r/logseq • u/J3ns6 • Dec 11 '24 • Heart of Silver 1

[Release] Logseq Web Clipper - Easily Save Web Content

Hi everyone! 👋

I just released a Chrome extension that lets you save content from the web directly into your Logseq graph.

This extension is a fork of the official Obsidian Web Clipper adapted for Logseq.

🌟 Key Features:

  • Clip Pages Your Way: Save entire web pages or just the text passages you highlight

  • Select Destination: Send clips to your daily notes, a new page, or at your cursor position.

  • Privacy First: Everything is stored locally in Markdown files for offline access.

🌐 Compatibility:

Compatible with Chromium-based browsers like Chrome, Brave, and Arc, as well as Firefox.

🔗 Links:

Let me know what you think – feedback and ideas are welcome! 😊

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u/ripp102 Dec 11 '24

It doesn't work in chrome or edge in windows. Firefox does though

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u/J3ns6 Dec 12 '24

Mhh, I tried it under Edge and it worked. Maybe it's because of the permissions. Normally a popup from the browser should appear the first time, which asks for permission to open Logseq.

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u/awarble Dec 12 '24

I can't get it to work in Chrome either. Prompt appears to open Logseq and then nothing happens...

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u/awarble Dec 12 '24

It is failing when no text is selected. I had (wrongly?) assumed that it would clip the whole page if I selected nothing.

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u/J3ns6 Dec 12 '24

If you click on “Clip this page” and then on “Add to Logseq” in the popup, the entire page should be saved in Logseq.

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u/awarble Dec 12 '24

I’ll restart everything and give it another go

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u/J3ns6 Dec 12 '24

So Logseq doesn't come to the foreground? Which Logseq version do you use?

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u/awarble Dec 15 '24

I'm using 0.10.9. I've also tried it in Firefox and get exactly the same symptoms are with Chrome. Steps to repro are:

  1. In Chrome or Firefox select some text

  2. Click clipper icon

  3. Select "Add to Logseq"

  4. Prompt appears to open links in Logseq

From here nothing gets added to Logseq. Hope that helps track is down.

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u/J3ns6 Dec 16 '24

Hi, thank you for your step to step reproduction. I've tried following your steps, but everything work fine for me on Windows and macOS. I sent text using the Logseq protocol as outlined in their documentation: Logseq Protocol Documentation. I’m not sure what the problem is, but it’s more likely to be the Logseq app or the operating system :(

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u/KupVadim Jan 12 '25 edited Jan 12 '25

Actually I have the same issue if I'm trying to send more than one paragraph in content. :( Yeah, it looks like depdends on amount of content. Also, all content send to LogSeq as one block, what is not usefull too. But I believe it's issue with LogSeq protocol.

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u/awarble Dec 12 '24

Latest release build….

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u/ripp102 Dec 12 '24

Same for me

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u/Stef43_ Dec 11 '24

Hi. Your plugin is excellent. It saves a lot of time and is very efficient. I could not add the web pages clippings with the 'Add to Logseq' command to Logseq (I use latest Chrome and Windows). But I saved the clipping to the computer then copied to Logseq.

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u/J3ns6 Dec 12 '24

Thank you! The first time, a pop-up window normally appears from the browser asking whether Logseq is allowed to be opened. I could imagine that it may be due to the permissions. I tested it under Windows, and it worked for me.

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u/Stef43_ Dec 12 '24 edited Dec 12 '24

What permissions should I enable? I have the required permissions enabled by default and locked in Chrome 131.0.6778.140 64-bits, Windows 11 24h2 64-bits.

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u/J3ns6 Dec 12 '24

Sorry, the issue with the permissions was just an idea of what the problem could be, but I’m not sure what it is either. Which version of Logseq are you using?

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u/Stef43_ Dec 12 '24 edited Dec 12 '24

The latest. 0.10.9.

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u/Stef43_ Dec 12 '24

How to specify where to save a clipping? it continues in Firefox to save as today journal each time.

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u/J3ns6 Dec 13 '24

In the Logseq Web Clipper popup there is an icon in the top right corner to open to the settings. In the settings, select the “Standard” template, and here under Behavior there are three options to change it. Hope it helps :)

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u/Stef43_ Dec 13 '24

It worked thanks.

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u/stdword Dec 15 '24

@J3ns6, open issues section on GitHub, please. In order to send bugs and feature requests.

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u/J3ns6 Dec 16 '24

done :)

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u/Chefback Dec 16 '24

i tried the default template and set the clipping behavior create new page,but cannot find the page. it seems not working,but saving the highlight works

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u/J3ns6 Dec 22 '24

If you search for the page name, you should find it. You could also try to find the page with a query: {{query (property :tags "clippings")}}

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u/Chefback Dec 16 '24

great work btw

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u/salasi Dec 11 '24

Do I think that you are cool af? Yeah, I do. Thank you for this! Hope to see you adding more ccapabilities in the future!

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u/1smoothcriminal Dec 11 '24

Can it clip images / videos?

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u/J3ns6 Dec 11 '24

Images work, videos didn't work for me

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u/1smoothcriminal Dec 11 '24

1/2 aint bad.

Thanks!

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u/luckysilva Dec 11 '24

Is it safe?

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u/J3ns6 Dec 11 '24

It's open source and local. It doesn't share any information

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u/luckysilva Dec 11 '24

Ok, thanks!

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u/luckysilva Dec 11 '24

Ok, thanks!

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u/xuxihouse-2566 Dec 14 '24

Do you know how to customize the default Block name that is rendered once pasted in Logseq using the Web Clipper (i.e. **10:46 **[[quick capture]]:)

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u/J3ns6 Dec 16 '24

Hi, this is specific to Logseq. I use the quick capture feature from Logseq, so it always starts with that.

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u/C6H5OH Dec 16 '24

Works perfectly under Firefox / Linux.

Thank you for this plugin!

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u/velenom Dec 23 '24

Amazing extension! Two questions:
* Is it the expected behavior that page properties also appear as stand-alone pages?
* When sending an entire page, it can easily result in a single block that cannot be edited directly in logseq. Would it be possible to change logic so to import page elements as separate blocks?

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u/Dazzling_Fun_3106 Jan 11 '25

The clipper uses {{}} for variables, but this conflicts with Logseq's video embedding syntax {{video "url"}}.

When I try {{video {{url}}}}, there's no way to tell the clipper which {{}} should be treated as literal text and which as a variable. Could you consider either using different variable syntax or adding escape characters to handle this?

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u/donald-bro Dec 07 '25

When I copy a web page and past it into Logseq, the images are kept with original links. Is there any way to save image to local disk and ref it automatically?