From 45658a7612de311b7bb2dba456c09eebfa6d10d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Novak <interfect@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 22:39:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Understand more kinds of Giphy reference as GIF

This adds Giphy page URLs and `media.giphy.com` URLs (with and without
protocols) as *accepted* encodings for GIF messages, alongside the `g:`
syntax.

When someone posts such a URL by itself as a message, it will be rendered inline just like `g:` messages are now.

This does not change the encoding that GIF messages are *sent* in; that
is still the `g:` syntax.
---
 lib/screens/chat_screen.dart | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/screens/chat_screen.dart b/lib/screens/chat_screen.dart
index 372e3e7..ec1116c 100644
--- a/lib/screens/chat_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/chat_screen.dart
@@ -601,7 +601,23 @@ class _ChatScreenState extends State<ChatScreen> {
   String? _parseGifId(String text) {
     final trimmed = text.trim();
     final match = RegExp(r'^g:([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)$').firstMatch(trimmed);
-    return match?.group(1);
+    if (match != null) {
+      return match.group(1);
+    }
+    final directUrlMatch = RegExp(
+      r'^(?:https?://)?media\.giphy\.com/media/([A-Za-z0-9_-]+)/giphy\.gif$',
+    ).firstMatch(trimmed);
+    if (directUrlMatch != null) {
+      return directUrlMatch.group(1);
+    }
+    // Giphy understands page URLs with just the ID, or any string and a
+    // dash before the ID, and redirects to a page with a dash-separated
+    // title, a dash, and the ID. IDs in this form *probably* can't
+    // contain dashes.
+    final pageMatch = RegExp(
+      r'^(?:https?://)?giphy\.com/gifs/(?:[^/?]*-)?([A-Za-z0-9_]+)/?$',
+    ).firstMatch(trimmed);
+    return pageMatch?.group(1);
   }
 
   void _showGifPicker(BuildContext context) {