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ownedbycats · 09-06-2020, 02:07 AM

As mentioned in this post, I got stumped on a search-and-replace and corresponding regexes. I sort of know how to replace the identifier type, but I'm not sure how to proceed with this:

I made two identifiers, ao3 and ffnet, for the respective fanfiction sites.

Attachment 181789

For both of them, the {id} is a series of numbers. The number of digits can vary.

Here's what I'd like to do:
url:https://archiveofourown.org/works/00000000 => ao3:00000000
url:https://www.fanfiction.net/s/0000000/1/ => ffnet:0000000

I think I managed (after a lot of trial-and-error) to make a regex that matches the entire URL, but couldn't figure out how to match just the numbers or replace the identifier type.

If at all possible, I'd prefer this to apply only if the #fanficstatus column is not set to "In-Progress." But if this is not possible I think FanFicFare can put the urls back when I check for updates.

Is what I'm trying to do here even possible?

09-06-2020, 02:07 AM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,000 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Converting URL identifiers to custom ones As mentioned in this post, I got stumped on a search-and-replace and corresponding regexes. I sort of know how to replace the identifier type, but I'm not sure how to proceed with this: I made two identifiers, ao3 and ffnet, for the respective fanfiction sites. Attachment 181789 For both of them, the {id} is a series of numbers. The number of digits can vary. Here's what I'd like to do: url:https://archiveofourown.org/works/00000000 => ao3:00000000 url:https://www.fanfiction.net/s/0000000/1/ => ffnet:0000000 I think I managed (after a lot of trial-and-error) to make a regex that matches the entire URL, but couldn't figure out how to match just the numbers or replace the identifier type. If at all possible, I'd prefer this to apply only if the #fanficstatus column is not set to "In-Progress." But if this is not possible I think FanFicFare can put the urls back when I check for updates. Is what I'm trying to do here even possible? Last edited by ownedbycats; 09-06-2020 at 02:28 AM.