Multimedia aggregation in an online social network

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• receive group information associated with a group, the group information comprising a name of the group, a description of the group, and a list of members of the group;
• associate a unique group identifier with the group information, wherein the unique group identifier is different from unique group identifiers associated with other groups defined in the social network;
• store the unique group identifier and the group information;
• receive a search request comprising one or more search parameters, the search parameters including a parameter relating to the name or description of the group;
• determine that the search parameter relating to the name or description of the group matches at least a portion of the group information;
• determine at least one matching user of the social network who matches the search request and is a member of the group;
• retrieve a content identifier and a source identifier using a user identifier associated with the matching user, wherein the content identifier is associated with content information provided by a third-party content source and the source identifier identifies a configuration for generating an embed code for accessing the content information;
• retrieve the configuration based on at least the source identifier;
• generate an embed code for the content information using at least the retrieved configuration and the content identifier;
• send in response to the search request, a page containing the generated embed code for the content information provided by the third-party content source.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors associated with one or more servers for a social network;
• and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:
• receive group information associated with a group, the group information comprising a name of the group, a description of the group, and a list of members of the group;
• associate a unique group identifier with the group information, wherein the unique group identifier is different from unique group identifiers associated with other groups defined in the social network;
• store the unique group identifier and the group information;
• receive a search request comprising one or more search parameters, the search parameters including a parameter relating to the name or description of the group;
• determine that the search parameter relating to the name or description of the group matches at least a portion of the group information;
• determine at least one matching user of the social network who matches the search request and is a member of the group;
• retrieve a content identifier and a source identifier using a user identifier associated with the matching user, wherein the content identifier is associated with content information provided by a third-party content source and the source identifier identifies a configuration for generating an embed code for accessing the content information;
• retrieve the configuration based on at least the source identifier;
• generate an embed code for the content information using at least the retrieved configuration and the content identifier;
• send in response to the search request, a page containing the generated embed code for the content information provided by the third-party content source.