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Vimeo fieldtype issue

I think I've seen something similar posted by others, but I can't seem to find the solution, so wonder if I'm doing something wrong. I want to use the Vimeo fieldtype to output the Vimeo embed code in part of my page, but it appears not to save the vimeo URL when it's input to the field in the Perch editor - when the page is saved, the editor field simply blanks the URL that has been input.

My template code is:

       <div id="<perch:content id="projectname" />" class="reveal-modal large" data-reveal style="display: block; top: 50px; opacity: 1;">
  <h3> <perch:content id="projecttitle" /></h3>
  <div class="flex-video widescreen vimeo" style="display: block;">
  <perch:content id="video" type="vimeo" output="embed" label="Vimeo video URL" width="1200" />
  </div>
    <a class="close-reveal-modal">&#215;</a>
</div>

but when inputting a Vimeo URL via the Perch editor and saving the page, the URL field simply returns as empty in the editor (despite the page saying it's saved properly) and the output code is as follows, with an empty space where the Vimeo embed should be:

     <div id="shamelessopening" class="reveal-modal large" data-reveal style="display: block; top: 50px; opacity: 1;">
  <h3> Shameless S11 Titles</h3>
  <div class="flex-video widescreen vimeo" style="display: block;">

  </div>
    <a class="close-reveal-modal">&#215;</a>
</div>

I'm using the vimeov1.2 fieldtype, and Perch 2.7.7 My webserver supports curl (according to Perch diagnostics) so I'm a bit stumped.

Am I missed something really basic?
Murray Fisher

Murray Fisher 0 points

  • 6 years ago
Murray Fisher

Murray Fisher 0 points

6 years ago

In case it's of use, here's my diagnostics report


Perch: 2.7.7
Production mode: Production (100)
Installed apps: content (2.7.7), assets (2.7.7), categories (2.7.7), perch_forms (1.8.2), perch_backup (1.2)
DB driver: PDO
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Users: 1
App runtimes:
<?php
    $apps_list = array(
        'content', 
        'categories',
        'perch_forms',
    );
Editor plug-ins: markitup, redactor
H1: 1f8faa44b8d3e377de5bbbd4f3891e16
L1: 23a6fc2bb5d167a3c88fe8781ac32191
headerColour: #ffffff
content_singlePageEdit: 1
helpURL:
siteURL: /
hideBranding: 1
content_collapseList: 1
lang: en-gb
update_2.7.7: done
latest_version: 2.5.3
on_sale_version: 2.7.7
headerScheme: light
perch_backup_mysqldump_path:
dashboard: 1
hide_pwd_reset: 0
content_hideNonEditableRegions: 0
content_frontend_edit: 0
logoPath: /admin/resources/logo.png
PERCH_DEVELOPMENT: 10
PERCH_STAGING: 50
PERCH_PRODUCTION: 100
PERCH_DB_USERNAME: thera349_whadmin
PERCH_DB_SERVER: localhost
PERCH_DB_DATABASE: thera349_warehouseCMS
PERCH_DB_PREFIX: perch2_
PERCH_TZ: Europe/London
PERCH_EMAIL_FROM: murray@trickster.co.uk
PERCH_EMAIL_FROM_NAME: Murray Fisher
PERCH_LOGINPATH: /admin
PERCH_PATH: /home/thera349/public_html/warehousefilms.co.uk/admin
PERCH_CORE: /home/thera349/public_html/warehousefilms.co.uk/admin/core
PERCH_RESFILEPATH: /home/thera349/public_html/warehousefilms.co.uk/admin/resources
PERCH_RESPATH: /admin/resources
PERCH_HTML5: 1
PERCH_RUNWAY:
PERCH_ERROR_MODE: DIE
PERCH_DATE_LONG: %d %B %Y
PERCH_DATE_SHORT: %d %b %Y
PERCH_TIME_SHORT: %H:%M
PERCH_TIME_LONG: %H:%M:%S
PERCH_DEBUG:
PERCH_PREVIEW_ARG: preview
PERCH_TEMPLATE_PATH: /home/thera349/public_html/warehousefilms.co.uk/admin/templates
PERCH_DEFAULT_DOC: index.php
PERCH_DEFAULT_EXT: .php
PERCH_PRODUCTION_MODE: 100
PERCH_RWD:
PERCH_HTML_ENTITIES:
PERCH_SSL:
PERCH_AUTH_PLUGIN:
PERCH_DB_CHARSET: utf8
PERCH_DB_PORT:
PERCH_DB_SOCKET:
HOSTING SETTINGS

PHP: 5.4.36
Zend: 2.4.0
OS: Linux
SAPI: cgi-fcgi
Safe mode: not detected
MySQL client: mysqlnd 5.0.10 - 20111026 - $Id: c85105d7c6f7d70d609bb4c000257868a40840ab $
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GD: Yes
ImageMagick: No
PHP max upload size: 64M
PHP max form post size: 64M
PHP memory limit: 128M
Total max uploadable file size: 64M
Resource folder writeable: Yes
Session timeout: 24 minutes
Native JSON: Yes
Filter functions: Yes
Transliteration functions: No
DOCUMENT_ROOT: /home/thera349/public_html/warehousefilms.co.uk
GATEWAY_INTERFACE: CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: gzip, deflate, sdch
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: en-US,en;q=0.8
HTTP_CONNECTION: keep-alive
HTTP_COOKIE: ASPSESSIONIDCARQQTTB=BIKHMJNDMGGNNBCDFEGIKEPF; ASPSESSIONIDCARQQQSA=HECNNOODLKGLCAELMLPCHNKP; ASPSESSIONIDAASRTTTB=NFDNLPEDDDAPHICNJKHPFEGI; ASPSESSIONIDQSDSDBRA=LNPHBNPBMMAKKDDBPPPPBGIL; cmsa=1; PHPSESSID=4cf5a7db801a548084d3234077d313e0
HTTP_HOST: www.warehousefilms.co.uk
HTTP_REFERER: https://www.warehousefilms.co.uk/admin/core/settings/diagnostics/
HTTP_USER_AGENT: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/39.0.2171.95 Safari/537.36
PATH: /bin:/usr/bin
PHPRC: /home/thera349/etc/
QUERY_STRING: extended
REDIRECT_STATUS: 200
REMOTE_ADDR: 78.146.227.202
REMOTE_PORT: 49376
REQUEST_METHOD: GET
REQUEST_URI: /admin/core/settings/diagnostics/?extended
SCRIPT_FILENAME: /home/thera349/public_html/warehousefilms.co.uk/admin/core/settings/diagnostics/index.php
SCRIPT_NAME: /admin/core/settings/diagnostics/index.php
SERVER_ADDR: 69.90.66.200
SERVER_ADMIN: webmaster@warehousefilms.therapythroughcbt.co.uk
SERVER_NAME: www.warehousefilms.co.uk
SERVER_PORT: 80
SERVER_PROTOCOL: HTTP/1.1
SERVER_SOFTWARE: Apache
UNIQUE_ID: VLgJ3UVaQsgADrTcHfoAAAAK
PHP_SELF: /admin/core/settings/diagnostics/index.php
REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT: 1421347293.84
REQUEST_TIME: 1421347293
argc: 1
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Is the video private? I think someone else had this issue and the cause was a private video.
Murray Fisher

Murray Fisher 0 points

6 years ago

Sadly not.. Initially I was trying with a private video, but then saw that thread and thus tried it with a public one, but the same issue seems to occur.
Murray Fisher

Murray Fisher 0 points

6 years ago

Ahh, but I think perhaps I see the issue now. The Vimeo fieldtype will accept the URL from the page that's on Vimeo, but doesn't like the URL link from the Vimeo share.

So, if I paste in https://vimeo.com/114359151 for my test video, this works, but if I paste in https://vimeo.com/sjoj/restoration which is the link code provided by Vimeo from the 'share' facility, it blanks it.

Is that an minor bug, or my misuse of the field type?

Also, it won't work with a private video, as per that other thread.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

I've never seen that second URL format for a Vimeo video before. Is it some sort of custom URL feature?

Private videos don't appear in the API unless you're authenticated and have permission to see the private video. Perch obviously isn't authenticated with your Vimeo account, which is why private videos won't work.
Murray Fisher

Murray Fisher 0 points

6 years ago

Thanks for the clarification on the Private vids Drew.

Yes, the second URL is one of the free features of Vimeo, where it allows you to specify a more pleasing URL in addition to the standard numerical one. I set that up on a free Vimeo account, so I don't know if there's a case for baking that into the fieldtype notes or something, as I can imagine others possibly getting caught out by that.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

We'll need to take a look at the API and see how those URLs can be converted into video IDs. I can't see anything at a quick glance, so I have no immediate suggestion.
Murray Fisher

Murray Fisher 0 points

6 years ago

No probs Drew.. I think for now I'll use the workaround suggested in the other thread, just taking the URL and adding it in to the page via a text field in the editor instead.