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copied!<p>Unfortunately, I think the script used to generate a web-based pin is not capable of handling video.</p> <p>I utilized the following code...</p> <pre><code><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=URL&media=MEDIA&description=DESCRIPTION" class="pin-it-button" count-layout="horizontal"><img border="0" src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/PinExt.png" title="Pin It" /></a> <script type="text/javascript" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"></script> </code></pre> <p>...where the URL was the link to the YouTube video (or permalink). The problem is, the <code>pinit.js</code> script does not parse image information from the url or provide a video screenshot for the pin. It comes up blank, and without a value for media, the script won't create the pin.</p> <p>To confirm the problem is within <code>pinit.js</code>, I substituted that script for <code>pinmarklet.js</code>. What that script does is create an overlay on the page, with the screen shot of a video and a "PIN IT" button overlay on the screen shot. But that's probably not the type of user experience you're looking to present.</p> <p>One possible option (and you could get away with this through feeding the URL, media and description values dynamically) is to feed the URL with the video URL, create a screenshot and feed that into media, and finally, add the description. The drawback to this is, you'll only be pinning the image and not the video directly.</p> <p>Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.</p>

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