Link but don't print a hyperref link in references, but using biblatex

Question

My question is exactly the same as this:

Generally, URLs are not pretty nor compact. How can I embed a hyperlink to the documents URL without printing the URL in the reference catalog?

The solution given there is valid for BiBTeX. Is there a similar solution for biblatex?

MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{knuth1984,
  title={Literate Programming},
  author={Donald E. Knuth},
  journal={The Computer Journal},
  volume={27},
  number={2},
  pages={97--111},
  year={1984},
  publisher={Oxford University Press},
  url={https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/27.2.97}
}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage{biblatex}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\begin{document}
\section{Current output:}
\nocite{}
\printbibliography[heading=none]
\section*{Desired output:}
\begin{description}[labelwidth=0.5cm, itemindent=0cm, leftmargin=!, font=\normalfont]
  \item[{[1]}] 
    Donald E. Knuth,
    ``\href{https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/27.2.97}{Literate Programming}''
    In: \emph{The Computer Journal} 27.2 (1984), pp. 97-111.
\end{description}
\end{document}

EDITED:

As comments suggest, the solutions given to this question, or its parent question, give me one solution:

\newbibmacro{string+url}[1]{%
  \iffieldundef{url}{#1}{%
    \href{\thefield{url}}{#1}%
  }%                
}                   
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{\usebibmacro{string+url}{#1}}               
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{url}{}

The small problem is that if you want to respect the original formatting of the bibliography style used, you have to replicate it. With the above code, I have lost the quotation marks in the title. If I want to recover quotations marks:

\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{title}{\usebibmacro{string+url}{\mkbibquote{#1}}}

This should be done for every entrytype, and, if you want to change the bibliography style, modify accordingly. Maybe not a big deal.

Alternatively, I have found the DeclareFieldInputHandler command. This command define a data input handler for when it is read from the .bbl. according to the biblatex manual. Therefore you can use the following code:

\DeclareFieldInputHandler{title}{\def\Newvalue{\usebibmacro{string+url}{#1}}}               
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{url}{}

I am unaware of the possible side effects of this input handler redefinition.

certainly. But you should add a proper, small complete example that can be used to test solutions and describe what you want instead of simply linking to another question. — Ulrike Fischer, Jan 17 '24 at 10:31
@cabohah Almost. The only problem is that you have to completely redefine the format of the "title" field for each type of entry. If you want to change the style of the bibliography, then you have to modify the "DeclareFieldFormat" lines accordingly. — Sergio Llorente, Jan 17 '24 at 15:10

Link but don't print a hyperref link in references, but using biblatex

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