. See https://www.python-httpx.org/async/#opening-and-closing-clients for details.
```
Looking at the tail log-clipper.txt I can see that it is generating:
```auto
2020-11-12 17:08:11: "Request: POST /folders/?token=2b9344de...33
```
But no errors to light the way as such. Straws to clutch welcome.
---
### Author:  [@zerosandones](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/zerosandones)
#### Post date: [13 November 2020 12:46 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/12 "2020-11-13T12:46:04Z")
Regretfully same issue seen with Ubuntu Focul / Python 3.8.
Those people who did get this working - what specifically were you running on what?
---
### Author:  [@foxmask](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/foxmask)
#### Post date: [13 November 2020 14:36 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/13 "2020-11-13T14:36:05Z")
the error is simple.
on line [notestation-to-joplin/src/nsx2joplin.py at master · andreas-vester/notestation-to-joplin · GitHub](https://github.com/KraxelHuber/notestation-to-joplin/blob/master/src/nsx2joplin.py#L16)
it should be
> from joplin\_api import JoplinApiSync as JoplinApi
the author did not notice that I changed the `JoplinApi` class from "sync" to "async"
so the workarround is
> from joplin\_api import JoplinApiSync as JoplinApi
and nothing else has to be changed and that should work
---
### Author:  [@zerosandones](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/zerosandones)
#### Post date: [13 November 2020 16:49 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/14 "2020-11-13T16:49:51Z")
> [@foxmask](#):
>
> from joplin\_api import JoplinApiSync as JoplinApi
Line 16 - understood.
It's now throwing errors about 'await'. Removing await from the res= appears to resolve this. Which is lucky as it was a complete guess. So far the rest seem to be images that have not made the export properly or similar - so far so good.
Oh, and its only a simple error if Python is your thing 😉 Thank you so very much for your assistance foxmask
---
### Author:  [@foxmask](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/foxmask)
#### Post date: [13 November 2020 17:11 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/15 "2020-11-13T17:11:30Z")
ha, i didnt see the await later ; so no changed to be done. I check the first complet error message
as already pointed by ressus, the webclipper was not started, for the folder creation I dont know.
sorry for the noise.
---
### Author:  [@zerosandones](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/zerosandones)
#### Post date: [13 November 2020 17:18 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/16 "2020-11-13T17:18:12Z")
If someone is re-working this - I am currently enjoying renaming .jpg files in the tmp directory to match what files suggests they are so it doesnt choke trying to import them:
```auto
2020-11-13 17:15:02: "Error: Image is invalid or does not exist: /tmp/Nrdmvg7e_6tyD5bab-EplW_l.jpg
Error: Image is invalid or does not exist: /tmp/Nrdmvg7e_6tyD5bab-EplW_l.jpg
at handleResizeImage_ (/tmp/.mount_JoplinCHyX4H/resources/app.asar/lib/shim-init-node.js:121:31)
at Object.shim.createResourceFromPath (/tmp/.mount_JoplinCHyX4H/resources/app.asar/lib/shim-init-node.js:225:21)"
```
It is nice to know someone is checking the attachments : )
```auto
[user@thinkpad src]$ file /tmp/Nrdmvg7e_6tyD5bab-EplW_l.jpg
/tmp/Nrdmvg7e_6tyD5bab-EplW_l.jpg: SVG Scalable Vector Graphics image
```
These mostly seem to be emoticons. What is wrong with ASCII I ask you?! 🙂
copy paste generic for now. Thanks again
```auto
```
---
### Author:  [@bananasareyellow](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/bananasareyellow)
#### Post date: [13 March 2021 17:45 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/17 "2021-03-13T17:45:35Z")
Thank you @zerosandones for working your way through this. I'm now following your path. Looking at the GitHub repository, it seems the author has not worked on this since 02-Mar-2020, so none of your fixes have been applied. Anyway, I'm stuck at a new error.
I changed the import statement from:
```auto
from joplin_api import JoplinApi
```
to
```auto
from joplin_api import JoplinApiSync as JoplinApi
```
Then I changed the 3 occurrences of:
```auto
res = await some_function
```
to remove the `await` like this:
```auto
res = some_function
```
Now it gets through all my "Reading note" steps, and then it gets through 174/701 of my "Writing note" steps before failing:
```auto
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "nsx2joplin.py", line 467, in
nsx.export_to_joplin(token=joplin_token, nsx_content=nsx_content)
File "nsx2joplin.py", line 410, in export_to_joplin
note["content"] = asyncio.run(
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/asyncio/runners.py", line 44, in run
return loop.run_until_complete(main)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/asyncio/base_events.py", line 616, in run_until_complete
return future.result()
File "nsx2joplin.py", line 348, in create_resource
res = joplin.create_resource(
File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/joplin_api/core_sync.py", line 508, in create_resource
return self.query('post', '/resources/', **data)
File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/joplin_api/core_sync.py", line 123, in query
res.raise_for_status()
File "/home/david/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/httpx/_models.py", line 1108, in raise_for_status
raise HTTPStatusError(message, request=request, response=self)
httpx.HTTPStatusError: 500 Server Error: Internal Server Error for url: http://127.0.0.1:41184/resources?token=5e9fa90fa40a75d5033b2dc4e8258e108b6a91a361c30a245cd587f5f8fe1456f03c2b08ddd49e50d85b6a6c8904b0f0c144b2b5b333174aa6c2b7405395cc61
For more information check: https://httpstatuses.com/500
```
I'm using Python 3.8.6.
Any idea what's causing this?
---
### Author:  [@bananasareyellow](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/bananasareyellow)
#### Post date: [13 March 2021 18:34 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/18 "2021-03-13T18:34:44Z")
OK, so here is my workaround. Luckily each "Writing note" output line includes the title of the note, so I went back to Synology Note Station to find the offending note. It was not important, so I moved it to a new notebook called "Transfer Errors". Then I exported from Synology Note Station again but I excluded the "Transfer Errors" notebook.
I had to do this for 3 or 4 notes in the end, but now I'm done.
---
### Author:  [@bananasareyellow](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/bananasareyellow)
#### Post date: [13 March 2021 18:49 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/19 "2021-03-13T18:49:57Z")
Well, my conversion is complete but all of my inline images are missing.
They **all** seem to have been converted to this:
```auto
![]
(webman/3rdparty/NoteStation/images/transparent.gif)
```
Examining a particular note and comparing it to the original in Synology Note Station, looking in the **attachments** subfolder for the converted notebook, I can see that the image (PNG file) is there, but correctly linking to it seems to have failed.
---
### Author:  [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)
#### Post date: [13 March 2021 19:00 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/20 "2021-03-13T19:00:53Z")
> [@bananasareyellow](#):
>
> it seems the author has not worked on this since 02-Mar-2020, so none of your fixes have been applied
Someone could fork the repo and apply the fixes. We can then create a new topic and mark this one as abandoned. As long as we mention the original author this should be fine. It's open source after all.
---
### Author:  [@bananasareyellow](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/bananasareyellow)
#### Post date: [14 March 2021 17:39 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/python-script-for-importing-notes-from-synologys-note-station-into-joplin/6605/21 "2021-03-14T17:39:54Z")
The error is in the function `create_resource`. The test that says:
```auto
if attachment_type == "image":
```
should be changed to:
```auto
if attachment_type == "image/png":
```
Now it works. Note that if the image was resized in Synology Note Station, the size information is lost. The image transferred to Joplin is displayed at full size but you can resize it again manually.
In summary, there are 3 changes to be made to `nsx2joplin.py`:
1. Change the `import` declaration.
2. Remove `await` in 3 places.
3. Change the `attachment_type` test.
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