Medium embeddings are broken in some cases

[jslirola]

Bug Report

Current Behavior I have encountered two issues related to formatting Medium links.

Error loading images When attempting to load an image from a Medium link, a 404 error is returned. This prevents images from displaying correctly in the content.

Example of affected URL: https://medium.com/ssense-tech/hexagonal-architecture-there-are-always-two-sides-to-every-story-bc0780ed7d9c

Problem with special characters (accents) When a Medium URL contains special characters in Spanish, such as accents (e.g., "cómo"), the URL is not formatted correctly. The first 'ó' gets converted into encoded characters, resulting in a non-functional link.

Example of affected URL: https://medium.com/datapath/c%C3%B3mo-usar-read-ai-transcribe-y-mejora-tus-reuniones-virtuales-93ca8cc3ba66

Expected Behavior I expected to see a preview of the links. In the first case it is formatted but without the image, in the second nothing is shown other than the iframe without content.

Environment

• Flarum version: 1.8.1
• Extension version: 1.0.3
• Webserver: apache
• Hosting environment: shared
• PHP version: 8.2.18
• Browser: firefox 125.0.3

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| flarum-mentions                           | v1.8.0  |                                          |
| flarum-lang-spanish                       | 1.8.0   |                                          |
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Additional Context

I have searched the repository for similar issues and found this link, I don't think it is caused by another extension but perhaps I am wrong.