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Looking for a URL Bookmarking Solution with Obsidian (self.obsidianmd)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by merikus to c/obsidianmd

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I recently started using Obsidian and have slowly been working it into my daily workflow.

One thing I’d like to be able to do is to use the iOS share sheet to send a URL to Obsidian with the ability to choose where it goes and make a note about it so I can keep track of bookmarks for various projects.

Is there any way to do this inside Obsidian or using iOS shortcuts with Obisdian?

Thanks!

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[–] bigredgiraffe 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I have been using the app Raindrop for this function, the integration for obsidian is awesome. Raindrop also lets you highlight and tag your bookmarks and it saves those into obsidian as well. The share function through the iOS share sheet is really great too, you can categorize and add tags right then too, definitely recommend it in general. Site is raindrop.io

I don’t think you need a subscription for most of it, maybe the highlights, I pay for one for the permanent library feature and so it will stick around so I can’t remember but they do have a free option.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I also use Raindrop for general bookmarking! It's not open source ir anything, but it's free option is excellent and I think they still have a standard export option 👍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which Obsidian plugin are you using for it? Is it this one: https://github.com/kaiiiz/obsidian-raindrop-highlights-plugin

[–] bigredgiraffe 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had to go and check and it seems I am actually synching the highlights through Readwise currently. I kept switching back and forth, I have used that plugin in the past and I remember it working well.

ETA: I also use Readwise Reader and it is awesome, I have to check out this Omnivore app that someone suggested though!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow! Thanks a lot! So weird, I've used all kinds of bookmarking services and built my own with the Dataview plugin in Obsidian... This is very easy. I can confirm that the sync part works without a Raindrop subscription.

[–] bigredgiraffe 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Awesome! I also have used a bunch and Raindrop is really good at organizing lots of links which I thought they all were until I found it hah.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh Omnivore for sure!!! It’s a reader app so you send it there. Read, highlight and it sends the highlights to Obsidian. It can also handle newsletters and RSS feeds. Did I mention it’s free?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That actually looks very promising so I set up my account, linked it to my Obsidian vault with the API key and everything but when I try to fetch articles, nothing happens. It says it fetched them successfully, but I have no idea where they are. All the settings for the Omni plugin are default. I'm still very new to Obsidian, so I'm probably overlooking something, however I could not find my problem addressed anywhere yet. Got any idea how to set it up correctly or what I might've overlooked?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you go in the Omnivore plugin settings to point it to a folder? I just created a folder called “Omnivore” and it drops all into that folder.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alright, so it has been a while since I tried it, but the 'problem' was that I tried to important pages that weren't marked when the default settings in the Obsidian extension only imported marked text. So that's 'fixed' now by changing the setting to import whole pages.

However I now noticed it botches some links by using the wrong markdown when importing and I couldn't find a fix for that yet, but the rest seems to work at least.

What I also want to try is to use a template when syncing with Omnivore so it automatically inserts a date and some hashtags. Not sure how to set it up for this specific task.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You might want to connect with them on Mastodon. I found them super helpful with a couple of questions I had.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tip!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@[email protected] @Calixthe Really fun thing to come across a repost of my Lemmy comment on my Mastodon timeline. #LongLiveTheFediverse #Lemmy #Mastodon

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@merikus I've heard good things re Raindrop, but I just wanted to chime in to let you know your initial instincts were right: you can absolutely use Shortcuts and the share sheet to send information to Obsidian. In fact, since Obsidian is all plain text files and markdown, there's a ton of things that are possible via Shortcuts.

I've written a couple of post about this in the last year (in case it helps):
https://www.laroquephoto.com/blog/tag/obsidian

Have fun :)

[–] merikus 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These are very helpful blog posts, thank you.

I skimmed the posts and saw some shortcuts about sending Things links to Obsidian. Is that the post you’re referring to? It seems that method can be adapted to a regular URL, but I’m curious your thoughts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@merikus Good :)
And yes, that post uses the same basic building blocks—it's just more elaborate. Here's a screenshot of a simpler shortcut I use to save URLs to a dedicated note. You could add an Ask for Input field to enter a comment when you share, and add this variable to the main Text block (just below the dividing line, for example).

Sorry about my terrible handwriting...!

P.S Get Title and Get URL are part of the Get Details of Safari Web Page block

[–] merikus 2 points 1 year ago

Appreciate it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I use a self hosted Wallabag but I still have to test the Obsidian plug in https://github.com/huseyz/obsidian-wallabag