From 961cb9a7e26e083af9c4e53a4982a76c4dc34e0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rory& <root@rory.gay>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 03:35:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] API: request embeds in US english preferred

---
 src/api/util/utility/EmbedHandlers.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/api/util/utility/EmbedHandlers.ts b/src/api/util/utility/EmbedHandlers.ts
index b82cdf97b..77d0c8f0c 100644
--- a/src/api/util/utility/EmbedHandlers.ts
+++ b/src/api/util/utility/EmbedHandlers.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_FETCH_OPTIONS: RequestInit = {
     redirect: "follow",
     headers: {
         "user-agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Spacebar/1.0; +https://github.com/spacebarchat/server)",
+        "accept-language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
     },
     // size: 1024 * 1024 * 5, 	// grabbed from config later
     method: "GET",
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ export const EmbedHandlers: {
     "youtu.be": (url) => EmbedHandlers["www.youtube.com"](url),
     "youtube.com": (url) => EmbedHandlers["www.youtube.com"](url),
     "www.youtube.com": async (url: URL): Promise<Embed | null> => {
-        const response = await doFetch(url, { headers: { cookie: "CONSENT=PENDING+999" } });
+        const response = await doFetch(url, { headers: { cookie: "CONSENT=PENDING+999; hl=en" } });
         if (!response) return null;
         const metas = getMetaDescriptions(await response.text());