Obsidian export to pdf via Typora

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TLDR: This is a workaround to export pdf from Obsidian via typora using python script.

Requirement: You need to have python and Typora installed. And change two paths in the script as instructed.(I’m a python beginner, and I learnt regex few hours ago, so my code might be ugly… :joy:)

import re

attachment_folder = r"D:\\Important\\Obsidian\\My notes\\_resources"
file_path = "C:\\Users\\Frank\\Desktop\\test.md"

'''
replace above two paths with yours. 

Windows User:BACKSLASH NEEDS TO BE DOUBLED!!! No need to change code below.

Linux and MacOS user: use single slash '/' instead of double backslash '\\' in your two paths and change line 20's '\\' to '/' 

'''

with open(file_path, 'r+', encoding='utf-8') as md:

    orig_text = md.read()
    text = re.sub("!\[\[((.*)\.\w+)]]", r"![\2](" + attachment_folder + r"\\" +r"\1)", orig_text)

with open(file_path, 'w+', encoding='utf-8') as md:
    md.write(text)
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If one has Typora installed, what is the advantage of using this script over opening the file in Typora and using Typora’s export option directly?

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If you did not open markdown link format in Obsidian, link is [[pic.png]], this will not render correctly in typora. So you need to convert it to pic. This is what this script do for you.

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The link you provide opens this:
oops

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Oh, the format is interpreted. I mean image

Since Obsidian does not have native export method, I use typora to export.

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@frankli998: got it.

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Thank you…
Nice workaround!

My image links are ![](pic.png),
After I changed the setting of editor:

image
image1529×443 45 KB

For the situation, add another code to modify ![](pic.png) to ![pic](attachpath/pic.png)

with open(file_path, 'r+', encoding='utf-8') as md:

    orig_text = md.read()
    text = re.sub("!\[\[((.*)\.\w+)\]\]", r"![\2](" + attachment_folder + r"\\" +r"\1)", orig_text)
    text = re.sub("!\[\]\(((.*)\.\w+)\)", r"![\2](" + attachment_folder + r"\\" +r"\1)", text)
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And made some changes:

import re
import os

source_file_name =""
# source_file_name = "CNN"
source_folder = r"F:\\ObsidianVault\\Arsene\\AI\\Tensorflow" 
attachment_folder = rf'{source_folder}\\attach'
output_folder =  r"F:\\MDPrint"


def transfer_md(mdfile):   
    with open(f'{source_folder}\\{mdfile}.md', 'r+', encoding='utf-8') as md:
    
        orig_text = md.read()
        # let ![[pic.png]] ==> ![pic](<attach path>\pic.png)
        text = re.sub("!\[\[((.*)\.\w+)\]\]", r"![\2](" + attachment_folder + r"\\" +r"\1)", orig_text)
        # let ![](pic.png) ==> ![pic](<attach path>\pic.png)
        text = re.sub("!\[\]\(((.*)\.\w+)\)", r"![\2](" + attachment_folder + r"\\" +r"\1)", text)
        # let [[Link Name]] ==> Link Name,  [[Link Name|Altr Name]] ==> Altr Name
        text = re.sub("\[(?:\[|\[[^\]]*\|)([^\]\|]+)\]\]", r"\1", text)
    
    with open(f'{output_folder}\\{mdfile}.md', 'w+', encoding='utf-8') as md:
        md.write(text)
        
def trasfer_all_md(mddir):
    for file in [md[:-3] for md in os.listdir(mddir) if re.match('.*\.md',md)]:
        print(f'process file: {file}')
        transfer_md(file)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(source_file_name)>0: # For one file
        transfer_md(source_file_name)
    else: # For entire folder
        trasfer_all_md(source_folder)
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Sorry, but I’m not a programmer and have no clue how to do the task with Typora. Do I have to save the code in a .py file and need to run it as a command in Typora (added to the PDF export)?

Any support is appreciated :slightly_smiling_face:

And has anyone an idea how to convert the markdown file to a markdown file without the links? I tested this plugin, but I use internal links to headers in files and it didn’t work for that purpose.

I need the “clean” markdown for a glossary, which I use in a latex file for a thesis.