Clipper - Medium Template

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For this template to work, you need to open a specific Medium article. It does not work when you are viewing the feed.

Effect

This template

creates a new note
gets triggered when viewing a Medium article
pre-fixes the note title with the current date
- E.g.: "2024-08-30 MEDIUM What’s happened to Spotify - UX Collective"
Adds properties and values taken from the post
Adds the post text and image to the note content

Code

{
	"schemaVersion": "0.1.0",
	"name": "Medium Article",
	"behavior": "create",
	"noteContentFormat": "# {{schema:@NewsArticle:headline}}\nBy {{schema:@NewsArticle:author.name|safe_name}}\nPublished: {{schema:@NewsArticle:datePublished|date:\"YYYY-MM-DD\"}}\n\n{{content}}",
	"properties": [
		{
			"name": "url",
			"value": "{{url}}",
			"type": "text"
		},
		{
			"name": "title",
			"value": "{{schema:@NewsArticle:headline}}",
			"type": "text"
		},
		{
			"name": "author",
			"value": "{{schema:@NewsArticle:author.name}}",
			"type": "multitext"
		},
		{
			"name": "description",
			"value": "{{schema:@NewsArticle:description}}",
			"type": "text"
		},
		{
			"name": "tags",
			"value": "clippings, medium",
			"type": "multitext"
		},
		{
			"name": "published",
			"value": "{{schema:@NewsArticle:datePublished|date:\\\"YYYY-MM-DD\\\"}}",
			"type": "date"
		},
		{
			"name": "created",
			"value": "{{time|date:\\\"YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ\\\"}}",
			"type": "date"
		}
	],
	"triggers": [
		"https://medium.com"
	],
	"noteNameFormat": "{{schema:@NewsArticle:datePublished|date:\"YYYY-MM-DD\"}} MEDIUM {{schema:@NewsArticle:headline|safe_name}}",
	"path": "00 Inbox/Clippings"
}