Show HN: Export Google Docs to Markdown

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3 years ago

Hi HN For my main product[1], we convert Google Docs to markdown when exporting to Content Management Systems like Contentful. I decided to make this available as a standalone tool for people who want to convert Google Docs to markdown for use in other places.

Besides converting content to markdown, it also has a few other nifty tricks:

- We download all images and include them in the ZIP file we generate for you. (The image URLs that Google generates for you are temporary and only valid for about 30 minutes) - When the option is enabled, we will convert any standalone links to social media sites to the proper embed code - For developers, you can add your source code to a single-cell table (i.e. a table with one row and one column) and, given you have enabled the option, we will create a fenced code block for you.

BTW, there is also a Google Docs Add-on[2] I created some months ago that you can use. This add-on is useful in that you can use if from inside Google Docs and don't have to navigate to a separate website.

[1]: https://www.usecloudpress.com [2]: https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/cloudpress_mark...