InDesign Script to create hyperlinks for DOIs

[danys6600274]

Hello all,

I need a script that will search for ditital object idenfifier (doi: plus number/letter string) callouts in a documents reference list, apply a hyperlink to it (not changing the text in the ref list), but the hyperlink destination will strip out the "doi:" and replace it with "https//doi.org/" and the string following it. Every doi is different.

I hope you can help.?

Thanks!

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Can you show few, more or less, real examples? Before and after. Screenshot would be enough.

[danys6600274]

Here's an example.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Is this screenshot from a PC or Mac?

I'm not JS guy so can only write you a VBS script = PC only.

[danys6600274]

PC, thank you!

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

You are welcome.

Quick question - what would be AFTER those DOIs in the text?

".", ",", " " (space), etc. or nothing, just end of a paragraph? Can they be in the middle of a paragraph?

It's important to know in order to build working GREP expression.

And can you share with me - on priv if you prefer - example document for testing - few pages would be enough.

I already have the script - just need to create GREP expression and run few tests, but it would be much easier and quicker to do it on a REAL example...

[Anantha Prabu G]

FYI:
GREP expression

doi: (\b10\.\d{4,}\/[-._;()/:A-Z0-9]+\b)

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

FYI:
GREP expression

doi: (\b10\.\d{4,}\/[-._;()/:A-Z0-9]+\b)

By @Anantha Prabu G

Why are you making an assumption that all those strings will look exactly the same - will have the same structure? 

[Anantha Prabu G]

Hi @Robert at ID-Tasker

I have posted grep experssion for given example, and  checking many varation gerp experssion.

Prabu G