[TheFarSideBridge] Add option to not embed image

[dariottolo]

Dear all,

I am runnging the latest version of RSS-Bridge, but I am having issue with the atm feed it generates for "TheFarSideBridge".

In the browser it is displayed apparetely correctly (I am not advanced enough to know if Chrome does something behind the scene):

Attached is the result of the rss feed:

farside.txt

Is it a problem on my side or with the bridge itself?

Thank you in advance.

Regards

[yamanq]

What is the issue with the rss feed?

[dariottolo]

What is the issue with the rss feed?

The generated RSS does not contain the link to the image, but what I suppose is the code of the image.

Output of The Far Side Bridge (see txt attachment in my previous post:

 <content type="html">&lt;figure&gt;
	&lt;img title="        " src="data:image/jpeg;base64,
[a lot of code that I deleted]
="/&gt;
	&lt;figcaption&gt;

for comparison, output of Cyanide & Happiness Bridge:
<content type="html">&lt;img src="https://static.explosm.net/2022/06/14003926/cream-filling.png" /&gt;</content>

I hope it is now more clear.

Thanks again for looking into it.

Regards

[yamanq]

Some people prefer to have the image embedded in the feed, but I can see why you would want just the link.

[VerifiedJoseph]

The bridge downloads and embeds images to bypass the hotlink protection used on thefarside.com. Linking the image, like in the Cyanide & Happiness Bridge, would result in the image not loading when viewed in a feed reader.

[yamanq]

Oh ok, so we can't really solve this unless proper media caching is implemented in RSS-Bridge (#2365)

[dariottolo]

Thank you all for your support. I hope caching will be enabled soon.
Regards