Obsidian scrapers

A collection of Templater scripts for Obsidian that can be easily integrated into your templates to get information from different sites with a copied link.

templater-showcase.mp4

Installation

1. Download and unzip the files/folders.
2. Copy scripts and templates folder to your vault (notes) folder.
3. Install Templater via the Community Plugins tab within Obsidian. Open Templater options in settings under Community plugins section.
4. Set Template folder location to downloaded templates folder.
5. Set Script files folder location to downloaded scripts folder.
6. Optionally, add a new hotkey for the scraper template that can automatically insert the correct template depending on the link domain.
7. Copy the URL and open insert template modal (by default Alt + E). Choose scraper or youtube/goodreads/imdb etc., depending on the link.
8. Customize the downloaded templates to your liking. Refer to Templater documentation for more info.

Available functions

Any website

Function	Description
<% tp.user.website('title', tp) %>	Get title
<% tp.user.website('description', tp) %>	Get description
<% tp.user.website('url', tp) %>	Get url
<% tp.user.website('image', tp) %>	Get image preview link

YouTube

Function	Description
<% tp.user.youtube('title', tp) %>	Get title
<% tp.user.youtube('channel', tp) %>	Get channel name
<% tp.user.youtube('published', tp) %>	Get publish date
<% tp.user.youtube('url', tp) %>	Get url
<% tp.user.youtube('thumbnail', tp) %>	Get thumbnail link
<% tp.user.youtube('keywords', tp) %>	Get keywords (alternative formats: keywordsList, keywordsQuotes, keywordsLinks)
<% tp.user.youtube('duration', tp) %>	Get duration
<% tp.user.youtube('description', tp) %>	Get short description
<% tp.user.youtube('descriptionFull', tp) %>	Get full description
<% tp.user.youtube('id', tp) %>	Get ID (can be used in embeds)

Goodreads

Function	Description
<% tp.user.goodreads('url', tp) %>	Get url
<% tp.user.goodreads('title', tp) %>	Get title
<% tp.user.goodreads('authors', tp) %>	Get authors (alternative formats: authorsList, authorsQuotes, authorsLinks)
<% tp.user.goodreads('isbn', tp) %>	Get ISBN
<% tp.user.goodreads('published', tp) %>	Get publish date
<% tp.user.goodreads('genres', tp) %>	Get genres (alternative formats: genresList, genresQuotes, genresLinks)
<% tp.user.goodreads('cover', tp) %>	Get cover link
<% tp.user.goodreads('pageCount', tp) %>	Get number of pages
<% tp.user.goodreads('description', tp) %>	Get description
<% tp.user.goodreads('rating', tp) %>	Get rating

IMDb

Function	Description
<% tp.user.imdb('title', tp) %>	Get title
<% tp.user.imdb('image', tp) %>	Get poster link
<% tp.user.imdb('published', tp) %>	Get publish date
<% tp.user.imdb('keywords', tp) %>	Get keywords (alternative formats: keywordsList, keywordsQuotes, keywordsLinks)
<% tp.user.imdb('directors', tp) %>	Get directors (alternative formats: directorsList, directorsQuotes, directorsLinks)
<% tp.user.imdb('creators', tp) %>	Get creators (alternative formats: creatorsList, creatorsQuotes, creatorsLinks)
<% tp.user.imdb('duration', tp) %>	Get duration
<% tp.user.imdb('description', tp) %>	Get description
<% tp.user.imdb('type', tp) %>	Get type (movie/series)
<% tp.user.imdb('contentRating', tp) %>	Get content rating
<% tp.user.imdb('genres', tp) %>	Get genres (alternative formats: genresList, genresQuotes, genresLinks)
<% tp.user.imdb('stars', tp) %>	Get cast (alternative formats: starsList, starsQuotes, starsLinks)
<% tp.user.imdb('imdbRating', tp) %>	Get IMDb rating
<% tp.user.imdb('countries', tp) %>	Get countries (alternative formats: countriesList, countriesQuotes, countriesLinks)
<% tp.user.imdb('url', tp) %>	Get url

Letterboxd

Function	Description
<% tp.user.letterboxd('image', tp) %>	Get image link
<% tp.user.letterboxd('directors', tp) %>	Get directors (alternative formats: directorsList, directorsQuotes, directorsLinks)
<% tp.user.letterboxd('studios', tp) %>	Get studios (alternative formats: studiosList, studiosQuotes, studiosLinks)
<% tp.user.letterboxd('published', tp) %>	Get publish date
<% tp.user.letterboxd('url', tp) %>	Get url
<% tp.user.letterboxd('cast', tp) %>	Get cast (alternative formats: castList, castQuotes, castLinks)
<% tp.user.letterboxd('castShort', tp) %>	Get cast shortlist (alternative formats: castShortList, castShortQuotes, castShortLinks)
<% tp.user.letterboxd('title', tp) %>	Get title
<% tp.user.letterboxd('genres', tp) %>	Get genres (alternative formats: genresList, genresQuotes, genresLinks)
<% tp.user.letterboxd('countries', tp) %>	Get countries (alternative formats: countriesList, countriesQuotes, countriesLinks)
<% tp.user.letterboxd('rating', tp) %>	Get rating
<% tp.user.letterboxd('description', tp) %>	Get description
<% tp.user.letterboxd('imdbUrl', tp) %>	Get IMDb link
<% tp.user.letterboxd('tmdbUrl', tp) %>	Get TMDB link
<% tp.user.letterboxd('languages', tp) %>	Get languages (alternative formats: languagesList, languagesQuotes, languagesLinks)
<% tp.user.letterboxd('writers', tp) %>	Get writers (alternative formats: writersList, writersQuotes, writersLinks)
<% tp.user.letterboxd('runtime', tp) %>	Get duration
<% tp.user.letterboxd('altTitle', tp) %>	Get alternative title
<% tp.user.letterboxd('altTitleUTF8', tp) %>	Get alternative title if it includes UTF8 only (e.g. no Chinese characters)

Wikipedia

Function	Description
<% tp.user.wikipedia('title', tp) %>	Get title
<% tp.user.wikipedia('url', tp) %>	Get url
<% tp.user.wikipedia('image', tp) %>	Get image link
<% tp.user.wikipedia('headline', tp) %>	Get short description

Odysee

Function	Description
<% tp.user.odysee('title', tp) %>	Get title
<% tp.user.odysee('channel', tp) %>	Get channel name
<% tp.user.odysee('description', tp) %>	Get description
<% tp.user.odysee('published', tp) %>	Get publish date
<% tp.user.odysee('thumbnail', tp) %>	Get thumbnail link
<% tp.user.odysee('duration', tp) %>	Get duration
<% tp.user.odysee('url', tp) %>	Get Odysee url
<% tp.user.odysee('contentUrl', tp) %>	Get direct link to a video
<% tp.user.odysee('embedUrl', tp) %>	Get embed url
<% tp.user.odysee('keywords', tp) %>	Get keywords (alternative formats: keywordsList, keywordsQuotes, keywordsLinks)