code for a bookmarklet to email stuff to myself

email_to_self.js

(function() {
    function getSelectionText() {
        var text = "";
        if (window.getSelection) {
            text = window.getSelection().toString();
        } else if (document.selection && document.selection.type != "Control") {
            text = document.selection.createRange().text;
        }
        return text;
    }
    function format_body() {
        var body = "";
        body += "URL: " + document.location + "\n\n";
        body += "TITLE: " + document.title + "\n\n";
        body += "LAST MODIFIED: " + document.lastModified + "\n\n";
        var quote = getSelectionText();
        if (quote !== "") {
            body += "------------------------------------------\n";
            body += "SELECTED TEXT:\n\n" + quote + "\n\n";
            body += "------------------------------------------\n\n";
        }
        body += "NOTES:\n\n\n";
        return body;
    }
    function format_subject() {
        return "[email to self]: " + document.title;
    }
    function make_url() {
        var to_email = "the_email_where_I_want_to_capture_this@example.com";
        return `mailto:${to_email}?subject=${encodeURIComponent(format_subject())}&body=${encodeURIComponent(format_body())}`;
    }
    console.log(make_url());
    window.open(make_url());
})()

then put in bookmarklet by copying, removing newlines with pbpaste | tr -d '\n' | pbcopy, and then pasting into the bookmarket, prepended by "javascript:"

Like this (remember to change the to_email):

javascript:(function() { function getSelectionText() { var text = ""; if (window.getSelection) { text = window.getSelection().toString(); } else if (document.selection && document.selection.type != "Control") { text = document.selection.createRange().text; } return text; } function format_body() { var body = ""; body += "URL: " + document.location + "\n\n"; body += "TITLE: " + document.title + "\n\n"; body += "LAST MODIFIED: " + document.lastModified + "\n\n"; var quote = getSelectionText(); if (quote !== "") { body += "------------------------------------------\n"; body += "SELECTED TEXT:\n\n" + quote + "\n\n"; body += "------------------------------------------\n\n"; } body += "NOTES:\n\n\n"; return body; } function format_subject() { return "[email to self]: " + document.title; } function make_url() { var to_email = "the_email_where_I_want_to_capture_this@example.com"; return mailto:${to_email}?subject=${encodeURIComponent(format_subject())}&body=${encodeURIComponent(format_body())}; } console.log(make_url()); window.open(make_url());})()