# Scrapmd - the Markdown formatted Webpage Scrapbook

*2020-06-17*

> I’ve published initial version of Scrapmd.

I’ve published initial version of [Scrapmd], an app that clips webpage content into iCloud Drive with Markdown formatted article body and embedded images.

[![](/images/appstore.svg.svg)][appstore]

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## Motivation

I have used to gather webpage URLs and its content on Social Bookmarking Service (Like [del.icio.us] or [Hatena Bookmarks]), Self-hosted [Lobsteres] (OSS bookmarking service, mine is [b.ngs.io]), Slack channels and Evernote.

But I've thought those are not quite reliable (some of those shut down) so I started building File System based Web Clipping application.

## How it worked

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**Originally**, the app was available to clip any webpage all around the World Wide Web.

Clip from browser share menu, direct URL input or URL in users' pasteboard.

## App Store Rejection

First time I submitted the app, unfortunately, that was rejected due to the feature is conflicting legal property:

> Guideline 5.2.3 - Legal - Intellectual Property
>
> Your app allows users to save or download music, video, or other media content without authorization from the relevant third-party sources.

ref: [App Store Review Guidelines 5.2.3]

## Solution

So I changed this app to check webpages containing custom attribute that indicates allow Scrapmd to clip their content.

```html
<div data-scrapmd-ok="ok">
```

This was unintentional feature for usability but better than keep the app private for me.

I will opt-in allowing full functionality **PERSONALLY**.

## Full Open Sourced

The app and its backend API source code are hosted publicly on [GitHub].

You can fork and build this app and use full feature personally like me.

Feature proposals or pull requests are welcomed, fell free to send some.

Happy Scrapping 🍢

[Scrapmd]: https://scrapmd.app
[GitHub]: https://github.com/scrapmd
[appstore]: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1517295689
[del.icio.us]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delicious_(website)
[Hatena Bookmarks]: https://b.hatena.ne.jp/
[Lobsteres]: https://lobste.rs/
[b.ngs.io]: http://b.ngs.io/
[App Store Review Guidelines 5.2.3]: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#5.2.3