Bug with updating event description, the API strips out embedded video that the Web site accepted

[Dominique]

Hi,

I created an event via the Web site which contained an embedded video in the description. I then updated the description via the API. The API stripped out the embedded video content that the Web site left in.

Here is the content I used in the event description (event 112895852):

<p><img src="http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/f/2/e/event_218647982.jpeg" border="0" style="max-height: 700px; max-width: 700px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /></p>
<p><strong>If you love GAY COMEDY - you'll love PAM ANN!</strong></p>
<p>Pam Ann is the air born alter-ego of Australian performance artist Caroline Reid. An established icon in LGBT culture, Reid's brilliance shines as the flight-attendant-from-hell Pam Ann; a wicked mixtures of vamp, camp and sky high insanity. Ms. Reid takes flights of fancy to new heights with her "air mattress" take off of the legendary airline Pan Am. Flying the friendly skies has never been funnier as Pam skewers the vagaries of air travel!</p>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Event Date:</strong> May 11, 2013</li>
<li><strong>Event Location:</strong> Saban Theatre</li>
<li>8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211</li>
<li><strong>Show Time:</strong> 8:00 pm</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p><span><strong>TICKETS:</strong></span></p>
<p><span>Get your tickets online from the Saban Theatre by <a href="http://tickets.canyonclub.net/ordertickets.asp?p=974&amp;backurl=%2Feventperformances.asp%3Fevt%3D496%26SearchMonth%3D%26monthsubmit%3D%26SearchText%3D%26Go.x%3D%26Go.y%3D%26pg%3D%26spg%3D1%26c%3D8"><strong>CLICKING HERE</strong></a> and select the price category you prefer from $35 to $55.</span> <span>If you want to sit with our group look for a seat near Orchestra Right Section seat R2.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>MEETING:</strong></p>
<p>Meet at the ticket office at 7:45PM. After the show we'll meet back at the ticket office and decide where we want to go out to and talk about the show.</p>
<p> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Take a look at <strong>PAM ANN</strong> by < strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpi0MG1mUN0">CLICKING HERE</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bpi0MG1mUN0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bpi0MG1mUN0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span><br /> </span></p>
<p><strong>You'll also have the chance to meet:</strong></p>
<p>7 Members from "<a href="http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Gay-Theatre-goers-and-friends/events/111819612/">Los Angeles Gay Theatre-goers (and friends) !</a>"</p>
<p>7 Fun People from "<a href="http://www.meetup.com/GayandLesbian/events/111463752/">Southern California Gay &amp; Lesbian Club (and Friends)</a>"</p>
<p><a href="http://MeetupBoost.com/MeetupBoost.php?View=GroupView&amp;GroupId=1681981&amp;GroupView=EventView&amp;EventId=111819862&amp;EventView=EventLinksView">Edit Linking</a></p>

From my logs, here is the original content I received via the API (note my log has converted unprintable characters into 0xXX format), and note the embedded video is there (soon after "CLICKING HERE"):

<p><img src="http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/f/2/e/event_218647982.jpeg" style="max-height : 700px ; max-width : 700px ; margin : 5px ; float : left"></img></p>0xa<p><strong>If you love GAY COMEDY - you'll love PAM ANN!</strong></p>0xa<p>Pam Ann is the air born alter-ego of Australian performance artist Caroline Reid. An established icon in LGBT culture, Reid's brilliance shines as the flight-attendant-from-hell Pam Ann; a wicked mixtures of vamp, camp and sky high insanity. Ms. Reid takes flights of fancy to new heights with her "air mattress" take off of the legendary airline Pan Am. Flying the friendly skies has never been funnier as Pam skewers the vagaries of air travel!</p>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<ul>0xa<li><strong>Event Date:</strong> May 11, 2013</li>0xa<li><strong>Event Location:</strong> Saban Theatre</li>0xa<li>8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211</li>0xa<li><strong>Show Time:</strong> 8:00 pm</li>0xa</ul>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<p><span><strong>TICKETS:</strong></span></p>0xa<p><span>Get your tickets online from the Saban Theatre by <a href="http://tickets.canyonclub.net/ordertickets.asp?p=974&amp;backurl=%2Feventperformances.asp%3Fevt%3D496%26SearchMonth%3D%26monthsubmit%3D%26SearchText%3D%26Go.x%3D%26Go.y%3D%26pg%3D%26spg%3D1%26c%3D8"><strong>CLICKING HERE</strong></a> and select the price category you prefer from $35 to $55.</span> <span>If you want to sit with our group look for a seat near Orchestra Right Section seat R2.</span></p>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<p><strong>MEETING:</strong></p>0xa<p>Meet at the ticket office at 7:45PM. After the show we'll meet back at the ticket office and decide where we want to go out to and talk about the show.</p>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<p style="text-align : center">Take a look at <strong>PAM ANN</strong> by <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpi0MG1mUN0">CLICKING HERE</a></strong></p>0xa<p style="text-align : center"><xobject height="264" width="470"><xembed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bpi0MG1mUN0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="264" style="max-height : 700px ; max-width : 700px ; margin : 5px"></xembed></xobject></p>0xa<p style="text-align : center"><span> <br />0xa0xa</span></p>0xa<p><strong>You'll also have the chance to meet:</strong></p>0xa<p>7 Members from "<a href="http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Gay-Theatre-goers-and-friends/events/111819612/">Los Angeles Gay Theatre-goers (and friends) !</a>"</p>0xa<p>7 Fun People from "<a href="http://www.meetup.com/GayandLesbian/events/111463752/">Southern California Gay &amp; Lesbian Club (and Friends)</a>"</p>0xa<p><a href="http://MeetupBoost.com/MeetupBoost.php?View=GroupView&amp;GroupId=1681981&amp;GroupView=EventView&amp;EventId=111819862&amp;EventView=EventLinksView">Edit Linking</a></p>

From my logs, here is the content I updated using the API (note I am adding some content at the end, everything else is the same):

<p><img src="http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/f/2/e/event_218647982.jpeg" style="max-height : 700px ; max-width : 700px ; margin : 5px ; float : left"></img></p>0xa<p><strong>If you love GAY COMEDY - you'll love PAM ANN!</strong></p>0xa<p>Pam Ann is the air born alter-ego of Australian performance artist Caroline Reid. An established icon in LGBT culture, Reid's brilliance shines as the flight-attendant-from-hell Pam Ann; a wicked mixtures of vamp, camp and sky high insanity. Ms. Reid takes flights of fancy to new heights with her "air mattress" take off of the legendary airline Pan Am. Flying the friendly skies has never been funnier as Pam skewers the vagaries of air travel!</p>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<ul>0xa<li><strong>Event Date:</strong> May 11, 2013</li>0xa<li><strong>Event Location:</strong> Saban Theatre</li>0xa<li>8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211</li>0xa<li><strong>Show Time:</strong> 8:00 pm</li>0xa</ul>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<p><span><strong>TICKETS:</strong></span></p>0xa<p><span>Get your tickets online from the Saban Theatre by <a href="http://tickets.canyonclub.net/ordertickets.asp?p=974&amp;backurl=%2Feventperformances.asp%3Fevt%3D496%26SearchMonth%3D%26monthsubmit%3D%26SearchText%3D%26Go.x%3D%26Go.y%3D%26pg%3D%26spg%3D1%26c%3D8"><strong>CLICKING HERE</strong></a> and select the price category you prefer from $35 to $55.</span> <span>If you want to sit with our group look for a seat near Orchestra Right Section seat R2.</span></p>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<p><strong>MEETING:</strong></p>0xa<p>Meet at the ticket office at 7:45PM. After the show we'll meet back at the ticket office and decide where we want to go out to and talk about the show.</p>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<p style="text-align : center">Take a look at <strong>PAM ANN</strong> by <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpi0MG1mUN0">CLICKING HERE</a></strong></p>0xa<p style="text-align : center"><xobject height="264" width="470"><xembed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Bpi0MG1mUN0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="470" height="264" style="max-height : 700px ; max-width : 700px ; margin : 5px"></xembed></xobject></p>0xa<p style="text-align : center"><span> <br />0xa0xa</span></p>0xa<p><strong>You'll also have the chance to meet:</strong></p>0xa<p>7 Members from "<a href="http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Gay-Theatre-goers-and-friends/events/111819612/">Los Angeles Gay Theatre-goers (and friends) !</a>"</p>0xa<p>7 Fun People from "<a href="http://www.meetup.com/GayandLesbian/events/111463752/">Southern California Gay &amp; Lesbian Club (and Friends)</a>"</p>0xa<p><a href="http://MeetupBoost.com/MeetupBoost.php?View=GroupView&amp;GroupId=1681981&amp;GroupView=EventView&amp;EventId=111819862&amp;EventView=EventLinksView">Edit Linking</a></p><p><a href="http://MeetupBoost.com/MeetupBoost.php?View=GroupView&amp;GroupId=3742882&amp;GroupView=EventView&amp;EventId=112895852&amp;EventView=PostsView">Hosts Discussion</a></p>

From my logs, immediately after the above update, I do another "get" to check for this bug and here is what I get back (notice the removed embedded video soon after "CLICKING HERE"):

<p><img src="http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/1/f/2/e/event_218647982.jpeg" style="max-height : 700px ; max-width : 700px ; margin : 5px ; float : left"></img></p>0xa<p><strong>If you love GAY COMEDY - you'll love PAM ANN!</strong></p>0xa<p>Pam Ann is the air born alter-ego of Australian performance artist Caroline Reid. An established icon in LGBT culture, Reid's brilliance shines as the flight-attendant-from-hell Pam Ann; a wicked mixtures of vamp, camp and sky high insanity. Ms. Reid takes flights of fancy to new heights with her "air mattress" take off of the legendary airline Pan Am. Flying the friendly skies has never been funnier as Pam skewers the vagaries of air travel!</p>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<ul>0xa<li><strong>Event Date:</strong> May 11, 2013</li>0xa<li><strong>Event Location:</strong> Saban Theatre</li>0xa<li>8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211</li>0xa<li><strong>Show Time:</strong> 8:00 pm</li>0xa</ul>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<p><span><strong>TICKETS:</strong></span></p>0xa<p><span>Get your tickets online from the Saban Theatre by <a href="http://tickets.canyonclub.net/ordertickets.asp?p=974&amp;backurl=%2Feventperformances.asp%3Fevt%3D496%26SearchMonth%3D%26monthsubmit%3D%26SearchText%3D%26Go.x%3D%26Go.y%3D%26pg%3D%26spg%3D1%26c%3D8"><strong>CLICKING HERE</strong></a> and select the price category you prefer from $35 to $55.</span> <span>If you want to sit with our group look for a seat near Orchestra Right Section seat R2.</span></p>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<p><strong>MEETING:</strong></p>0xa<p>Meet at the ticket office at 7:45PM. After the show we'll meet back at the ticket office and decide where we want to go out to and talk about the show.</p>0xa<p>0xc20xa0</p>0xa<p style="text-align : center">Take a look at <strong>PAM ANN</strong> by <strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpi0MG1mUN0">CLICKING HERE</a></strong></p>0xa<p style="text-align : center"><span> <br />0xa0xa</span></p>0xa<p><strong>You'll also have the chance to meet:</strong></p>0xa<p>7 Members from "<a href="http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Gay-Theatre-goers-and-friends/events/111819612/">Los Angeles Gay Theatre-goers (and friends) !</a>"</p>0xa<p>7 Fun People from "<a href="http://www.meetup.com/GayandLesbian/events/111463752/">Southern California Gay &amp; Lesbian Club (and Friends)</a>"</p>0xa<p><a href="http://MeetupBoost.com/MeetupBoost.php?View=GroupView&amp;GroupId=1681981&amp;GroupView=EventView&amp;EventId=111819862&amp;EventView=EventLinksView">Edit Linking</a></p>0xa<p><a href="http://MeetupBoost.com/MeetupBoost.php?View=GroupView&amp;GroupId=3742882&amp;GroupView=EventView&amp;EventId=112895852&amp;EventView=PostsView">Hosts Discussion</a></p>

[Doug Tangren]

On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Dominique <salt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I created an event via the Web site which contained an embedded video in the description. I then updated the description via the API. The API stripped out the embedded video content that the Web site left in.

I'll open a ticket to investigate.

 

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