Alternative link on title

[mrjk]

I have this use case where I monitor a json API, but I want to easily access the webpage version, because it's simpler to read.

So, basically I have:

URL: https://intelcom.ca/cfworker/v3/tracking/...  # JSON API
Title: Suivis Colis Intelcom - https://dragonflyshipping.ca/en/track-your-package/?tracking-id=... #Webpage link

I want to see in title a click here instead of full url, so I basically tried this:
Suivis Colis Intelcom - Click here

Unfortunaletly, in web ui, I see:

Suivis Colis Intelcom - <a href="https://dragonflyshipping.ca/en/track-your-package/?tracking-id=...">Click here</a>

Instead of:

Suivis Colis Intelcom - Click here

Anybody have the same use case ?

Note: I don't have resource and I dont want to run the full headless browser for this job.

[proobker]

The title box only accepts plain text. You can't put a link inside a title, so whatever you write there shows up as words and nothing else. That's why your "Click here" idea didn't work, it's just text to the program, not a web link.

There's also no separate box for "the link this row should open". A watch has one URL, the one it checks, and the link you see on the row always opens that same URL. Your row is built around the JSON feed, so tapping it opens the JSON. There's no way to make that row open a different page instead.

You have three simple choices:

1. Watch the webpage instead. If the tracking info appears in the actual page whenever you load it normally (no login or popups needed), just point the watch at the webpage and keep the lightweight fetcher, you don't need a browser for that. The row will then open the readable page by itself. Use a filter to keep only the tracking status part so you're not alerted about every little thing on the page.

2. Keep the JSON watch as your real monitor, and add a second watch for the webpage with notifications turned off. That second one is basically a bookmark row you can tap to open the readable page. Slightly redundant but works with zero extra setup.

3. Just leave the full URL in the title and accept that tapping the title opens the URL you're watching.

If it's me, I'd go with option 1 if the page shows the tracking result without needing JavaScript, and option 2 if it doesn't.

[ORCHORDS]

The title in the watch list is plain text — it can't be a hyperlink, and there's currently no per-watch field to point it at a different URL. The row template (changedetectionio/blueprint/watchlist/templates/watch-overview-single-row.html) renders the title followed by a fixed external-link icon:

<span class="watch-title">
    ... {{ watch.get('title') or watch.link }} ...
    <a class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="{{ watch.link.replace('source:','') }}">&nbsp;</a>
</span>

That icon opens watch.link — the monitored URL, i.e. your JSON API, not the human page. So with a JSON-API watch there's no built-in click target that lands on the webpage version.

Options today:

• Keep the URL in the title as you do and copy it — clunky but zero-setup.
• Put the watch on the webpage URL and give it a JSON filter — only works if the same URL serves both (not your case), so not applicable here.
• File a feature request for a per-watch "display link" (a field that overrides the external icon's href). Given the template above, it's a small change: store the override on the watch model and use it in that a.external href instead of watch.link.

[mrjk]

Ok, thanks for your replies. I was looking for a simple way, so I'll stick with the: Keep the URL in the title as you do and copy it — clunky but zero-setup.

My use case is probably too specific to make it a feature anyway.