Fixed onebox being to fast.

assets/javascripts/discourse/initializers/url-to-article.js

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export default apiInitializer("1.8.0", (api) => {
       const composer = this.get("composer");
       if (!composer) return;
       composer.removeObserver("model.title", this, "_titleObserver");
+      this._restoreNativeTitleLookup();
     },
 
     _onTitleChanged() {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export default apiInitializer("1.8.0", (api) => {
       const match = title.trim().match(URL_REGEX);
 
       if (!match) {
+        this._restoreNativeTitleLookup();
         this._hideArticleBar();
         return;
       }
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ export default apiInitializer("1.8.0", (api) => {
       if (this._lastDetectedUrl === url) return; // Same URL — no-op
       this._lastDetectedUrl = url;
 
+      // Suppress Discourse's native title lookup so it doesn't race our bar
+      this._suppressNativeTitleLookup();
+
       const autoPopulate = api.container
         .lookup("site-settings:main")
         .url_to_article_auto_populate;
@@ -68,6 +73,32 @@ export default apiInitializer("1.8.0", (api) => {
       }
     },
 
+    // ---- Native title-lookup suppression ------------------------------
+
+    _suppressNativeTitleLookup() {
+      const model = this.get("composer.model");
+      if (!model || this._originalTitleLookup) return;
+      if (typeof model._titleLookup === "function") {
+        this._originalTitleLookup = model._titleLookup.bind(model);
+        model._titleLookup = () => {};
+      }
+    },
+
+    _restoreNativeTitleLookup() {
+      const model = this.get("composer.model");
+      if (!model || !this._originalTitleLookup) return;
+      model._titleLookup = this._originalTitleLookup;
+      this._originalTitleLookup = null;
+    },
+
+    _triggerNativeTitleLookup() {
+      this._restoreNativeTitleLookup();
+      const model = this.get("composer.model");
+      if (model && typeof model._titleLookup === "function") {
+        model._titleLookup();
+      }
+    },
+
     // ---- Bar UI -------------------------------------------------------
 
     _showArticleBar(url) {
@@ -82,6 +113,9 @@ export default apiInitializer("1.8.0", (api) => {
         <button class="btn btn-small btn-primary url-to-article-btn">
           ${I18n.t("url_to_article.fetch_button")}
         </button>
+        <button class="btn btn-small btn-default url-to-article-onebox-btn">
+          ${I18n.t("url_to_article.onebox_button")}
+        </button>
         <button class="btn btn-small btn-flat url-to-article-dismiss" aria-label="${I18n.t("url_to_article.dismiss")}">✕</button>
       `;
 
@@ -89,8 +123,15 @@ export default apiInitializer("1.8.0", (api) => {
         this._fetchAndPopulate(url);
       });
 
+      bar.querySelector(".url-to-article-onebox-btn").addEventListener("click", () => {
+        this._hideArticleBar();
+        this._lastDetectedUrl = null;
+        this._triggerNativeTitleLookup();
+      });
+
       bar.querySelector(".url-to-article-dismiss").addEventListener("click", () => {
         this._hideArticleBar();
+        this._restoreNativeTitleLookup();
         this._lastDetectedUrl = null; // Allow re-detection if title changes
       });
 
@@ -141,6 +182,7 @@ export default apiInitializer("1.8.0", (api) => {
         }
 
         this._populateComposer(data);
+        this._restoreNativeTitleLookup();
         this._setStatus(I18n.t("url_to_article.success"), "success");
 
         // Auto-hide bar after 3 seconds on success

config/locales/client.en.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ en:
   url_to_article:
     bar_label: "URL detected — import as article?"
     fetch_button: "Import Article"
+    onebox_button: "Use Onebox"
     retry_button: "Retry"
     fetching: "Fetching…"
     dismiss: "Dismiss"

plugin.rb

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # name: discourse-url-to-article
 # about: Scrapes a URL pasted into the topic title and populates the composer body with the article content
 # version: 0.1.0
-# authors: Your Name
-# url: https://github.com/yourname/discourse-url-to-article
+# authors: Robert Johnson
+# url: https://code.draft13.com/robert/discourse-url-to-article
 
 enabled_site_setting :url_to_article_enabled