Convert exiting Obsidian clippings to YAML and use properties + Updated WebClipper with META description capture

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To clip articles to Obsidian, you might have used Obsidian WebClipper offered by Steph Ango, or derivated work.

In this case, you have ended with files that have the following structure :

author:: XXX
source:: URL link 
clipped:: DateOfClipping
published:: DateOfPublication 

#clippings

But now you want something more like :

---
category: "[[Clippings]]"
author: XXX scrapped from the META tags of the page at URL   
title: Title scrapped from the META tags of the page at URL   
source: URL link
clipped: DateOfClipping
description: Description scrapped from the META tags of the page at URL   
summary: ""  (Some space to put the summary later)
tags:
  - AI
  - other tags taken from the META keyword tag
publish: false
---

My repo does the “conversion”.
So if you know a bit of javascript, this shouldn’t be too complex to update to your taste.
Furthermore I have updated the webclipper accordingly to capture a Description from META tags.

!! NOTE : You still will have to work on 10/20% of the files, but at least some of them will be updated. Of course don’t forget to backup before usage.