mkdocs-link-embeds-plugin 0.1.2

Mkdocs plugin which shows embedded links in a more elegant manner.

Link Embeds Plugin: mkdocs

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About

Requires mkdocs to function.

This plugin allows you to display embedded links in a more elegant and modern way with the use of markdown codeblocks. You may either specify a URL and let the plugin auto-fill in details such as the site description and title, or you can override the auto-generated values and add your own.

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Install

pip install beautifulsoup4
pip install mkdocs-link-embeds-plugin

Once you install the packages above, open your mkdocs.yml and add a few new lines:

plugins:
  - link-embeds:
      enabled: true
      default_name: "Untitled Link"
      default_desc: "No description found"
      default_image: "https://path/to/default/image.png"
  
extra_css:
  - path/to/link-embeds.css

Ensure you download the contents of mkdocs_link_embeds_plugin/resources/link-embeds.css and place the file in your mkdocs directory. It must be placed in the path you specified under extra_css in the mkdocs.yml config above.

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Usage

Once you have installed this plugin, you may now create a new page in your mkdocs project and insert a new codeblock with the following syntax:

```embed
url:    https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/releases
image:  https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQjFUDe-vdiprKpCsiLoRmfCdUq0WS5tqUR9fyEzJjQ0g&s
name:   Github: Download Mkdocs
desc:   MkDocs is a fast, simple and downright gorgeous static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file. It is designed to be easy to use and can be extended with third-party themes, plugins, and Markdown extensions.
```

This plugin takes 4 values:

• url: The URL to the link
• image: Image to display on the left side of each embedded website.
• name: Name / Title to show at the top of each embed
• desc: A description of what the site is for.

The only required value is url.

If you provide only the url, and leave the others out; the plugin will attempt to check if your URL is valid, and then auto-fetch the metadata for that website. It will be used to populate the fields you did not provide.

If you do provide values such as desc, name, or image; those user inputs will take priority over the automatically fetched values.

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Other

This plugin was originally based on mkdocs-link-preview-plugin. However, that plugin stopped being updated, and the style needed to be modernized. As well as giving more control for customization.