Backlinks include note itself since update

personalizedrefriger · 9 December 2023 03:09

It looks like the plugin

gets the current note ID
searches for the note ID in the body, id, and title of other notes:

ambrt/joplin-plugin-referencing-notes/blob/4469dd69ecb4eeed97bb270ebfa508448c2bbd2b/src/index.ts#L147


      
          				let data = await joplin.workspace.selectedNote();
          				let body = data.body;
          				let notes
          				let has_more = true
          				let page = 1
          				let references = await joplin.settings.value('myBacklinksCustomSettingHeader');
          				let thereAreNotes = false
          				let useManualHint = await joplin.settings.value('myBacklinksCustomSettingUseHint')
          				let ignoreListArray = await joplin.settings.value('myBacklinksCustomSettingIgnoreList');
          				while (has_more) {
          					notes = await joplin.data.get(['search'], { query: data.id, fields: ['id', 'title', 'body'], page: page });
          					
          					for (let i = 0; i < notes.items.length; i++) {
          						let element = notes.items[i];
          						let ignore = element.body.includes("<!-- backlinks-ignore -->")
          						//references = references + "\n" + `[${escapeTitleText(element.title)}](:/${element.id})`;
          						let inIgnoreList = ignoreListArray.includes(element.id)
          						if (!(ignore || inIgnoreList)) {
          							references = references + "\n" + `[${escapeTitleText(element.title)}](:/${element.id})`;
          							thereAreNotes = true
          						}

I suspect that it shouldn't search the id field, but that wouldn't explain why it worked until recently.

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Backlinks include note itself since update

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