Python tools for Joplin (Hotfolder, PDF Preview, ToDo overview)

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#1

Some scripts I use to optimize my workflow in Joplin.

hotfolder.py

Monitor a folder an add the Files to Joplin as a Note.

Images and text (Mimetype text/plain ) are inserted directly into the note, other Files are added as attachment. For PDF Files a preview of the first page can be generated.

add_pdf_previews.py

Search for notes with a PDF attachment an create a preview of the first PDF Site and add this Preview to Note.

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todo_overview.py

Creates or Updates a note with a list of all open ToDo's. All to-dos that have been exceeded are marked with a :exclamation:.

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JoplinWinBackup.au3

Since there is no possibility for an automatic backup under windows, the required key combinations are sent to joplin via autoit to create a backup.

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Why do we separate to-do note and note?
#2

It seems very nice, can you tell what is needed to use these scripts ?
I'm running Joplin on a OS X
I have python installed (pip3) and PymyPDF-1.18.0
I get "no module named click" error when trying todo_overview.py
Thank you for your help

#3

I forgot to mention the click and request module.

Use pip to install them:

pip install click
pip install requests
#4

I ran pip3 install click but I still get
No module named click
sorry for my ignorance in python, is python3 ok ?

#5

Which python and pip version do you have?

python -V
pip -V
#6

Python 2.7.16
pip 20.2.3 (using pip3 -V)

#7

The error No module named click cams from pip3 install ?

#8

yes

#9

Hm I think you must upgrade python to version 3, because 2.7 is end of life.

#10

ok I will try thank you

#11

ok I need to enter python3 todo_overview.py -n "Todo" --title "Résumé" --tag "important"

thank you

#12

Hello,

where should I put the git code ? In .config/Joplin ?

thank you for your help.

#13

This plays no role. Just copy the folder joplin and the todo_overview.py, add_pdf_previews.py and hotfolder.py into any folder.

Than run for example python hotfolder.py -d "Import" -p "C:\JoplinImport"

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#14

It works great. Maybe you should explain that if the note already exists it would replace it when using the script that search todos

#15

Hello Jack,
thank you for your answer.
I run
python todo_overview.py --title "Open ToDo's" --as-todo --tag "importend"
into my Linux command line, but I got the following message :
File "todo_overview.py", line 6, in <module> from joplin import joplinapi ImportError: No module named joplin

I've the folder joplin and inside 2 files tools and api.

Do you have any idea of what is not well done on my side ?

thank you.

#16

Your structure is the following?

SomeFolder
  |- joplin
  |     |- joplinapi.py
  |     |- joplintools.py
  |- todo_overview.py
  |- hotfolder.py 
  |- add_pdf_previews.py

Which python version do you have?

python -V
#17

Hi,
yes I've the same structure.
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To be sure that I run python 3 :
python3 todo_overview.py --title "Open ToDo's" --as-todo --tag "importend"
and I got :
Traceback (most recent call last): File "todo_overview.py", line 6, in <module> from joplin import joplinapi File "/home/.../Joplin/Joplin-Tools-master/joplin/joplinapi.py", line 8, in <module> from joplin import joplintools File "/home/bva/.../Joplin/Joplin-Tools-master/joplin/joplintools.py", line 1, in <module> import fitz ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'fitz'

Thank you for your help.

#18

Install the additional modules with pip install -r requirements.txt or the listed modules from the git page.

#19

can this be made into a single executable?

#20

Hi,

I run command pip3 install -r requirements.txt.
I get a error message : joplin/joplintools.py", line 1, in <module> import fitz ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'fitz' So I install manually fitz pip3 install fitz`

When I run again python3 todo_overview.py --title "Open ToDo's" --as-todo --tag "importend"

I got this message :

Traceback (most recent call last): File "todo_overview.py", line 6, in <module> from joplin import joplinapi File "/home/xxx/Joplin/Joplin-Tools-master/joplin/joplinapi.py", line 8, in <module> from joplin import joplintools File "/home/xxx/Joplin/Joplin-Tools-master/joplin/joplintools.py", line 1, in <module> import fitz File "/home/xxx/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/fitz/__init__.py", line 1, in <module> from frontend import * ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'frontend'
So I tried following pypi.org

pip install frontend

but I got this message :

Collecting frontend
Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement frontend (from versions: ) No matching distribution found for frontend

As I'm not very confortable with python, what could be your suggestion ?
Thank you for any help.