Added download option for image urls

src/main.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { MarkdownView, Notice, parseYaml, Plugin, stringifyYaml, TFile, TFolder } from 'obsidian';
+import { requestUrl, normalizePath } from 'obsidian'; // Add requestUrl import
 import type { MediaType } from 'src/utils/MediaType';
 import { APIManager } from './api/APIManager';
 import { BoardGameGeekAPI } from './api/apis/BoardGameGeekAPI';
@@ -314,6 +315,31 @@ export default class MediaDbPlugin extends Plugin {
 
 			options.openNote = this.settings.openNoteInNewTab;
 
+			if (mediaTypeModel.image && typeof mediaTypeModel.image === 'string' && mediaTypeModel.image.startsWith('http')) {
+				if (this.settings.imageDownload) {
+					try {
+						const imageurl = mediaTypeModel.image;
+						const imageext = imageurl.split('.').pop()?.split(/\#|\?/)[0] || 'jpg';
+						const imagefileName = `${replaceIllegalFileNameCharactersInString(`${mediaTypeModel.type}_${mediaTypeModel.title} (${mediaTypeModel.year})`)}.${imageext}`;
+						const imagepath = normalizePath(`${this.settings.imageFolder}/${imagefileName}`);
+
+						if (!this.app.vault.getAbstractFileByPath(this.settings.imageFolder)) {
+							await this.app.vault.createFolder(this.settings.imageFolder);
+						}
+
+						const response = await requestUrl({ url: imageurl, method: 'GET' });
+						await this.app.vault.createBinary(imagepath, response.arrayBuffer);
+						
+						// Update model to use local image path
+						mediaTypeModel.image = `[[${imagepath}]]`;
+					} catch (e) {
+						console.warn('MDB | Failed to download image:', e);
+					}
+				} else {
+					mediaTypeModel.image = mediaTypeModel.image;
+				}
+			}
+
 			const fileContent = await this.generateMediaDbNoteContents(mediaTypeModel, options);
 
 			if (!options.folder) {

src/models/MediaTypeModel.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export abstract class MediaTypeModel {
 	dataSource: string;
 	url: string;
 	id: string;
+	image?: string;
 
 	userData: object;
 
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ export abstract class MediaTypeModel {
 		this.dataSource = '';
 		this.url = '';
 		this.id = '';
+		this.image = '';
+
 		this.userData = {};
 	}
 

src/settings/Settings.ts

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ export interface MediaDbPluginSettings {
 	boardgameFolder: string;
 	bookFolder: string;
 
+	imageDownload: boolean;
+	imageFolder: string;
 	propertyMappingModels: PropertyMappingModel[];
 }
 
@@ -130,6 +132,8 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MediaDbPluginSettings = {
 	boardgameFolder: 'Media DB/boardgames',
 	bookFolder: 'Media DB/books',
 
+	imageDownload: false,
+	imageFolder: 'Media DB/images',
 	propertyMappingModels: [],
 };
 
@@ -298,6 +302,29 @@ export class MediaDbSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 				});
 			});
 
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Download images')
+			.setDesc('Downloads images for new notes in the folder below')
+			.addToggle(cb => {
+				cb.setValue(this.plugin.settings.imageDownload).onChange(data => {
+					this.plugin.settings.imageDownload = data;
+					void this.plugin.saveSettings();
+				});
+			});
+
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Image folder')
+			.setDesc('Where downloaded images should be stored.')
+			.addSearch(cb => {
+				new FolderSuggest(this.app, cb.inputEl);
+				cb.setPlaceholder(DEFAULT_SETTINGS.imageFolder)
+					.setValue(this.plugin.settings.imageFolder)
+					.onChange(data => {
+						this.plugin.settings.imageFolder = data;
+						void this.plugin.saveSettings();
+					});
+			});
+
 		// Create a map to store APIs for each media type
 		const mediaTypeApiMap = new Map<MediaType, string[]>();