Retrieval of API Key on Linux

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I am look for a way to update tags of notes with a script (retrieve dates from the title and add "Due" tag if they are due). I have not found a way to receive the API Key on Linux.
I installed the joplin-desktop on ubuntu with snap install joplin.
I started joplin and with : server start the server, but do not see how to retrieve the api key here.

I found the joplin database at ~/snap/joplin/*/.config/joplin, but the programmatical api key retrieval with sqlite did not work, as there is no api key in the settings table.

sqlite3 database.sqlite 'select key from settings ;'

activeFolderId
clientId
db.fuzzySearchEnabled
encryption.activeMasterKeyId
encryption.enabled
encryption.passwordCache
encryption.shouldReencrypt
firstStart
keychain.supported
resourceService.lastProcessedChangeId
searchEngine.initialIndexingDone
searchEngine.lastProcessedChangeId
sync.3.context
sync.7.auth
sync.7.context

Any idea?

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Did you enable webclipper in settings?

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The API key is no longer in the database.

2 options:

  • Desktop app > Config > Web Clipper > Authorization token > Copy token
  • cat ~/.config/joplin-desktop/settings.json |jq -r '."api.token"'
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