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    • December 28, 2017 at 1:37 am #100634
      Anonymous
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      HI,

      do we have any script or similar to auto populate and indesign file from URL or web page?

      I have a WordPress site and I would like to convert web page modified frequently in PDF but customizing the first cover and the final cover. The problem is that I have different web pages with different covers to be customized.

      I was thinking whether possible to create like a form that automatic import text and image from the url.

      Thank you for you assistance, Any solution really appreciated.

    • December 28, 2017 at 12:07 pm #100638
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Importing HTML is not a strongpoint of InDesign. I hope Adobe will add this feature in the future.

      In the meantime, Ariel at ID-extras came up with a test script: https://www.id-extras.com/html-import-script

    • December 29, 2017 at 4:08 pm #100672
      Kasyan Servetsky
      Member

      I can’t see the code of the script that David mentioned because it’s in a binary format, but I think it uses the same approach as the script I recently posted: https://kasyan.ho.com.ua/tips/indesign_script/web/alternative_to_socket.html
      Note: it performs exactly the same task in two ways: using 1) the socket object (slow) and 2) a shell script (fast).

      I see it as a two steps process:
      1) download raw html from a web-page to InDesign file
      2) interpret it into something useful: e.g. with a series of find-change GREPs. I guess Ariel’s script finds text in between tags, applies corresponding styles and removes tags.

      Also, read/listen to the Kris Coppieters’ post in his blog where he explains how to download things from Web to InDesign: https://rorohiko.blogspot.com/2008/07/lightning-brain-podcast-click-here-to.html

      Here I collect examples of InDesign interacting with Web (only those that were tested and worked for me): https://kasyan.ho.com.ua/tips/indesign_script/web/web.html

      Of course, there’s no a ‘ready to use’ script for you, but probably such a script can be developed.

      — Kas

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