Available Social Networks

This page goes over the available social networks in Highlight and Share

Highlight and Share does not load external social media scripts and styles.

The social networks included with Highlight and Share have sharing endpoints that are accessed directly. As a result, there are a minimal amount of resources that Highlight and Share needs.

The following social networks are supported by Highlight and Share.

ing social networks are available for sharing.

NetworkAllows Text Sharing

Twitter

Yes

Facebook

No

WhatsApp

Yes

Reddit

No

Tumblr

Yes

Telegram

Yes

LinkedIn

No

Xing

No

Email

Yes

Copy

Yes

Requesting New Social Networks

New social networks can absolutely be added to Highlight and Share. However, the sharing mechanism must have an endpoint (see below).

Endpoints Required: Highlight and Share does not load any third-party scripts from social networks. A publicly available endpoint is required.

Please use our support form to request new features.

Social Networking Endpoints

The following endpoints are present for the following services.

Unless otherwise noted, the URL parameters need to be URL Encoded.

Twitter

The endpoints for Twitter has the following format:

Twitter endpoint URL Encoding: The individual parameters need to be URL Encoded

Here's a full URL Encoded URL.

https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?via=mediaronllc&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediaron.com%2F&text=some&hashtags=

The twitter endpoint is: https://twitter.com/intent/tweet

It supports the following parameters:

  • via: This is the witter username (e.g., mediaronllc).

  • url: URL Encoded location of the post or page.

  • text: URL Encoded text to share.

  • hashtags: URL Encoded and comma-separated hashtags with the # symbol.

Facebook

The Facebook endpoint is: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php

It supports the following parameters:

  • u: This is the URL to share.

  • t: The title of the URL to share.

Facebook URL Example: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdlxplugins.local%2Fhighlight-and-share%2F&t=Highlight%20and%20Share

LinkedIn

LinkedIn just allows you to share a URL.

The LinkedIn endpoint is: https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/

It supports the following parameters:

  • mini: true or false - What type of dialogue to show.

  • url: The URL Encoded location of the post or page.

  • title: The URL Encoded title of the post or page.

LinkedIn URL Example: https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediaron.com%2F&title=your-title

Xing

Xing just allows you to share a URL.

The Xing endpoint is: https://www.xing.com/spi/shares/new

It only supports the url parameter (which must be URL encoded)..

Xing URL Example: https://www.xing.com/spi/shares/new?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediaron.com%2F

Reddit

Reddit only allows you to submit a new URL.

The Reddit endpoint is: https://www.reddit.com/submit

It accepts the following parameters:

  • resubmit: true or false (true is the default for Highlight and Share).

  • url: The URL Encoded link to a post or page.

  • title: The URL Encoded title of a post or page.

Reddit URL Example: https://www.reddit.com/submit?resubmit=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediaron.com%2F&title=your-title

Tumblr

Tumblr allows you to submit a URL and some text.

The Tumblr endpoint is: https://tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool

It accepts the following parameters:

  • posttype: Tumblr post type. Can be text, photo, link, quote, chat, or video.

  • title: The title of the post.

  • content: The content to share.

  • tags: Comma-separated tags.

  • caption: Caption for link, video, and quote posts.

  • show-via: Attribution in the body content.

  • canonicalUrl: URL of the post being shared.

Tumblr URL Example: https://tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp5vPnJ-5rC&content=As%20far%20as%20Holly%3F%20I%20got%20her%20stamp%20of%20approval.&title=Highlight%20and%20Share%3A%20a%20Branding%20and%20Admin%20Refresh&posttype=quote

Telegram

Telegram allows you to submit a URL and some text.

The Telegram endpoint is: https://t.me/share/url

It accepts the following parameters:

  • url: URL Encoded location to the post or page.

  • text: URL Encoded text to share.

Telegram URL Example: https://t.me/share/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediaron.com%2F&text=some

WhatsApp

WhatsApp only supports the text parameter.

The WhatsApp sharing relies on the user having the WhatsApp installed on their desktop and/or mobile device.

WhatsApp URL Example: whatsapp://send?text=your-url-encoded-text

The desktop endpoint is: https://api.whatsapp.com/send

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