Markdown extension to allow media embedding using the oEmbed standard.
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  - Incremented the package version from `0.4.0` to `0.5.0` in `version.py` and made adjustments in `pyproject.toml` to reflect the new versioning mechanism.

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Python Markdown oEmbed

Markdown extension to allow media embedding using the oEmbed standard.

Requirements

  • Python >= 3.9
  • Markdown >= 3.2

Installation

pip install python-markdown-oembed

Or with uv:

uv add python-markdown-oembed

Usage

import markdown
md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['oembed'])
md.convert('![video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqnh_YJBvOI)')

Output is wrapped in a <figure class="oembed"> element by default:

<figure class="oembed"><iframe width="459" height="344" ...></iframe></figure>

Configuration

Option Default Description
allowed_endpoints YouTube, Flickr, Vimeo, Slideshare List of oembed.OEmbedEndpoint objects
wrapper_class "oembed" CSS class(es) for the <figure> wrapper. Set to "" to disable wrapping

Example with custom configuration:

from mdx_oembed.endpoints import YOUTUBE, VIMEO

md = markdown.Markdown(
    extensions=['oembed'],
    extension_configs={
        'oembed': {
            'allowed_endpoints': [YOUTUBE, VIMEO],
            'wrapper_class': 'embed-responsive',
        }
    }
)

Security

oEmbed HTML responses are sanitized using nh3 to prevent XSS from compromised oEmbed providers. Only safe tags (iframe, video, audio, img, etc.) and attributes are allowed.

License

A Public Domain work. Do as you wish.

Changelog

0.4.0

  • Breaking: requires Python >= 3.9 and Markdown >= 3.2
  • Migrated from deprecated Pattern to InlineProcessor (Markdown 3.2+ compatible)
  • Added HTML sanitization of oEmbed responses (XSS protection via nh3)
  • Added support for oEmbed photo type responses
  • Improved image URL detection (case-insensitive, handles query strings)
  • All oEmbed API endpoints now use HTTPS
  • Slideshare URL patterns now accept both HTTP and HTTPS
  • Configurable <figure> wrapper class (previously hardcoded Bootstrap classes)
  • Migrated to pyproject.toml with hatchling build backend
  • Tests modernized: uses pytest + unittest.mock, all HTTP calls mocked
  • Centralized version management in mdx_oembed/version.py

0.2.1

  • add Slideshare endpoint (thanks to anantshri)

0.2.0

  • backwards incompatible changes
    • allows arbitrary endpoints (commit)
    • works with modern Markdown (>=2.6)
    • dropped support for python 2.6
  • added support python 3.x