fix: Renders youtube and vimeo links within blank lines as embeds (#7422)

Within the article we are now rendering every link for youtube and vimeo as embeds. This isn't a good solution, as users might need to have plain links as well. This fix will render only links within two blank lines as embeds.

Co-authored-by: Sojan Jose <sojan@pepalo.com>

lib/custom_markdown_renderer.rb

@@ -15,11 +15,30 @@ class CustomMarkdownRenderer < CommonMarker::HtmlRenderer
   end
 
   def link(node)
-    render_embedded_content(node) || super
+    return if surrounded_by_empty_lines?(node) && render_embedded_content(node)
+
+    # If it's not YouTube or Vimeo link, render normally
+    super
   end
 
   private
 
+  def surrounded_by_empty_lines?(node)
+    prev_node_empty?(node.previous) && next_node_empty?(node.next)
+  end
+
+  def prev_node_empty?(prev_node)
+    prev_node.nil? || node_empty?(prev_node)
+  end
+
+  def next_node_empty?(next_node)
+    next_node.nil? || node_empty?(next_node)
+  end
+
+  def node_empty?(node)
+    (node.type == :text && node.string_content.strip.empty?) || (node.type != :text)
+  end
+
   def render_embedded_content(node)
     link_url = node.url
 

spec/lib/custom_markdown_renderer_spec.rb

@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ describe CustomMarkdownRenderer do
     end
 
     context 'when multiple links are present' do
-      it 'renders all links' do
-        markdown = '[youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID) [vimeo](https://vimeo.com/1234567) ^ hello ^ [normal](https://example.com)'
+      it 'renders all links when present between empty lines' do
+        markdown = "\n[youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID)\n\n[vimeo](https://vimeo.com/1234567)\n^ hello ^ [normal](https://example.com)"
         output = render_markdown(markdown)
         expect(output).to include('src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID"')
         expect(output).to include('src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1234567"')
@@ -113,5 +113,15 @@ describe CustomMarkdownRenderer do
         expect(output).to include('<sup> hello </sup>')
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when links within text are present' do
+      it 'renders only text within blank lines as embeds' do
+        markdown = "\n[youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID)\nthis is such an amazing [vimeo](https://vimeo.com/1234567)\n[vimeo](https://vimeo.com/1234567)"
+        output = render_markdown(markdown)
+        expect(output).to include('src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID"')
+        expect(output).to include('href="https://vimeo.com/1234567"')
+        expect(output).to include('src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1234567"')
+      end
+    end
   end
 end