Clipper - X (Twitter) Template

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For this template to work, you need to open a specific X/Twitter post. It does not work when you are viewing the feed.

Effect

This template

creates a new note
gets triggered when viewing an X/Twitter post
pre-fixes the note title with the current date
- E.g.: "2024-11-14 X VisualCap"
Adds properties and values taken from the post
Embeds the post
Adds the post text and image to the note content

Code

{
	"schemaVersion": "0.1.0",
	"name": "X (Twitter) Post",
	"behavior": "create",
	"noteContentFormat": "![x.com]({{url}})\n\n## Post Text\n\n{{title|split:\" on X: \"|last|slice:1,-5|split:\" https://t.co\"|first}}\n\n## Image Previews\n\n{{selector:img[alt=\"Image\"]?src|image:\"\"}}\n\n",
	"properties": [
		{
			"name": "url",
			"value": "{{url}}",
			"type": "text"
		},
		{
			"name": "author",
			"value": "{{title|split:\\\" on X: \\\"|first}}",
			"type": "multitext"
		},
		{
			"name": "handle",
			"value": "{{url|split:\\\"/\\\"|slice:3,-2}}",
			"type": "text"
		},
		{
			"name": "profile",
			"value": "https://x.com/@{{url|split:\\\"/\\\"|slice:3,-2}}",
			"type": "text"
		},
		{
			"name": "image",
			"value": "{{selector:img[alt=\\\"Image\\\"]?src|first}}",
			"type": "text"
		},
		{
			"name": "tags",
			"value": "clippings, twitter",
			"type": "multitext"
		},
		{
			"name": "published",
			"value": "{{published}}",
			"type": "date"
		},
		{
			"name": "created",
			"value": "{{date}}",
			"type": "date"
		}
	],
	"triggers": [
		"/^https:\\/\\/x\\.com\\/[A-Za-z0-9_]+\\/status\\/\\d+$/"
	],
	"noteNameFormat": "{{published|date:\"YYYY-MM-DD\"}} X {{url|split:\"/\"|slice:3,-2}}",
	"path": "00 Inbox/Clippings"
}