Is there any way to set a custom location such as the location of Obsidianvault

[skillhacker-code]

I would like to save the page downloaded using markdownload to go to a custom location in my pc Like Location of my obsidian vault , is there any way to do that .

I am currently using FreeFileSync to sync the file from Download/webclipping folder to obsidian webclipping folder

[JacSavage]

If you*re on Linux, you can add a symlink to your download folder that points to your vault

[00dani]

Chiming in to confirm that @JacSavage's suggestion works perfectly on MacOS as well. I can't confirm whether it works on Windows, though.

[notalexnot]

As the owner mentioned in #21:

The browser only allows me to specify whether I should open the Save As modal, or stick with the browser default. And I don't have any access to the file system to list folders, let alone write to one. It's a potential security issue for the browser.

I think that extensions are limited to the Downloads folder (and subfolders) for security reasons. So there are no extensions that have access to any other folder.

P.S.: This is an assumption since I couldn't find any information that could confirm this. In case I find information, I'll attach it here.

[00dani]

I've finally booted my Windows machine again and I can confirm that putting a symlink in Downloads does the trick here too. Since Windows is weird, the commands I needed to do this looked like:

cd ~\Downloads
mklink /D Obsidian ..\Nextcloud\Notes\!Inbox

The /D flag is required because Windows differentiates from symlinks to files and symlinks to directories, for… some reason.

Once done, MarkDownload works perfectly on my Windows box too, just like on MacOS or Linux. 🐱

[ajmz]

@deathau @skillhacker-code @00dani
https://github.com/jplattel/obsidian-clipper
This clipper can directly open obsidian and save the webpage to the previously designated folder.

[deathau]

Closing this as it's not possible in the browser (obsidian integration notwithstanding)