@editorjs/link v2.6.2
Link Tool
Link Block for the Editor.js.
Features
Allows adding link previews to your articles.
Note: this Tool requires server-side implementation for link data fetching. See backend response format for more details.
Installation
Get the package
yarn add @editorjs/link
Include module at your application
import LinkTool from '@editorjs/link';
Optionally, you can load this tool from CDN JsDelivr CDN
Usage
Add a new Tool to the tools
property of the Editor.js initial config.
const editor = EditorJS({
...
tools: {
...
linkTool: {
class: LinkTool,
config: {
endpoint: 'http://localhost:8008/fetchUrl', // Your backend endpoint for url data fetching,
}
}
},
...
});
Config Params
Link Tool supports these configuration parameters:
Field | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
endpoint | string | Required: the endpoint for link data fetching. |
headers | object | Optional: the headers used in the GET request. |
Output data
This Tool returns data
with following format
Field | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
link | string | Pasted link's url |
meta | object | Fetched link's data. Any data got from the backend. Currently, the plugin's design supports the 'title', 'image', and 'description' fields. |
{
"type" : "linkTool",
"data" : {
"link" : "https://codex.so",
"meta" : {
"title" : "CodeX Team",
"site_name" : "CodeX",
"description" : "Club of web-development, design and marketing. We build team learning how to build full-valued projects on the world market.",
"image" : {
"url" : "https://codex.so/public/app/img/meta_img.png"
}
}
}
}
Backend response format
You can implement a backend for link data fetching your own way. It is a specific and trivial task depending on your environment and stack.
Backend response should cover following format:
{
"success" : 1,
"link": "https://codex.so", // Optionally return a link to set the hyperlink URL
"meta": {
// ... any fields you want
}
}
success — uploading status. 1 for successful, 0 for failed
link - Optional response parameter to override the URL provided
meta — link fetched data.
Currently, the plugin's design supports the 'title', 'image', and 'description' fields. They should have the following format in the response:
{
"success" : 1,
"meta": {
"title" : "CodeX Team",
"description" : "Club of web-development, design and marketing. We build team learning how to build full-valued projects on the world market.",
"image" : {
"url" : "https://codex.so/public/app/img/meta_img.png"
}
}
}
Also, it can contain any additional fields you want to store.
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