Drafts Directory: Import URL

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Posted by agiletortoise, Last update about 2 years ago

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about 2 years ago

Add option to convert HTML to Markdown on import.

Prompt for a URL and download the raw HTML content of that URL and place it in a new draft. Optionally, convert that HTML to Markdown for the new draft. If a URL is in the clipboard when run, auto-fill the URL value with that URL.

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Steps

script

// import content of a URL

// prompt for URL
let p = Prompt.create()
p.title = "Import URL"
p.message = "Enter URL to import"

let initialText = "";
// use clipboard if it's a URL
let clipboard = app.getClipboard();
if (clipboard.startsWith("http")) {
	initialText = clipboard;
}
p.addTextField("url", "URL", initialText, {"autocorrect": false, "autocapitalization": false});
p.addSegmentedControl("type", "Import As...", ["HTML", "Markdown"], "Markdown")
p.addButton("Import");

if (p.show()) { // display prompt
	// get url and load with HTTP GET request
	let url = p.fieldValues["url"];
	let http = HTTP.create();
	let response = http.request({
		"url": url,
		"method": "GET"
	})
	if (response && response.success) {
		// if response came back, create new draft
		let text = response.responseText

		if (p.fieldValues["type"] == "Markdown") {
			let h = new HTMLToMarkdown()
			text = h.process(text)
		}

		let d = Draft.create()
		d.content = text
		d.update()
		editor.load(d);
	}
	else {
		context.fail()
	}
}
else {
	context.cancel()
}

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