Objective: Extract image (ideally into a new field) from an existing text field in a custom entity with views handler (civicrm view or civicrm_entity).
Scenario: HTML fields often has an image or multiple images embedded. In this case, the content is sourced from a civicrm external entity using civicrm views (could also be done using civicrm_entity module). Views provides text field filters and can strip html tags, but I only want to extract one or more images from the html. This can then be displayed as a seperate field in views (either as a new / generated field) or reusing the description field and stripping out everything else.
Notes: This seems easy, but the field formatter needs to work with remote urls. I tried the Image Resize Filter which works on remote urls, but i need to also strip the rest of the text. This does not actually create a new field, and is pretty ugly, but can work.
Modules considered / reviews: https://www.drupal.org/project/image_link_formatter - not a node, only avail as view https://www.drupal.org/project/image_importer - like idea of importing as "Drupal" image but no easy way to link embeded image to file system
Discusssions: https://www.drupal.org/node/1045712 https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/138961/get-images-from-textfield-and-save-them-in-filefield Images within content of page but not separate fields
