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Updated providers.json to use X instead of Twitter
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions changelog.d/18767.misc
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Update OEmbed providers to use 'X' instead of 'Twitter' in URL previews, following a rebrand. Contributed by @HammyHavoc.
11 changes: 6 additions & 5 deletions synapse/res/providers.json
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[
{
"provider_name": "Twitter",
"provider_url": "http://www.twitter.com/",
"provider_name": "X",
"provider_url": "https://x.com/",
"endpoints": [
{
"schemes": [
"https://twitter.com/*/moments/*",
"https://*.twitter.com/*/moments/*"
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I think you probably want to keep these URLs?

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Moments isn't a feature anymore, and Twitter URLs won't work after the domain change to x.com, despite 301 redirects, as they otherwise won't be in the schema.

"https://x.com/*",
"https://x.com/*/status/*",
"https://*.x.com/*/status/*"
],
"url": "https://publish.twitter.com/oembed"
"url": "https://publish.x.com/oembed"
}
]
},
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