Simplified way to embed videos

README.rst

@@ -55,12 +55,23 @@ Usage of variables:
 
 ::
 
-    {% video item.video as video %}
-        URL: {{ video.url }}
-        Thumbnail: {{ video.thumbnail }}
+    {% video item.video as my_video %}
+        URL: {{ my_video.url }}
+        Thumbnail: {{ my_video.thumbnail }}
     {% endvideo %}
 
 
+There is a simplier way, if you don't need work with parameters as
+``my_video.url`` or ``my_video.thumbnail`` and you want to use just ``embed``
+tag.
+
+::
+
+    {{ 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guXyvo2FfLs'|embed:'large' }}
+
+
+
+
 Model examples
 ---------------
 
@@ -82,6 +93,7 @@ TODO
 - Vimeo thumbnail
 
 
+.. vim: set tw=80:
 
 
 

embed_video/templatetags/embed_video_tags.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.template import Library, Node, TemplateSyntaxError
-from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
+from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe, SafeText
 
 from ..base import detect_backend, SoundCloundBackend
 
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ class VideoNode(Node):
 
 @register.filter(is_safe=True)
 def embed(backend, _size='small'):
+    if isinstance(backend, SafeText):
+        backend = detect_backend(backend)
+
     sizes = {
         'tiny': (420, 315),
         'small': (480, 360),

embed_video/tests/tests.py

@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ class EmbedVideoTestCase(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(template.render(self._grc()).strip(), rendered)
 
+    def test_direct_embed(self):
+        template = Template("""
+            {% load embed_video_tags %}
+            {{ 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsrRJyHBvzw'|embed:'large' }}
+        """)
+        rendered = u'<iframe width="960" height="720" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jsrRJyHBvzw?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
+
+        self.assertEqual(template.render(self._grc()).strip(), rendered)
+
     def test_embed_user_size(self):
         template = Template("""
             {% load embed_video_tags %}