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.