foo.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# pylint: disable=missing-docstring

from urllib import parse
import webbrowser

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup


BASE_URL = 'ithoughts://x-callback-url/makeMap?'


def main():
    url = 'https://www.toketaware.com/ithoughts-howto-x-callback-url'
    parameters = process(url)
    call = BASE_URL + parse.urlencode(parameters, quote_via=parse.quote)
    # print(call)
    webbrowser.open(call)


def process(url, path='/test/test', target=None, edit=None):
    req = requests.get(url)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(req.text, 'html.parser')

    description = soup.p.text
    title = soup.title.text
    note = '# {}\n\n{}\n\n_[quick link]({})_'.format(title, description, url)
    text = '# {}'.format(title)

    data = {
        'format': 'md',
        'link': url,
        'note': note,
        'path': path,
        'style': 'Chalkboard',
        'text': text,
    }

    if target is not None:
        data['target'] = target
    if edit is not None:
        data['edit'] = edit
    return data


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()