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"Failed to retrieve Redgif video" error (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Pretty much all posts linked to redgifs produce the same error, which messes with how the feed looks and loads. Incredibly grateful for all you've done with the app!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Just checking you’re not in a state that passed one of those draconian porn verification laws? Redgifs is following suit with whichever states PornHub is blocking. Try launching the lemmy page in your browser directly and see what you get too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Good call, hadn't even thought of that as a possibility!But nope (thankfully!), in a sane, blue, porn-friendly state, and looks like everything works for me in my browser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Any NSFW settings within the app which might be blocking them?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nope, I can see all NSFW posts that aren't linked to redgifs and maybe 25% of redgifs links load correctly, but 75% stay loading until the "Exception: failed to retrieve..." pops up as a banner at the bottom of my screen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Try opening external, then deleting the "api" at the front of the link.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Opening external works; the bug is that the gifs don't load in the app

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

My browser also fails to open them, unless I make the following change:

NSFW WARNING!

Original link example: https://api.redgifs.com/v2/gifs/mediumaquamarinecharmingtahr/files/MediumaquamarineCharmingTahr-silent.mp4

Becomes: https://redgifs.com/ifr/mediumaquamarinecharmingtahr/

(Please forgive including NSFW link to demonstrate link modification)

There are 3 changes to the link: remove api, replace first two subdirectories with ifr, and remove last two items

Wanted to share in case anyone else has the same difficulty

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

There's a new update that appears to fix this issue fyi!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's the app, the same thing happened to sync a while back

{"error":{"code":"FileAccessDenied","message":"Access to this file was denied for your application.","status":403,"rtfm":"https://github.com/Redgifs/api/wiki/Embedding-gifs#file-access"},"docs":"https://github.com/Redgifs/api/wiki/Embedding-gifs#file-access"}

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did they manage a fix?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The last update was 4 months ago so no lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Hi! This should now be fixed on Connect ver180(beta) as of today

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Try again, there was a new update about this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Definitely seems to work better/more consistently now