Merge branch 'richmedia-workaround' into 'develop'

Workaround for RichMedia preview image breakage edge case

See merge request pleroma/pleroma!3363

lib/pleroma/web/mastodon_api/views/status_view.ex

@@ -381,12 +381,15 @@ def render("card.json", %{rich_media: rich_media, page_url: page_url}) do
 
     page_url = page_url_data |> to_string
 
-    image_url =
+    image_url_data =
       if is_binary(rich_media["image"]) do
-        URI.merge(page_url_data, URI.parse(rich_media["image"]))
-        |> to_string
+        URI.parse(rich_media["image"])
+      else
+        nil
       end
 
+    image_url = build_image_url(image_url_data, page_url_data)
+
     %{
       type: "link",
       provider_name: page_url_data.host,
@@ -542,4 +545,23 @@ defp build_application(%{"type" => _type, "name" => name, "url" => url}),
     do: %{name: name, website: url}
 
   defp build_application(_), do: nil
+
+  # Workaround for Elixir issue #10771
+  # Avoid applying URI.merge unless necessary
+  # TODO: revert to always attempting URI.merge(image_url_data, page_url_data)
+  # when Elixir 1.12 is the minimum supported version
+  @spec build_image_url(struct() | nil, struct()) :: String.t() | nil
+  defp build_image_url(
+         %URI{scheme: image_scheme, host: image_host} = image_url_data,
+         %URI{} = _page_url_data
+       )
+       when not is_nil(image_scheme) and not is_nil(image_host) do
+    image_url_data |> to_string
+  end
+
+  defp build_image_url(%URI{} = image_url_data, %URI{} = page_url_data) do
+    URI.merge(page_url_data, image_url_data) |> to_string
+  end
+
+  defp build_image_url(_, _), do: nil
 end