fix(pplx:ext): clean up follow-up action links

Author: pnd280

perplexity/extension/changelogs/2.0.1.md

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 - Fixed theme primary color not being applied
 - `Slash Command Menu`: Fixed trigger & text insertion
+- `Export Thread`: Fixed followup links `(pplx://action/followup)` not being removed
 
 ## Changes
 
-- Removed `Raw Text Paste` plugin as Perplexity no longer automatically converts pasted text to a file
+- Removed `Raw Text Paste` plugin as Perplexity no longer automatically converts pasted text to a file

perplexity/extension/src/hooks/useCopyPplxThread.ts

@@ -140,7 +140,11 @@ async function copyMessageWithoutCitations({
   messageBlockIndex: number;
   fetchFn: FetchFn;
 }) {
-  return copyContent({ messageBlockIndex, fetchFn, withCitations: false });
+  copyContent({
+    messageBlockIndex,
+    fetchFn,
+    withCitations: false,
+  });
 }
 
 async function copyThreadWithCitations({ fetchFn }: { fetchFn: FetchFn }) {

perplexity/extension/src/utils/thread-export.ts

@@ -155,21 +155,31 @@ export class ThreadExport {
     includeCitations: boolean;
     messageIndex?: number;
   }) {
+    const removeFollowupLinks = (text: string): string => {
+      return text.replace(/\[(.*?)\]\(pplx:\/\/action\/followup\)/g, "$1");
+    };
+
+    // Export a single message if messageIndex is provided
     if (messageIndex != null && threadJSON[messageIndex] != null) {
-      return ThreadExport.exportMessage({
+      const exportedMessage = ThreadExport.exportMessage({
         message: threadJSON[messageIndex],
         includeCitations,
         includeQuery: false,
       });
+
+      return removeFollowupLinks(exportedMessage);
     }
 
-    return threadJSON
+    // Export the entire thread
+    const exportedThread = threadJSON
       .map((message) =>
         ThreadExport.exportMessage({
           message,
           includeCitations,
         }),
       )
       .join("  \n---  \n\n\n");
+
+    return removeFollowupLinks(exportedThread);
   }
 }