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Url Parameter

Here we analyze varying url parameters. The usage examples are inspired by Peertube’s usage, see their documentation.

The support table just compares the number of links at the momment. ❌ means failed to parse. ✅ means all links present.

Support table

Number of links akkoma friendica gotosocial hollo mastodon mitra pleroma sharkey
string ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
List with 1 elements ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅
List with 2 elements 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 ❌ 1/2
List with 2 elements 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 ❌ 1/2
dict ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
dict ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
List with 2 elements 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 ❌ 1/2
List with 2 elements 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 ❌ 1/2
List with 2 elements 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 ❌ 1/2
List with 2 elements 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 ❌ 1/2
List with 2 elements 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 ❌ 1/2
dict ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
string ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Details

url url Example 
“http://remote.example/objects/123”
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  “http://other.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://other.example/objects/123”,
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://other.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “text/html”,
  “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”,
    “rel”: “canonical”
  }
]
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
https://notype.example/
 
“http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123
url url Example 
“http://remote.example/objects/123”
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  “http://other.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://other.example/objects/123”,
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://other.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “text/html”,
  “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/XBDfWoLozJ4
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/0g5HXOIQTfA
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/6hGFOOSFado
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/R1Al-AMs-dw
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”,
    “rel”: “canonical”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/QXDUV-7lPg4
 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/2-scci7Po1w
 
“http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123
url url Example 
“http://remote.example/objects/123”
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  “http://other.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://other.example/objects/123”,
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://other.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “text/html”,
  “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/3m-4nC-dNvw
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/_XMiIPVB7lk
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/QfKszol-vAQ
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/Bdtdf_Wgnjc
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”,
    “rel”: “canonical”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/1MCNOJF35oI
 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/MQNSwFwNklE
 
“http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123
url url Example 
“http://remote.example/objects/123”
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  “http://other.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://other.example/objects/123”,
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://other.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “text/html”,
  “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”,
    “rel”: “canonical”
  }
]
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/9Ja-CFNzCEM
 
“http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123
url url Example 
“http://remote.example/objects/123”
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  “http://other.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://other.example/objects/123”,
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://other.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “text/html”,
  “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”,
    “rel”: “canonical”
  }
]
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
https://notype.example/
 
“http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123
url url Example 
“http://remote.example/objects/123”
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  “http://other.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://other.example/objects/123”,
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://other.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “text/html”,
  “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”,
    “rel”: “canonical”
  }
]
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
https://notype.example/
 
“http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123
url url Example 
“http://remote.example/objects/123”
 
http://remote.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 ❌ 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  “http://other.example/objects/123”
]
 ❌ 
[
  “http://other.example/objects/123”,
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 ❌ 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “text/html”,
  “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://html.example/objects/123
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://video.example/objects/123
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 ❌ 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 ❌ 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 ❌ 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 ❌ 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”,
    “rel”: “canonical”
  }
]
 ❌ 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
https://notype.example/
 
“http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123
url url Example 
“http://remote.example/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/tW_uS18pS8w
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/keE_aFHdpww
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  “http://other.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/VfMm1CLf6IQ
 
[
  “http://other.example/objects/123”,
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/fyjhgkTGTQg
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “text/html”,
  “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/KWr99CVOJvE
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/MS3n_but-Hg
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/0DTgPeKJoYg
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/SvRqabH3z1g
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/GAOHElGWR58
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/ACrl-93-vew
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
    “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
  },
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”,
    “rel”: “canonical”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/T9GNOHjRF2Y
 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/NI3ZWBIzTAs
 
“http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123