Re: Capture from Firefox to Org-mode

[Chris Keschnat <chris@catsu.it>]

Sébastien Gendre <seb@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