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diff --git a/examples/Alice-In-Wonderland/detectLinks.json b/examples/Alice-In-Wonderland/detectLinks.json
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diff --git a/examples/CC-NC_Leitfaden/detectLinks.json b/examples/CC-NC_Leitfaden/detectLinks.json
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diff --git a/examples/CC_License_Agreement_of_siMPle/detectLinks.json b/examples/CC_License_Agreement_of_siMPle/detectLinks.json
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diff --git a/examples/Closed-Syllables/detectLinks.json b/examples/Closed-Syllables/detectLinks.json
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diff --git a/examples/ExamplePdf/detectLinks.json b/examples/ExamplePdf/detectLinks.json
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+++ b/examples/ExamplePdf/detectLinks.json
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+    }
+  ],
+  "globals": {}
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diff --git a/examples/Flash-Masques-Temperature/detectLinks.json b/examples/Flash-Masques-Temperature/detectLinks.json
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+    }
+  ],
+  "globals": {}
+}
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diff --git a/examples/Grammar-Matters/detectLinks.json b/examples/Grammar-Matters/detectLinks.json
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--- /dev/null
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+  ],
+  "globals": {}
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diff --git a/examples/Life-Of-God-In-Soul-Of-Man/detectLinks.json b/examples/Life-Of-God-In-Soul-Of-Man/detectLinks.json
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index 0000000..04b69cc
--- /dev/null
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+    },
+    {
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+    }
+  ],
+  "globals": {}
+}
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diff --git a/examples/Made-with-cc/detectLinks.json b/examples/Made-with-cc/detectLinks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef95d9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Made-with-cc/detectLinks.json
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+  ],
+  "globals": {}
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diff --git a/examples/Safe-Communication/detectLinks.json b/examples/Safe-Communication/detectLinks.json
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index 0000000..fe99fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Safe-Communication/detectLinks.json
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+    }
+  ],
+  "globals": {}
+}
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diff --git a/examples/St-Mary-Witney-Social-Audit/detectLinks.json b/examples/St-Mary-Witney-Social-Audit/detectLinks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5083913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/St-Mary-Witney-Social-Audit/detectLinks.json
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+  ],
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diff --git a/examples/The-Art-of-Public-Speaking/detectLinks.json b/examples/The-Art-of-Public-Speaking/detectLinks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0b58b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/The-Art-of-Public-Speaking/detectLinks.json
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+    }
+  ],
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+}
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diff --git a/examples/The-Impact-of-Open-Access-Latin-American-Scholarship/detectLinks.json b/examples/The-Impact-of-Open-Access-Latin-American-Scholarship/detectLinks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dcb1b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/The-Impact-of-Open-Access-Latin-American-Scholarship/detectLinks.json
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+}
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diff --git a/examples/The-Man-Without-A-Body/detectLinks.json b/examples/The-Man-Without-A-Body/detectLinks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3444dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/The-Man-Without-A-Body/detectLinks.json
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diff --git a/examples/The-War-of-the-Worlds/detectLinks.json b/examples/The-War-of-the-Worlds/detectLinks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50fca3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/The-War-of-the-Worlds/detectLinks.json
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diff --git a/examples/Tragedy-Of-The-Commons/detectLinks.json b/examples/Tragedy-Of-The-Commons/detectLinks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c83a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Tragedy-Of-The-Commons/detectLinks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
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diff --git a/examples/Watered-Soul-Blog-Book/detectLinks.json b/examples/Watered-Soul-Blog-Book/detectLinks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c7b0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Watered-Soul-Blog-Book/detectLinks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
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+    {
+      "name": "y"
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+    {
+      "name": "width"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "height"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "str"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "fontName"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "dir"
+    }
+  ],
+  "globals": {}
+}
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diff --git a/examples/WoodUp/detectLinks.json b/examples/WoodUp/detectLinks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c1f4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/WoodUp/detectLinks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
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+    {
+      "name": "x"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "y"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "width"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "height"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "str"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "fontName"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "dir"
+    }
+  ],
+  "globals": {}
+}
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diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index bf50573..6c54c1c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import DetectBlocks from './transformer/DetectBlocks';
 import DetectListLevels from './transformer/DetectListLevels';
 import DetectFootnotes from './transformer/DetectFootnotes';
 import DetectFontStyles from './transformer/DetectFontStyles';
+import DetectLinks from './transformer/DetectLinks';
 
 export const transformers = [
   new AdjustHeight(),
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export const transformers = [
   new RemoveRepetitiveItems(),
   new DetectFootnotes(),
   new DetectFontStyles(),
+  new DetectLinks(),
   new DetectToc(),
   new DetectHeaders(),
   new DetectListItems(),
diff --git a/src/transformer/DetectLinks.ts b/src/transformer/DetectLinks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2af5a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transformer/DetectLinks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import Item from '../Item';
+import ItemResult from '../ItemResult';
+import ItemTransformer from './ItemTransformer';
+import TransformContext from './TransformContext';
+import LineItemMerger from '../debug/LineItemMerger';
+
+export default class DetectLinks extends ItemTransformer {
+  constructor() {
+    super('Detect Links', 'Detect occurrences http links', {
+      requireColumns: ['str'],
+      debug: {
+        itemMerger: new LineItemMerger(false),
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  transform(context: TransformContext, inputItems: Item[]): ItemResult {
+    return {
+      // TODO this is missing links which are just part of an item
+      items: inputItems.map((item) => {
+        const itemText = item.data['str'];
+        if (itemText.startsWith('http:') || itemText.startsWith('www.')) {
+          // wordString = `http://${wordString}`; TODO www version
+          return item.withTokenTypes(['LINK']);
+        }
+        return item;
+      }),
+      messages: [`Detected ${'?'} links.`],
+    };
+  }
+}