Web-to-Markdown via EzyCopy

Extract clean markdown from any URL using the ezycopy CLI.

Phase 1: Determine Extraction Mode

Default mode uses fast HTTP fetch. Add --browser when the page relies on client-side JavaScript to render its content or when authentication cookies are required — the default fetcher only sees the raw HTML response, not the JS-rendered DOM.

Common --browser cases: Twitter/X, single-page applications, paywalled content.

Flags

• -c — copy output to clipboard
• -o <path> — save to file or directory
• --browser — use headless Chrome for JS-rendered or authenticated pages
• --no-images — strip image links
• -t <duration> — timeout (default: 30s)

Phase 2: Execute

Run ezycopy <URL> [flags] with the chosen mode.

In --browser mode: run as a foreground process and do not redirect stderr with 2>&1. Chrome outputs diagnostic messages to stderr that should flow naturally rather than polluting stdout capture.

Phase 3: Handle Failure

If the output is empty or suspiciously short and --browser was not used, retry with --browser — the site likely requires JS rendering.

If ezycopy is not found, ask the user before installing:

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gupsammy/EzyCopy/main/install.sh | sh

Phase 4: Deliver

Present the extracted markdown to the user. If the user requested a file save, use -o. If they requested clipboard, use -c. When no explicit destination was given, display the content directly.