Custom Database Templates
Allow users to control behavior of tool via database templates that can be customized within Notion. These templates could be prebuilt for common services with structured data fields such as LinkedIN. CopytoNotion would reference the user instance of template to customize behavior of tool (if templates can store identity keys it might also help solve the user authorization issue).
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Jul 8, 2024
PinnedFinally, creating a custom database form for your Notion databases is now available.
for example you have a database for collecting profiles, and you usually populate the same profile information, from Linkedin profiles that interests you, manually into your database. Now you can streamline this process.
With the help of CSS selectors, you can set up your database form once, mapping fields like name, job title, company, etc., to the corresponding HTML elements on the page.
Don't worry if you're not familiar with CSS selectors – there's an automatic way using the "magic arrow" that helps you capture the information from any data element on the page.
For a detailed guide check out How to set css selectors to automatically capture HTML content into Notion database properties.
If you are interested I will write later about how to set-up a custom database for automatically clipping Linkedin profiles, Amazon products, and more.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know.
I hope you find this feature helpful!
Idriss
May 3, 2024
In the process of developing this feature, I added a small arrow next to text and URL fields (see screenshot below).
When clicked, it allows you to select any element on the current webpage and the extension automatically fills the related field with the element's content.
Now it supports two field types:
If the field is a text field (such as page title, page content, or any text property), it will retrieve the content of the selected HTML element.
If the field is a URL field, it will retrieve the URL if the selected element is a URL; otherwise, it will retrieve the content.
I'm looking forward to receiving feedback on this feature, as it will help shape more the experience of creating "Custom database templates" without disrupting the current user workflow.
Jon White
May 5, 2024
Great feature. Very helpful.
Idriss
May 6, 2024
Thank you @Jon White, glad you find it helpful.
Idriss
Apr 22, 2024
Working on the linkedin use case...
if you have any suggestions related to UX, UI, or potential use cases, please share your thoughts in a comment.