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mtmail
1690 days ago
If I understand correctly they setup '
https://twitter-unfurl-faker.herokuapp.com/
'. When twitter creates the preview it uses a Twitter user agent so the website is returning different content (or a redirect). Then a non-twitter user agent is used to access '
https://twitter-unfurl-faker.herokuapp.com/
' then it redirects to
https://harrydenley.com/faking-twitter-unfurling/