Unstructured Text
URL Extractor
Find every web address in your text and list each unique link on its own line.
When to use it
Typical uses: Collecting links shared in a chat or meeting notes; Auditing the outbound links in an HTML page; Building a list of pages to check for broken links.
In a pipeline
Text InputURL ExtractorText Output
Settings
| Setting | Type | Required | Default or hint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text column | select | — | Text |
| Results | select | — | lines |
| Generate New Column | checkbox | — | false |
| New Column Name | text | — | Default: <column> Result |
| Insert After | select | — | After the column |
Example
URL Extractor: an example
| Text |
|---|
| Read https://example.com/blog/post-1, then see (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)). Old site: www.example.org. Duplicate: https://example.com/blog/post-1 |
| Text |
|---|
| https://example.com/blog/post-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet) www.example.org |
Worth knowing
- Will it find links without http or www? No. Plain domains such as “example.com” are not matched, because many ordinary words and file names look similar.
- Does it follow or open the links? No. Links are only listed. Nothing is visited.
- Can I extract links from HTML? Yes. Paste the HTML source and the URLs inside href attributes are found too.
- Works on any text column, not only Text Input's: pick it under Text column. Tick Generate New Column to keep the original next to the result.