URL Import Gadget (URL to WikiText external link)

[Charlie Veniot]

Please find attached in this post the JSON file you need to download and drag into any TiddlyWiki to add this gadget.

https://youtu.be/EIAgESf6K8s

[Krisztián Csordás]

I use a bookmarklet that copies the wikitext link to the clipboard:

javascript: navigator.clipboard.writeText(`[[${document.title.replaceAll('|','–')}|${document.location.href}]]`);

[Charlie Veniot]

I have no idea how your bookmarklet helps to create a WikiText link (in TiddlyWiki) to an external site.

Could you clarify?

[Krisztián Csordás]

When you click it in the bookmarks bar, it copies a wikitext link created from the current page title and URL. Then you can paste it into the tiddler like any other text.

[Charlie Veniot]

Click (on what, I'm not sure) to copy and then paste is a great option for those who cannot drag and drop.

Drag and drop makes me much happier.

[Krisztián Csordás]

Bookmarklet - Wikipedia

Personally, I prefer `[[URL Import Gadget (URL to WikiText external link)|https://groups.google.com/g/TiddlyWiki/c/q3A8j3sIXjI]]` over `[[q3A8j3sIXjI|https://groups.google.com/g/TiddlyWiki/c/q3A8j3sIXjI]]`.

[Charlie Veniot]

Why on earth would you have not provided that crucial observation in your first post?  I only tested with links that do not have gibberish in the URL.

[Charlie Veniot]

I just wasted the last hour trying to get that bookmarklet to work.

If you recommend this as a good way to go, could you give some pointers on how to get it working?

[Eric Shulman]

To create the bookmarklet:

(note: these instructions are for Chrome.  Similar actions are available for other browsers, though the menu item and dialog may vary somewhat)

• First, select and copy the code posted by cskrisz to your clipboard:
  

• ```
  javascript: navigator.clipboard.writeText(`[[${document.title.replaceAll('|','–')}|${document.location.href}]]`);

• ```
• Then, right-click on your browser's bookmark bar and select "Add page..." from the popup menu.
• In the dialog that appears, in the "Name" input, enter something like "Make a TW prettylink", and in the "URL" input, paste the "javascript:..." code from your clipboard.
• Press "Save" to add the bookmark to your browser.
  
• Note that the new bookmark will appear at the end of your existing bookmarks.  You can use drag-and-drop or "Bookmark manager" to relocate the bookmark within the bookmark bar

To use the bookmarklet:

• Go to any page on any website you like
• Press the "Make a TW prettylink" bookmark
• This will copy the current URL's title and href to your system clipboard, formatted as a TW prettylink (e.g., `[[Title|URL]]`)

To add the prettylink to your TW document:

• Open your TW document
• Press "+" to create a new tiddler (or edit an existing tiddler)
• Place the cursor in the tiddler's text area input
• Press ctrl-V or right-click and select "Paste" from the popup menu.

done.

[Charlie Veniot]

Thanks Eric, I had everything working, but had no clue how to use it.

Having to navigate to the site is okay, but that's a completely different use case than the one in the OP, which is about grabbing links on a page.

[Charlie Veniot]

Well, mine was about grabbing links that don't have gibberish in them.