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BBCode for embedding a tweet in phpBB

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Probably not perfect, but it works.

BBCode:

Replacement:


function loadx(data) {
	document.write(data.html);
}

https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/oembed.json?id=IDENTIFIER&callback=loadx

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  2. DN182 Avatar
    DN182

    Wouldn’t that be risky is someone added a dodgy JS file?

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      Evan Hoffman

      Yeah, I suppose it leaves you open to cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, but a phpbb forum isn’t a banking site. The forum on which I used this is private and only has about 40 users, none of whom would do such a thing.