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Extract url content

trashhalotrashhalo34k downloads

Extract URL converting content into Markdown.

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Demo

Transforms a URL to markdown view if the website allows it.

Installation

Available in the community plugin store in options.

Modes

Operates in 2 modes.

  1. Selection - If you select a URL in the document and execute these commands it will replace the selection with the markdown content.
  2. Document - If you add front mater with the key of link to your document then it is treated as a linked document. Then calling extract will look for the link and replace the content of the document with the extracted content.
  3. Archive - Extract every [foo](https://url.com) url found in the doucment. Replace external links to internal ones. Files created in archive folder.

Document mode example

---
link: "https://bart.degoe.de/building-a-full-text-search-engine-150-lines-of-code/"
---

everything below the --- will be replaced when calling extract

Commands

  • Extract: Replace url or document with readable markdown extracted from the sites html content
  • Title Only: Replace url or document with a markdown anchor with the title extracted from the page content
  • Import from Clipboard: Extract content from url that is found in your clipboard and dump it at your cursor.

Youtube

If your system has youtube-dl installed extra details like channel name and description will be extracted for youtube urls.

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Convert a URL into readable Markdown by replacing a selected link, a frontmatter-specified link in a note, or all links in a note (archive mode). Create archived markdown files, replace external links with internal copies, insert title-only anchors, or extract extra YouTube metadata when youtube-dl is available.
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Details
Current version
0.12.1
Last updated
4 years ago
Created
5 years ago
Updates
13 releases
Downloads
34k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.12.15+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
GPL-3.0
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Author
trashhalotrashhalo
github.com/trashhalo
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  1. Community
  2. Plugins
  3. Markdown
  4. Extract url content

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