Script to import md files (with first line as title)

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Import markdown files to Joplin with first line as title.

Usage:
  md_file_import.py <path_to_md_files> [--is_todo]
  md_file_import.py (-h | --help)
  md_file_import.py --version

Options:
  -h --help     Show this screen.
  --version     Show version.
  --is_todo     Are markdown files todos or not.
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Thanks for sharing!

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How is this really different from the cli import function? What is your specific use case for the script?

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Instead of using the file name as title, my script use the first line of md files as title. I wrote it for myself because i had 10k+ md files with the format of 0.md 1.md 2.md 3.md and in every file the title was in the first line of every file.

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hi-
sorry for the late request, but is there a way to have a default tag added to the note also?

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I'm trying to import 655 notes, I run the script and the progress bar very slowly reaches 100%, but the counter remains at 0/655.

When it finishes, it says that it imported 0/655 notes. No new notes are added to Joplin.

Any ideas?

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Just a wild guess after taking a brief look at the script: Did you:

  1. Enable the webclipper inside Joplin and add the token in the script? md_file_import ($1871587) · Snippets · GitLab
  2. Add the target folder to the script? md_file_import ($1871587) · Snippets · GitLab

It might be more convenient to use the built-in import function at "File -> Import -> Markdown (Directory)"