let(:videotron) { UnvlogIt.new("http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-r07zdVLOWBA/pop_rocks_and_coke_myth/", {:key => "AIzaSyCWdV1zQpyD1X1OdheU6UqfV3JR6JQXY9A" }) } # => Pop Rocks and Coke Myth
     ArgumentError:
       Unsuported url or service
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:20:in `rescue in initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_youtube.rb:16:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_metacafe.rb:13:in `new'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable/vg_metacafe.rb:13:in `initialize'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `new'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:103:in `service_object'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:86:in `load_service'
     # ./lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:26:in `initialize'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:84:in `new'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:84:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:348:in `check_video_attributes'
     # ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:95:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

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39 examples, 6 failures

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:24 # UnvlogIt with an existent youtube url initialize a VgYoutube instance
rspec ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:31 # UnvlogIt with an existent youtube url returns the video properties
rspec ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:51 # UnvlogIt with a shortened youtube URL initialize a VgYoutube instance
rspec ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:58 # UnvlogIt with a shortened youtube URL returns the video properties
rspec ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:86 # UnvlogIt with an existent 'youtubed' metacafe url initialize a VgMetacafe instance
rspec ./spec/acts_as_unvlogable_spec.rb:94 # UnvlogIt with an existent 'youtubed' metacafe url returns the video properties

Am I doing something wrongs?

It is not working with vimo

Hello

i have to used that for vimeo but when i am fetching imformation form vimo it is giving me error

videotron = UnvlogIt.new("http://vimeo.com/79794849")
ArgumentError: Unsuported url or service
from /home/cis/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374@linkmission/gems/acts_as_unvlogable-1.0.0/lib/acts_as_unvlogable.rb:26:in initialize' from (irb):15:innew'
from (irb):15
from /home/cis/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374@linkmission/gems/railties-3.1.12/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:45:in start' from /home/cis/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374@linkmission/gems/railties-3.1.12/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:instart'
from /home/cis/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p374@linkmission/gems/railties-3.1.12/lib/rails/commands.rb:40:in <top (required)>' from script/rails:6:inrequire'
from script/rails:6:in `

'

I suggest a new service vk.com

Here is an url example http://vk.com/video105897545_164788301

Vimeo API call changed

The "vg_vimeo.rb" file needs to be updated. I have a working copy but cant paste it into here. The API has changed.

Youtube not working as provider anymore

Just a small heads up: the youtube_it gem is not working anymore.

Youtube finally switched off the V2 of their Data API on May 6th 2015 (source). The gem's author seems to be unresponsive to the new situation (kylejginavan/youtube_it#251) so, right now, this gem seems to be a dead end.

As mentioned in the previous link, some people is migrating to http://github.com/Fullscreen/yt. They support v3 and have a migration document: https://github.com/Fullscreen/yt/blob/master/YOUTUBE_IT.md. Unfortunately this gem requires ruby '>= 1.9.3' so if you switch to it, this new interpreter requirement should be stated in the acts_as_unvlogable gemspec.

Collegehumor.com's and some other current url is not supported by unvlogit.

Collegehumor.com is now changed url pattern that is not supported by unvlogit now. Can you let me know what is the problem regarding it.

URL pattern supported by it:

www.collegehumor.com/video:1781900

But latest url pattern:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/3004669/see-something-say-something

and flickr.com's videos are also not supported by it.
It only supports dailymotion.com and youtube.com

Thumbnails from Dailymotion

There's a problem with Dailymotion thumbnails that i can't understand and obviously, don't know how to solve.

The thing is that Dailymotion's API returns invalid or malformed URL's for it's thumbnails.

This is an example for the same video.

Valid thumb URL grabbed from their own site: http://ak2.static.dailymotion.com/static/video/638/506/4605836:jpeg_preview_medium.jpg?20090109074910

Invalid thumb URL fetched through their API:
http://ak2.static.dailymotion.com/dyn/preview/160x120/4605836:jpeg_preview_large.jpg

I guess it's due to some kind of protection against mass thumbs grabbing.