Rewriting http(s) links as specific org link types
reddit / emacs

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CommanderThunderous · 2022-03-01 15:47

I want to be able to do both of the following:

1. Insert a HTTP-based link into an org mode file and have that link
automatically reformatted to an appropriate org-link.

        ;; Assume I have a google-doc link defined.
        (org-insert-link
         nil
         "https://docs.google.com/document/d/12345/edit"
         "My Document")
        => [[google-doc:12345][My Document]]

1. Run a command and rewrite all HTTP-based links in the current
buffer to use appropriate org-link patterns if one is set.

        A link to my file:
[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/12345/edit][My Document]],
another link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/67890/edit

        (rewrite-links-in-buffer)

        A link to my file: [[google-doc:12345][My Document]], another
link: [[google-doc:67890][67890]]

Does anything like this exist?

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akirakom · 2022-03-01 17:54

You could rewrite org links using a regexp search. There is org-link-
any-re variable, so you can use re-search-forward. I have written such
scripts many times.

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shryzr · 2022-03-05 02:37

org-web-tools and org-download should help with the first part.