Copy_ios_URL_to_markdown.py

# Refer to:
#How to extract meta description from urls using python? - Stack Overflow:
#https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38009787/how-to-extract-meta-description-#from-urls-using-python

import appex
import clipboard


def main():
	if not appex.is_running_extension():
		print(
			'Taking URL from clipboard because this is not running from the share sheet')
		url = clipboard.get()
		print(url)
	elif appex.is_running_extension():
		print('Taking URL from share seet')
		url = appex.get_url()
		if not url:
			print('No input URL found.')
			return
		print(url)

	import requests
	HTMLPage = requests.get(url)

	from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
	#	 soup = BeautifulSoup(HTMLPage, 'html.parser')
	#	   taken from https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/index.html?highlight=title

	soup = BeautifulSoup(HTMLPage.text, "html5lib")

	siteDescription = soup.title.string
	print(siteDescription)

	import random
	fn = random.randint(20, 101)

	markdownString = """[^fn]
	
	[^fn]:  [$siteDescription]($url)
	
	"""

	markdownString = "[^" + str(fn) + "]\n\n\n" + "[^" + str(
		fn) + "]:  [" + siteDescription + "](" + url + ")"
	clipboard.set(markdownString)
	print(clipboard.get())


if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()