local-files-in-notion

Add links to local files in Notion on Windows and Chrome

Summary

One thing I really miss in Notion is links to the local filesystem. So I puzzled something together. Feel free to use, modify and add to this, so more people can use it.

Bear in mind: This only works if you use Notion solo and on one PC or if every user/PC shares the same datastructure.

My Setup:

• Notion (obvioulsy)
• Chrome with the Local Explorer addon
• Webserver

Webserver

Clone the repo and change variables to yourdomain.com.

file.html serves a double purpose:

• Embed this site in Notion to easily generate file links. Just paste your local file path into the input field and hit enter.
• Since Notion may only treat weblinks as links, this file redirects generated weblinks to a localexplorer: format.

Don’t forget to allow ifarmess with the X-Frame-Options if you want to embed the link generating tool.

Notion

Embed the deployed file.html if you want. You can now use generated links like https://yourdomain.com/file.html?f=C:/

PHP

There is a PHP version available, which does the same thing. I like it because it handles the requests a lot faster with less flashing windows.

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