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Re: Generate a thumbnail for a given link

by Corion (Patriarch)
on Jul 25, 2021 at 14:37 UTC ( [id://11135382]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Generate a thumbnail for a given link

I would look at oembed and LinkEmbedder, which fetch and render link "preview" information.

If you want to do this yourself, look at either the source code of those modules, or look at any HTTP agent for the fetching and some of the HTML parsers.

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Re^2: Generate a thumbnail for a given link
by Matthew.S (Initiate) on Jul 25, 2021 at 19:53 UTC
    This works like a charm. Thank You so much!!!

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