"Scribd block" doesn't work with any url.

[neobabis]

Describe the bug
I tried a lot of Scribd documents.
I copy the url of a Scribd document (not the shortcode) directly into a "Scribd block" but the return is "Sorry, we could not embed that content".
Urls is like: ​https://www.scribd.com/document/XXXnumbersXXX/TITLE-OF-DOCUMENT

To Reproduce
A solution is:

1. Copy the Url ​https://www.scribd.com/document/XXXnumbersXXX/TITLE-OF-DOCUMENT
2. Replace the word /document/ with /doc/
3. Just paste the "new" Url to a Scribd block

But is this a real solution?

Screenshots

[swissspidy]

Hi there and welcome to Trac!

Do you have an example URL that we could use to test this? Perhaps https://www.scribd.com/document/... is a new format added by the provider. Because looking at ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/315616aa5ed76c12d35d9f6fe40dd179c93d430d/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php#L63, we only support the /doc/ version.

[neobabis]

Replying to swissspidy:

Hi there and welcome to Trac!

Do you have an example URL that we could use to test this? Perhaps https://www.scribd.com/document/... is a new format added by the provider. Because looking at ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/315616aa5ed76c12d35d9f6fe40dd179c93d430d/src/wp-includes/class-oembed.php#L63, we only support the /doc/ version.

Hi @swissspidy and community!

All Documents by Scribd have the same results because of /document/.
Testing Urls by a quick search:
​https://www.scribd.com/document/238730976/Internship-Report-on-web-development
​https://www.scribd.com/document/209045571/Web-Development-Proposal-Template
​https://www.scribd.com/document/234070393/Web-Development-and-Design

[swissspidy]

Awesome, thanks!

I also just found an example on the ​https://oembed.com/ website:

​https://www.scribd.com/services/oembed/?format=xml&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdoc%2F110799637%2FSynthesis-of-Knowledge-Effects-of-Fire-and-Thinning-Treatments-on-Understory-Vegetation-in-Dry-U-S-Forests

The same example also works with the long format:

​https://www.scribd.com/services/oembed/?format=xml&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdocument%2F110799637%2FSynthesis-of-Knowledge-Effects-of-Fire-and-Thinning-Treatments-on-Understory-Vegetation-in-Dry-U-S-Forests

Sounds like an easy fix in WordPress to me :-)

[neobabis]

Best community ever :-)

Thank you for your quick reply!

I am waiting for a future release.

[manzoorwani.jk]

I have tested the patch with long URL format and it fixes the issue :)

[swissspidy]

Thanks for the patch @manzoorwanijk!

[SergeyBiryukov]

In 45024:

Embeds: Scribd: Add support for /document/ URL format, in addition to /doc/.

Props manzoorwani.jk, neobabis, swissspidy.
Fixes #46444.