"hook to new bear" doesn't work for me

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Hello, just bought the hook.
How to set hook so it would create notes in bear with clickable links?
Now it just creates notes with the name of the file.
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The video with what I have now:

Macos 10.15.7
Interface - English
Hook Version 2.2 (3971)

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Ok, almost figured it out:

I needed to modify default script in settings

set callbackURL to "hook://x-callback-url/link-to-new"
set partialURL to "bear://x-callback-url/open-note%3Fid%3D"
set encodedSrc to "$encoded_link"

set callbackURL to callbackURL & "%3FpartialURL%3D" & partialURL & "%26src%3D" & encodedSrc

set encodedTitle to "$encoded_title"
set myURL to "bear://x-callback-url/create?title=" & encodedTitle & "&x-success=" & callbackURL
set myScript to "open '" & myURL & "'"

do shell script myScript

get "hook://x-callback-url/link-to-new"

To this one:

set callbackURL to "hook://x-callback-url/link-to-new"
set partialURL to "bear://x-callback-url/open-note%3Fid%3D"
set encodedSrc to "$encoded_link"

set callbackURL to callbackURL & "%3FpartialURL%3D" & partialURL & "%26src%3D" & encodedSrc

set encodedTitle to "$encoded_title"
set myURL to "bear://x-callback-url/create?text=[" & encodedTitle & "](" & encodedSrc & ")&x-success=" & callbackURL
set myScript to "open '" & myURL & "'"

do shell script myScript

get "hook://x-callback-url/link-to-new"
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but now created links doesn’t open the destination file.
Probably I should change encodedSrc to something different. But to what?

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Welcome to the Hook Productivity Forum , @maxim. Thanks for asking about that. We have not yet tried to roll out support for adding a linkback directly into Bear. I don’t yet know whether Bear even supports it.

The way to see a linkback is in the Hook window. Invoke Hook on the newly created item, and you should see a ‘hook’ back to the item.

If you want to insert its link into the Bear doc, just

  • invoke Hook
  • Copy Markdown Link on the selected link, using ⇧⌘M or its link menu
  • paste

This could be automated with Keyboard Maestro or the like.

5

Thank you!
Are you sure that I cannot do it via callbackurl interface of bear?

Where I can find the documentation about such parameters "$encoded_link" - what are exist?

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I just meant that we have not gotten to it yet and would have a look, and noted KM as an option. However, based on X-callback-url Scheme documentation | FAQ & Support | Bear App it does seem content can easily be inserted while creating a new Bear note.

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I’m sorry to bother you, but I do not undestand why we can’t use “text” parameter as in example? Could you be so kind as to explain me this?

It seems to me that I just need to change string encodedSrc encoding, and it should work. Or I miss something?

I tried using this:

With this script hook app for files creates note with the link that doesn’t work:

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[Hook productivity app 2.2.dmg](hook://file/t1PrhFkRC%3Fp%3DbWF4aW11dmFyb3YvRG93bmxvYWRz%26n%3DHook%2520productivity%2520app%25202.2.dmg)

If I use copy markdown - it gives link

[Hook productivity app 2.2.dmg](hook://file/t1PrhFkRC?p=bWF4aW11dmFyb3YvRG93bmxvYWRz&n=Hook%20productivity%20app%202.2.dmg)

So I conclude that the problem is symbols lik “?”, “=”, etc. And that is why I ask if I can use somehow another encoding. I tried to google this parameters in documentation but with no success.

8

Automatically pasting linkbacks in new Bear notes is on our list, @maxim, we just haven’t gotten to it yet.

9

cf. Hook integration scripts v.147 now available — Updates for Notes, Drafts, Bear, PDFpenPro - Releases - Hook Productivity Forum

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10

@LucB, Thank you so much for your fast reaction to my request! Happy New Year!

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