Parsing failure: YouTube-Link #65

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opened 2025-11-29 08:59:17 +00:00 by Sebastian_Berlin · 5 comments

Sebastian_Berlin commented

2025-11-29 08:59:17 +00:00

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A description of a feed contains a correct url to a youtube video, but instead of ...watch?v=X-EgA_Caxm0 the mastodon post has ...watch?v=X-EgA\_Caxm0. So there is a false \ infront of _. The result: the link is broken.

A description of a [feed](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rlukrdsf3m6cyq7xncsbg5is/rss) contains a correct url to a [youtube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-EgA_Caxm0), but instead of ...`watch?v=X-EgA_Caxm0` the mastodon post has ...`watch?v=X-EgA\_Caxm0`. So there is a false `\` infront of `_`. The result: the link is broken.

marvin8 commented

2025-11-29 09:36:37 +00:00

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Thanks for reporting this... I'll look into this. There is clearly some path escaping happening somewhere.

marvin8 commented

2025-12-01 09:28:41 +00:00

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I am having troubles reproducing the error. When you got the error, did you use a particular post template and/or filters?

marvin8 commented

2025-12-01 09:50:51 +00:00

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Never mind... have been able to reproduce it now.

I have noticed that both content_markdown and content_plaintext include the extra escaping. However content_html does not have the extra escaping and includes the correct link. So as a work around you could potentially use content_html in your post_template.

Anyway, I'll have a look if I can do something about the erroneous escaping now.

Never mind... have been able to reproduce it now. I have noticed that both `content_markdown` and `content_plaintext` include the extra escaping. However `content_html` does not have the extra escaping and includes the correct link. So as a work around you could potentially use `content_html` in your post_template. Anyway, I'll have a look if I can do something about the erroneous escaping now.

marvin8 commented

2025-12-01 10:01:38 +00:00

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I think I got this particular bug sorted. I use a library makdownify to convert html to markdown and plaintext. That library by default escapes _.

I think I got this particular bug sorted. I use a library makdownify to convert html to markdown and plaintext. That library by default escapes `_`.

marvin8 commented

2025-12-18 00:24:46 +00:00

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Fix in release 3.4.1

Fix in [release 3.4.1](https://codeberg.org/marvinsmastodontools/feed2fedi/releases/tag/3.4.1)