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store (compressed) text input on a static page in the url
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make-url-from-zipped-string.js
import LZUTF8 from 'lzutf8'
const config = {
// scrape...
}
// on config text box input
const configUrlParam = LZUTF8.compress(config, { outputEncoding: "Base64" })
history.replaceState(null, '', "?config=" + configUrlParam)
// on page load
const url = new URL(window.location)
const configBase64 = url.searchParams.get('config')
const config = LZUTF8.decompress(output, { inputEncoding: "Base64" })
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