Unicornify Image links are not oneboxed in chat

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I discovered a serious bug in chat today: Unicornify Image links are not boxed.

I pasted in the following:

http://unicornify.appspot.com/avatar/d8d1d62f89cf41fb5ff7a06e1b5c22fb?s=128

Expecting this:

enter image description here

Instead I got this:

enter image description here

In case you're having trouble seeing it, I've highlighted the problem here:

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This might be more an issue with unicornify, I think chat needs the correct MIME type to insert images automatically. As a workaround try putting ! in front of the link. — Mad Scientist, Commented Mar 27, 2012 at 13:08

Marc Gravell · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-27 13:12:40Z

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We don't special case it, indeed (although maybe we could). Adding a leading ! will (as Fabian notes) make sure it knows it is an image:

!http://unicornify.appspot.com/avatar/d8d1d62f89cf41fb5ff7a06e1b5c22fb?s=128

Other than that, we just try to recognise urls that are likely an image.

answered Mar 27, 2012 at 13:12

Marc Gravell

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... although maybe we, ahem should ;)
– Matt
Commented Mar 27, 2012 at 13:25
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What's all this "could"/"should" talk? We must do this!
– The Unhandled Exception
Commented Mar 27, 2012 at 14:15
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I will make do with using this logical NOT ! sign while I'm NOT a unicorn, but when I become one again, this has to change.
– BoltClock's a Unicorn Mod
Commented Mar 27, 2012 at 19:07
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Or an alternative would be appending &ext=.jpg to the URL.
– uɐɯsO uɐɥʇɐN
Commented Mar 27, 2012 at 19:07
@GeorgeEdison H4X
– fredley
Commented Apr 11, 2012 at 13:08

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