SN release: image link detection, image proxying, image posts, longest streak
1281 sats \ 12 comments \ @k00b 13 Jul 2023 meta
zaps forwarded to @jowo (100%)
  1. When you stick an image link in a text field, we detect it and render it as image (without you having to provide markup):
  2. We proxy all images so that your ip isn't leaked to the image host.
  3. When you use a link to an image in a 'link' post, it becomes an image post and the image is rendered on the post's page.
  4. Your longest cowboy hat streak is displayed on your profile.
Special thanks to @jowo! They did image link detection work a couple month ago and was really patient waiting for us to ship it. @ekzyis did a lot of the follow through, image proxy work, and the longest cowboy hat change.
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116 sats \ 1 reply \ @birdeye21 14 Jul 2023
niceee. when can we do this for video? 👀
testing this with a relevant meme in light of today's events
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 14 Jul 2023
Probably shortly after there’s a gh issue. Proxying might be a lift but otherwise it’s a mime type check
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113 sats \ 2 replies \ @deepologic 14 Jul 2023
Well done! I love it <3
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 18 Jul 2023
I see you are making good use of it in the daily discussion :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @deepologic 18 Jul 2023
Yes :)
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49 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 13 Jul 2023
Siiiick can never remember [ ] or ( ) !
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34 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 14 Jul 2023
Love seeing the privacy-centric changes like the image proxy. Nice!!
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @zuspotirko 14 Jul 2023
We proxy all images so that your ip isn't leaked to the image host.
Oh interesting, didn't know this was possible. How do you do this? Just call the website from backend? How do you make sure an .jpg url actually is an image like it says it is?
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 14 Jul 2023
How do you do this? Just call the website from backend?
Yeah, you can kind of think of us as serving as a VPN for images on the site.
How do you make sure an .jpg url actually is an image like it says it is?
We send an http HEAD request to the url which specifies the type.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 15 Jul 2023
How do you make sure an .jpg url actually is an image like it says it is?
We don't. If the website responds with "image" in it's Content-type header to our HEAD request, we proxy it. If not, it will be displayed as a URL on which a user can click.
If it turns out to not be an image during rendering, the image won't be rendered but I would blame the website then since they gave us wrong information.
The assumption is that this will work in 99% of the cases and when we find edge cases, we can think about other solutions.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jowo fwd 14 Jul 2023
woohoo! congratulations on the release 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @narc 14 Jul 2023
SN sempre evoluindo 💪😎
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