Thank you for the suggestions, I will take a look. Chris Keschnat <ch...@catsu.it> writes:
> Sébastien Gendre <s...@k-7.ch> writes:
>
> Hi,
> I'm not actively using this but I had it configured and just tested that
> it works. It might not answer you're questions directly, but I hope it helps.
>
>> How to capture data from a web page to Org-mode ?
>>
>> * What I need
>> I want to be able to capture different kind of information :
>> - Article, to read later
>> - Book, with all its metadata (title, author, subject, etc)
>> - Magazin, to buy later (title, editor, price, etc)
>> - IRL event, that I want to go
>>
>> For each case, different kind of data is needed to be extracted from the
>> web page and passed to Org-capture.
>
> This should all be possible.
>
>> * Capture Protocol
>>
>> I know it exist an org-protocol for capture, but after reading the
>> manual (section 17.16.2 The capture protocol), there is something
>> I did not understand.
>>
>> On the URL of the capture protocol, key value pairs can be specified.
>> But are they a predefined set of keys, independent to the capture
>> template, or are they related to the capture template special words (ex:
>> %a) ?
>>
>> Is it possible, with Org-protocol, to pass data to be stored into org entry
>> properties, or an arbitrary string ?
>
> Capturing the selection works.
>
> Sample capture templates:
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> ("p" "Protocol" entry (file+headline ,(concat my-org-dir "inbox.org")
> "Inbox")
> "* %^{Title}\nSource: %u, %c\n #+BEGIN_QUOTE\n%i\n#+END_QUOTE\n\n\n%?")
>
> ("L" "Protocol Link" entry (file+headline ,(concat my-org-dir "inbox.org")
> "Inbox")
> "* %? [[%:link][%:description]] \nCaptured On: %U")
> #+end_src
>
>> * Firefox extension for Org capture
>>
>> I have found 2 extensions for capturing to Org-mode from Firefox:
>>
>> - Org Capture (by Kosta):
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/org-capture/
>>
>> - org-protocol (by Wojciech Siewierski):
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/org-protocol/
>>
>> Which one do you suggest ?
>
> I'm using this one instead.
>
> Extension: https://github.com/Stebalien/org-capture-extension
> Image of configured extension: https://0x0.st/XMHN.png
>
> PS:
> I had also used this in the past. If you're willing to have a local
> python script listening on a port instead of using org-protocol,
> it might be an alternative.
>
> https://github.com/karlicoss/grasp
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