On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 11:08 AM Chris Keschnat <chris@catsu.it> wrote:

> 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
>
>