Link Extractor

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by Andrew Mutavdzija

This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. Scan the current note for all external links and copy them as a list.

↓ 21 downloadsUpdated 4d agoMIT
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Link Extractor — Obsidian Plugin

Scan any note for external links and copy them as a list — great for building bibliographies, reference lists, or sharing resources.

Features

  • Extracts all external (http/https) links from the active note
  • Detects markdown links [text](url), bare URLs, and angle-bracket links <url>
  • Deduplicates automatically
  • Four output formats:
    • Plain URLs — one per line
    • Bullet List — - https://...
    • Numbered List — 1. https://...
    • Markdown Links — - [url](url)
  • One-click Copy to Clipboard

Usage

  1. Open any note
  2. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+P / Cmd+P)
  3. Run "Extract External Links from Note"
  4. Choose your format and click Copy to Clipboard
  5. Paste into another note, a bibliography generator, a spreadsheet — wherever you need it

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins (recommended)

  1. Open Settings → Community Plugins
  2. Search for Link Extractor
  3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and versions.json from the latest release
  2. Copy them into <YourVault>/.obsidian/plugins/link-extractor/
  3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin under Settings → Community Plugins

Development

npm install
npm run dev      # watch mode
npm run build    # production build

License

MIT

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