Importing all GoogleKeep notes to Joplin

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Hi,
second topic for today.
As I have mentioned in my other post I do like Joplin app and looking forward to use it. However I would like to import all GoogleKeep notes to Joplin. I know that one of the possibilites is to import each note seperately, which is difficult when one have tens of them.
I know also that the export/import shall be done via Evernote and then via enex file. The problem is I do not have Evernote account.
Third, I have found a python’s script to convert html files of GK to be convereted to enex’s without using Evernote app. I used Python 3.8.2 and 3.7.7 but there is a module ‘parsedatatime’ which is missing. I cannot install it as well.
I know this topic and solution might be out of this forum, but maybe someone knows what could be the solution.
Best,
J.
Desktop eviorment - Windows 10 and Windows 7
Mobile enviorment - Android 10

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So why not create one?

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Hi Laurent,
first, thank you for your reply.
Yes, that is not a problem.
Since there is a short-cut solution, I just asked for help. there is not a problem to create an account in Evernote.
Anyway, thank you!
J.

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You can use google takeout to export all your notes and then run a script that would send them to Joplin via REST API (I think someone has shared a script on this forum).

Or you can use this unofficial Google Keep API to export your notes and send to Joplin using the same REST API: https://github.com/kiwiz/gkeepapi

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Hi Werth,
thank you very much for your reply.

I just gave up with Joplin, since have not found the easy way to transfer GK notes to the app. I am not familiar with python at all. I tried to use the script after instaling python, but without luck. Therefore I skipped.

Yes, I have the script and I have the file from Google Keep, but have no clue what to do next.

Best,

J.

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Here is few steps how to transfer Google Keep notes to Joplin on Windows.

  1. Go to https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout and request notes from Keep. Unzip downloaded file.
  2. Download python script from
    [SOLVED] Importing from Google Keep
    For example that named keep20191210-to-enex6.1.py
    Copy that script directly to Keep folder unzipped in step 1.
  3. Download and install Python - for example Python 3.9.0 or newer
    https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
  4. Start Windows command line - shortcut Win key + R and type "cmd" (Command Line). Type "cd 'path to Keep directory' ". For example "cd c:\Keep". The last row in the cmd window should start with that directory path.
  5. Run the script in that cmd "py keep20191210-to-enex6.1.py" (or other name of the script). After that there should be keep.enex file in that directory ready to be imported in Joplin (File - Import - ENEX)

Note: script mentioned above is not able to transfer everything (for example pictures). So be careful and check if everything seems ok.

Optional: If there is error in the step 4 about date/time you need to download and install library file from
https://pypi.org/project/parsedatetime/ (for example parsedatetime-2.6-py3-none-any.whl). Using cmd from step 4 you need to type "pip install parsedatetime-2.6-py3-none-any.whl" in the directory where that library file is downloaded.

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I recommend getting the latest version of the script from the gitlab repo as it now supports importing images.

See my post at this link for more information:

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Thank you arndtc!
J.

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I wrote a conversion tool and it feels good to use it myself.

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looks good just tried it but just generates an empty directory for me. only tried the windows version...

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Any video guide for REST API use?

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I only have 18 simple notes in Google Keep. I found the other thread here about using a Python script to convert the exported Google Takeout zip file to the Evernote format just to be able to import them into Joplin. I gave up on that after having to install a Python interpreter but there still seemed to be other modules it was looking for. I even looked at installing Evernote but didn't want to have to create an account. (Joplin is touted as a replacement for Evernote, so that just seems backwards to me).

I unzipped the takeout zip file. Then I tried importing with Markdown Directory. I selected the unzipped Keep folder as the target import directory. Now, my notes were just test, a few had bold titles and a different background colour. Those two formattings don't show up properly when toggling between the editors. But the information is at least there and I can play around with Joplin afterwards.