discourse-onebox-assistant

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What is discourse-onebox-assistant?

A Discourse plugin that routes onebox preview requests through a third-party API. It solves the issue of external sites blocking the forum server's IP address during link scraping.

Tech Stack
RubyCommunity & Events

Why discourse-onebox-assistant?

  • Bypasses bot detection
  • Improves UI consistency
  • Configurable API endpoints

Limitations

  • Requires 3rd party API key
  • Dependency on external service
  • Slight latency increase
6/19/2025
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GPL-2.0
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