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fix: try OEmbed before declaring soft 404
When scraping detects a soft 404 (e.g. YouTube consent pages
returning a generic title), attempt an OEmbed lookup first.
The OEmbed API returns proper metadata regardless of consent
screens or JS rendering, avoiding false "Video Unavailable"
results.
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internal/handler/preview.go
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internal/handler/preview.go
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h.cacheAndRespond(w, r, urlParam, meta)
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return
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}
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// If we detected a soft 404, stop here and return 404 so UI can render "missing" badge
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// If we detected a soft 404 from scraping (e.g. consent page with generic
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// "YouTube" title), verify with OEmbed before declaring dead. The OEmbed API
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// returns proper data regardless of consent screens or JS rendering.
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if err.Error() == "status 404" {
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if oeMeta, oeErr := h.tryOEmbed(urlParam); oeErr == nil {
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h.cacheAndRespond(w, r, urlParam, oeMeta)
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return
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}
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h.cacheErrorPreview(r, urlParam, "Video Unavailable", 404)
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archiveData := h.attachArchiveData(r.Context(), urlParam)
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resp := map[string]interface{}{