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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

X Number of links akkoma 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
# List with 2 elements 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
# List with 2 elements 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
# List with 2 elements 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
# 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/YHLzbx73Wc0
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/ATY0IsxioZA
 
[
  “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/HUUcZfOmug0
 
[
  {
    “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/GKMiXq-8m-U
 
[
  {
    “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/RLIh-mpih6Q
 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/Cid_rWYax9U
 
“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/INNfN8i5odI
 
“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/c8-uy61moYw
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/lfbZMuMsswc
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  “http://other.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/3zukwEjB9_Y
 
[
  “http://other.example/objects/123”,
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/GVfwfnAeYBQ
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “text/html”,
  “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/g-UOyTKMKT4
 
{
  “type”: “Link”,
  “mediaType”: “video/mp4”,
  “href”: “http://video.example/objects/123”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/cKQBroV4tx0
 
[
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”,
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  }
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/H_KCFdabV4U
 
[
  {
    “type”: “Link”,
    “mediaType”: “text/html”,
    “href”: “http://html.example/objects/123”
  },
  “http://remote.example/objects/123”
]
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/GcVt1pZqQ0U
 
[
  {
    “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/v_I88BnL9vw
 
[
  {
    “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/QiY3Z8q9G78
 
[
  {
    “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/rX95xPCi6UA
 
{
  “href”: “https://notype.example/”
}
 
http://pasture-one-actor/object/qOypXmNaYBk
 
“http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123”
 
http://pasture-one-actor/objects/123