diff --git a/app/Util/CrossLinking/CrossLinkParser.php b/app/Util/CrossLinking/CrossLinkParser.php
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+modelResolvers = $modelResolvers;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Extract any found models within the given HTML content.
+ *
+ * @returns Model[]
+ */
+ public function extractLinkedModels(string $html): array
+ {
+ $models = [];
+
+ $links = $this->getLinksFromContent($html);
+
+ foreach ($links as $link) {
+ $model = $this->linkToModel($link);
+ if (!is_null($model)) {
+ $models[get_class($model) . ':' . $model->id] = $model;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return array_values($models);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get a list of href values from the given document.
+ *
+ * @returns string[]
+ */
+ protected function getLinksFromContent(string $html): array
+ {
+ $links = [];
+
+ $html = '' . $html . '';
+ libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
+ $doc = new DOMDocument();
+ $doc->loadHTML(mb_convert_encoding($html, 'HTML-ENTITIES', 'UTF-8'));
+
+ $xPath = new DOMXPath($doc);
+ $anchors = $xPath->query('//a[@href]');
+
+ /** @var \DOMElement $anchor */
+ foreach ($anchors as $anchor) {
+ $links[] = $anchor->getAttribute('href');
+ }
+
+ return $links;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Attempt to resolve the given link to a model using the instance model resolvers.
+ */
+ protected function linkToModel(string $link): ?Model
+ {
+ foreach ($this->modelResolvers as $resolver) {
+ $model = $resolver->resolve($link);
+ if (!is_null($model)) {
+ return $model;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Create a new instance with a pre-defined set of model resolvers, specifically for the
+ * default set of entities within BookStack.
+ */
+ public static function createWithEntityResolvers(): self
+ {
+ return new static([
+ new PagePermalinkModelResolver(),
+ new PageLinkModelResolver(),
+ new ChapterLinkModelResolver(),
+ new BookLinkModelResolver(),
+ new BookshelfLinkModelResolver(),
+ ]);
+ }
+
+}
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diff --git a/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/BookLinkModelResolver.php b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/BookLinkModelResolver.php
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+++ b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/BookLinkModelResolver.php
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+where('slug', '=', $bookSlug)->first();
+
+ return $model;
+ }
+}
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diff --git a/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/BookshelfLinkModelResolver.php b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/BookshelfLinkModelResolver.php
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+++ b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/BookshelfLinkModelResolver.php
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+where('slug', '=', $shelfSlug)->first();
+
+ return $model;
+ }
+}
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diff --git a/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/ChapterLinkModelResolver.php b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/ChapterLinkModelResolver.php
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index 000000000..55afd183c
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+++ b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/ChapterLinkModelResolver.php
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+whereSlugs($bookSlug, $chapterSlug)->first();
+
+ return $model;
+ }
+}
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diff --git a/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/CrossLinkModelResolver.php b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/CrossLinkModelResolver.php
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+++ b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/CrossLinkModelResolver.php
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+whereSlugs($bookSlug, $pageSlug)->first();
+
+ return $model;
+ }
+}
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diff --git a/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/PagePermalinkModelResolver.php b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/PagePermalinkModelResolver.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b31f5013
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+++ b/app/Util/CrossLinking/ModelResolvers/PagePermalinkModelResolver.php
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+find($id);
+
+ return $model;
+ }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Util/CrossLinkParserTest.php b/tests/Util/CrossLinkParserTest.php
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+++ b/tests/Util/CrossLinkParserTest.php
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+getEachEntityType();
+ $otherPage = Page::query()->where('id', '!=', $entities['page']->id)->first();
+
+ $html = '
+Page Permalink
+Page Link
+Chapter Link
+Book Link
+Shelf Link
+Settings Link
+ ';
+
+ $parser = CrossLinkParser::createWithEntityResolvers();
+ $results = $parser->extractLinkedModels($html);
+
+ $this->assertCount(5, $results);
+ $this->assertEquals(get_class($otherPage), get_class($results[0]));
+ $this->assertEquals($otherPage->id, $results[0]->id);
+ $this->assertEquals(get_class($entities['page']), get_class($results[1]));
+ $this->assertEquals($entities['page']->id, $results[1]->id);
+ $this->assertEquals(get_class($entities['chapter']), get_class($results[2]));
+ $this->assertEquals($entities['chapter']->id, $results[2]->id);
+ $this->assertEquals(get_class($entities['book']), get_class($results[3]));
+ $this->assertEquals($entities['book']->id, $results[3]->id);
+ $this->assertEquals(get_class($entities['bookshelf']), get_class($results[4]));
+ $this->assertEquals($entities['bookshelf']->id, $results[4]->id);
+ }
+}