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+require "../../spec_helper"
+require "../../../src/invidious/videos/description"
+
+Spectator.describe "Video description parser" do
+  describe "#parse_description" do
+    it "uses UTF-16 offsets when an emoji precedes a command" do
+      description = JSON.parse(<<-JSON)
+        {
+          "content": "🚀 Visit example now",
+          "commandRuns": [{
+            "startIndex": 3,
+            "length": 5,
+            "onTap": {
+              "innertubeCommand": {
+                "urlEndpoint": {"url": "https://example.com"}
+              }
+            }
+          }]
+        }
+        JSON
+
+      expect(parse_description(description, "video-id")).to eq(
+        %(🚀 <a href="https://example.com">Visit</a> example now)
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "uses UTF-16 lengths when an emoji is inside a command" do
+      description = JSON.parse(<<-JSON)
+        {
+          "content": "Open 😀 docs",
+          "commandRuns": [{
+            "startIndex": 0,
+            "length": 7,
+            "onTap": {
+              "innertubeCommand": {
+                "urlEndpoint": {"url": "https://example.com"}
+              }
+            }
+          }]
+        }
+        JSON
+
+      expect(parse_description(description, "video-id")).to eq(
+        %(<a href="https://example.com">Open 😀</a> docs)
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "continues to count basic multilingual plane characters once" do
+      description = JSON.parse(<<-JSON)
+        {
+          "content": "Café link",
+          "commandRuns": [{
+            "startIndex": 5,
+            "length": 4,
+            "onTap": {
+              "innertubeCommand": {
+                "urlEndpoint": {"url": "https://example.com"}
+              }
+            }
+          }]
+        }
+        JSON
+
+      expect(parse_description(description, "video-id")).to eq(
+        %(Café <a href="https://example.com">link</a>)
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "escapes HTML around and inside commands" do
+      description = JSON.parse(<<-JSON)
+        {
+          "content": "🚀 <click> & end",
+          "commandRuns": [{
+            "startIndex": 3,
+            "length": 7,
+            "onTap": {
+              "innertubeCommand": {
+                "urlEndpoint": {"url": "https://example.com"}
+              }
+            }
+          }]
+        }
+        JSON
+
+      expect(parse_description(description, "video-id")).to eq(
+        %(🚀 <a href="https://example.com">&lt;click&gt;</a> &amp; end)
+      )
+    end
+  end
+end