Title: WP_oEmbed_Controller
Published: December 9, 2015
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# class WP_oEmbed_Controller {}

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/?output_format=md#methods)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/?output_format=md#changelog)

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oEmbed API endpoint controller.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Registers the REST API route and delivers the response data.
The output format (
XML or JSON) is handled by the REST API.

## 󠀁[Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/?output_format=md#methods)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [WP_oEmbed_Controller::get_item](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/get_item/) | Callback for the embed API endpoint. | 
| [WP_oEmbed_Controller::get_proxy_item](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/get_proxy_item/) | Callback for the proxy API endpoint. | 
| [WP_oEmbed_Controller::get_proxy_item_permissions_check](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/get_proxy_item_permissions_check/) | Checks if current user can make a proxy oEmbed request. | 
| [WP_oEmbed_Controller::register_routes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/register_routes/) | Register the oEmbed REST API route. |

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    #[AllowDynamicProperties]
    final class WP_oEmbed_Controller {
    	/**
    	 * Register the oEmbed REST API route.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.4.0
    	 */
    	public function register_routes() {
    		/**
    		 * Filters the maxwidth oEmbed parameter.
    		 *
    		 * @since 4.4.0
    		 *
    		 * @param int $maxwidth Maximum allowed width. Default 600.
    		 */
    		$maxwidth = apply_filters( 'oembed_default_width', 600 );

    		register_rest_route(
    			'oembed/1.0',
    			'/embed',
    			array(
    				array(
    					'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
    					'callback'            => array( $this, 'get_item' ),
    					'permission_callback' => '__return_true',
    					'args'                => array(
    						'url'      => array(
    							'description' => __( 'The URL of the resource for which to fetch oEmbed data.' ),
    							'required'    => true,
    							'type'        => 'string',
    							'format'      => 'uri',
    						),
    						'format'   => array(
    							'default'           => 'json',
    							'sanitize_callback' => 'wp_oembed_ensure_format',
    						),
    						'maxwidth' => array(
    							'default'           => $maxwidth,
    							'sanitize_callback' => 'absint',
    						),
    					),
    				),
    			)
    		);

    		register_rest_route(
    			'oembed/1.0',
    			'/proxy',
    			array(
    				array(
    					'methods'             => WP_REST_Server::READABLE,
    					'callback'            => array( $this, 'get_proxy_item' ),
    					'permission_callback' => array( $this, 'get_proxy_item_permissions_check' ),
    					'args'                => array(
    						'url'       => array(
    							'description' => __( 'The URL of the resource for which to fetch oEmbed data.' ),
    							'required'    => true,
    							'type'        => 'string',
    							'format'      => 'uri',
    						),
    						'format'    => array(
    							'description' => __( 'The oEmbed format to use.' ),
    							'type'        => 'string',
    							'default'     => 'json',
    							'enum'        => array(
    								'json',
    								'xml',
    							),
    						),
    						'maxwidth'  => array(
    							'description'       => __( 'The maximum width of the embed frame in pixels.' ),
    							'type'              => 'integer',
    							'default'           => $maxwidth,
    							'sanitize_callback' => 'absint',
    						),
    						'maxheight' => array(
    							'description'       => __( 'The maximum height of the embed frame in pixels.' ),
    							'type'              => 'integer',
    							'sanitize_callback' => 'absint',
    						),
    						'discover'  => array(
    							'description' => __( 'Whether to perform an oEmbed discovery request for unsanctioned providers.' ),
    							'type'        => 'boolean',
    							'default'     => true,
    						),
    					),
    				),
    			)
    		);
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Callback for the embed API endpoint.
    	 *
    	 * Returns the JSON object for the post.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.4.0
    	 *
    	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request Full data about the request.
    	 * @return array|WP_Error oEmbed response data or WP_Error on failure.
    	 */
    	public function get_item( $request ) {
    		$post_id = url_to_postid( $request['url'] );

    		/**
    		 * Filters the determined post ID.
    		 *
    		 * @since 4.4.0
    		 *
    		 * @param int    $post_id The post ID.
    		 * @param string $url     The requested URL.
    		 */
    		$post_id = apply_filters( 'oembed_request_post_id', $post_id, $request['url'] );

    		$data = get_oembed_response_data( $post_id, $request['maxwidth'] );

    		if ( ! $data ) {
    			return new WP_Error( 'oembed_invalid_url', get_status_header_desc( 404 ), array( 'status' => 404 ) );
    		}

    		return $data;
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Checks if current user can make a proxy oEmbed request.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.8.0
    	 *
    	 * @return true|WP_Error True if the request has read access, WP_Error object otherwise.
    	 */
    	public function get_proxy_item_permissions_check() {
    		if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) ) {
    			return new WP_Error( 'rest_forbidden', __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to make proxied oEmbed requests.' ), array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() ) );
    		}
    		return true;
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Callback for the proxy API endpoint.
    	 *
    	 * Returns the JSON object for the proxied item.
    	 *
    	 * @since 4.8.0
    	 *
    	 * @see WP_oEmbed::get_html()
    	 * @global WP_Embed   $wp_embed   WordPress Embed object.
    	 * @global WP_Scripts $wp_scripts
    	 *
    	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request Full data about the request.
    	 * @return object|WP_Error oEmbed response data or WP_Error on failure.
    	 */
    	public function get_proxy_item( $request ) {
    		global $wp_embed, $wp_scripts;

    		$args = $request->get_params();

    		// Serve oEmbed data from cache if set.
    		unset( $args['_wpnonce'] );
    		$cache_key = 'oembed_' . md5( serialize( $args ) );
    		$data      = get_transient( $cache_key );
    		if ( ! empty( $data ) ) {
    			return $data;
    		}

    		$url = $request['url'];
    		unset( $args['url'] );

    		// Copy maxwidth/maxheight to width/height since WP_oEmbed::fetch() uses these arg names.
    		if ( isset( $args['maxwidth'] ) ) {
    			$args['width'] = $args['maxwidth'];
    		}
    		if ( isset( $args['maxheight'] ) ) {
    			$args['height'] = $args['maxheight'];
    		}

    		// Short-circuit process for URLs belonging to the current site.
    		$data = get_oembed_response_data_for_url( $url, $args );

    		if ( $data ) {
    			return $data;
    		}

    		$data = _wp_oembed_get_object()->get_data( $url, $args );

    		if ( false === $data ) {
    			// Try using a classic embed, instead.
    			/* @var WP_Embed $wp_embed */
    			$html = $wp_embed->get_embed_handler_html( $args, $url );

    			if ( $html ) {
    				// Check if any scripts were enqueued by the shortcode, and include them in the response.
    				$enqueued_scripts = array();

    				foreach ( $wp_scripts->queue as $script ) {
    					$enqueued_scripts[] = $wp_scripts->registered[ $script ]->src;
    				}

    				return (object) array(
    					'provider_name' => __( 'Embed Handler' ),
    					'html'          => $html,
    					'scripts'       => $enqueued_scripts,
    				);
    			}

    			return new WP_Error( 'oembed_invalid_url', get_status_header_desc( 404 ), array( 'status' => 404 ) );
    		}

    		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-oembed.php */
    		$data->html = apply_filters( 'oembed_result', _wp_oembed_get_object()->data2html( (object) $data, $url ), $url, $args );

    		/**
    		 * Filters the oEmbed TTL value (time to live).
    		 *
    		 * Similar to the 'oembed_ttl' filter, but for the REST API
    		 * oEmbed proxy endpoint.
    		 *
    		 * @since 4.8.0
    		 *
    		 * @param int    $time    Time to live (in seconds).
    		 * @param string $url     The attempted embed URL.
    		 * @param array  $args    An array of embed request arguments.
    		 */
    		$ttl = apply_filters( 'rest_oembed_ttl', DAY_IN_SECONDS, $url, $args );

    		set_transient( $cache_key, $data, $ttl );

    		return $data;
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-oembed-controller.php/)
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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_oembed_controller/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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