Batch Edit Hyperlinks

Question

Hi All,I am looking for a way to batch rename hyperlinks in my In Design files.  Currently I have Hyperlinks linking every product in a printed catalog to the the product page on the web. However we have websites in 3 countries, so I want to be able to change all the .coms to  .au and then again to .ca.  Previously we have been achieving this by exporting the idml file and then find and replace in the design map text file.  However, when I reopen the idml files this year the same way I did last year they are completely blank in Indesign.

Peter Kahrel · Answer

This is fairly easy to script in InDesign itself, no need for the IDML-roundtrip (this version changes .com to .au):

// Change .com to .au
var h = app.activeDocument.hyperlinks.everyItem().getElements();
for (var i = h.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
  currentURL = h[i].destination.destinationURL;
  if (h[i].destination instanceof HyperlinkURLDestination
      && /\.com$/.test (currentURL)) {
    h[i].destination.destinationURL = currentURL.replace(/(.+\.)(.+)$/,'$1au');
  }
}

This version changes .com to .au.

It changes just the destination URL. If the source text and/or the link's name in the Hyperlinks panel are also the link name you need some additional code.

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