gupsammy 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.