Table of contents with url instead of item link

DEVONthink Automation
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Is it possible to modify Tools->Create TOC so the hyperlink refers to the url instead of the devonthink-item-link?

This would be very handy to give a 3rd party access to the overview of my research for example, since they don´t have access to my database.

Possible?

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A hyperlink referring to what URL ?

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The url in the metadata. Where I downloaded the press reviews for a certain topic from for example.

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Development would have to assess implementing this request, noting it’s the first of its kind.

On the other hand, it would be possible to script it.

Here’s a simple example producing a Markdown file…

tell application id "DNtp"
	set sel to selection
	if sel ≠ {} then
		set itemList to {}
		set {recNames, RecURLs} to {name without extension, URL} of (selected records)
		repeat with incr from 1 to (count recNames)
			if item incr of RecURLs ≠ "" then
				copy (incr & ". [" & item incr of recNames & "](" & item incr of RecURLs & ")  " & linefeed as string) to end of itemList
			else
				copy (incr & ". " & item incr of recNames & "  " & linefeed as string) to end of itemList
			end if
		end repeat
		create record with {name:incr & " selected records" as string, type:markdown, content:itemList as string} in current group
	end if
	--return itemList
end tell

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wow! thank you very much. that’s so great.

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You’re welcome.
On a side note, if there is no URL on a selected file, it will just record the filename.

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For the fun of it and since it will make @Blanc happy to see so many braces, curly braces, parenthesis etc:

(() => {
    const app = Application("DEVONthink 3");
    const sel = app.selectedRecords();
    let i = 1;
    let textArr = [];
    sel.forEach(r => {
      if (r.URL() && r.URL() !== "") {
        textArr.push(`${i++}. [${r.name()}](${r.URL()})  `);
      } else {
        textArr.push(`${i++}. ${r.name()}  `);
      }
    })
    app.createRecord({name: `${i} selected records`, 
      type: markdown, 
      content: textArr.join('\n')});
  })()

Couldn’t test it though, because I’m still away from my DT installation.

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Pure beauty :exploding_head:

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Using a script to generate a Table-of-Contents allows for further customizations
For example, my ToCs for projects have sections for
Project Notes
Active Tasks
Pending Tasks
Completed Tasks

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Yes, of course. The simple script I posted above could be extended in a variety of ways, if one is so inclined. :slight_smile:

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I’d like to second the request slightly amended. I’ve often wished I could export a select columns of a section to say, csv or tab-delimited, and etc for processing by other applications. For example, I’d like to take a hundred URLs into JMP, a stat package, for textual analysis, or analysis of domains.

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The new command File > Export > Metadata (JSON)… might be useful to reuse metadata like the URL in other apps.

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Thanks for the JSON suggestion, but not all I do is stat - related - some times its as simple as exporting citations and the (hopefully) embedded links. Maybe I’ll see if Excel can be used.