1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/shared/markdown.service.ts b/client/src/app/videos/shared/markdown.service.ts
index 3f51a82ce..a275446eb 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/shared/markdown.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/shared/markdown.service.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
 @Injectable()
 export class MarkdownService {
   private markdownIt: MarkdownIt.MarkdownIt
+  private linkifier: MarkdownIt.MarkdownIt
 
   constructor () {
     this.markdownIt = new MarkdownIt('zero', { linkify: true, breaks: true })
@@ -14,8 +15,11 @@ export class MarkdownService {
       .enable('link')
       .enable('newline')
       .enable('list')
+    this.setTargetToLinks(this.markdownIt)
 
-    this.setTargetToLinks()
+    this.linkifier = new MarkdownIt('zero', { linkify: true })
+      .enable('linkify')
+    this.setTargetToLinks(this.linkifier)
   }
 
   markdownToHTML (markdown: string) {
@@ -25,13 +29,17 @@ export class MarkdownService {
     return html.replace(/<a[^>]+>([^<]+)<\/a>\s*...(<\/p>)?$/mi, '$1...')
   }
 
-  private setTargetToLinks () {
+  linkify (text: string) {
+    return this.linkifier.render(text)
+  }
+
+  private setTargetToLinks (markdownIt: MarkdownIt.MarkdownIt) {
     // Snippet from markdown-it documentation: https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/docs/architecture.md#renderer
-    const defaultRender = this.markdownIt.renderer.rules.link_open || function (tokens, idx, options, env, self) {
+    const defaultRender = markdownIt.renderer.rules.link_open || function (tokens, idx, options, env, self) {
       return self.renderToken(tokens, idx, options)
     }
 
-    this.markdownIt.renderer.rules.link_open = function (tokens, idx, options, env, self) {
+    markdownIt.renderer.rules.link_open = function (tokens, idx, options, env, self) {
       // If you are sure other plugins can't add `target` - drop check below
       const aIndex = tokens[idx].attrIndex('target')