🌱 Things + Drafts

http://actions.getdrafts.com/a/1Cc

Docs

# Add a list of todos to the inbox
Todo 1
Todo 2
// Comments go here and will be ignored
> Notes go here
> and here
- checklist item 1
- checklist item 2
Todo 3
#tag
#another tag
:when date
!deadline
# Make a new project with todos under it
# Project 1
> Notes go here
> and here
#tag
#another tag
:when date
!deadline

Todo 1
Todo 2

## Heading for project 1
Todo 3

# Project 2
Todo 4

## Heading for project 2
Todo 5
Todo 6
# Add a list of todos to an existing project or area, or add a project to an existing area
@ Existing project name
Todo 1
Todo 2
Todo 3

@ Area
Todo 4

# New project under Area
Todo 5
Todo 6

Script

/*
  Send each line of a draft to things as a todo
*/



const getTargetItem = state => state.todo || state.project

const parsers = [
	{
		// Project
		pattern: /^# /g,
		transform(state, input) {
			const project = TJSProject.create()
			project.title = input

			if (state.list) {
				project.area = state.list
			}

			state.items.push(project)
			state.project = project
			// state.list = null
			state.todo = null
		}
	},
	{
		// Heading
		pattern: /^## /g,
		transform(state, input) {
			const heading = TJSHeading.create()
			heading.title = input

			if (state.project) {
				state.project.addHeading(heading)
			}
		}
	},
	{
		// Checklist item
		pattern: /^- /g,
		transform(state, input) {
			const checklistItem = TJSChecklistItem.create()
			checklistItem.title = input

			if (state.todo) {
				state.todo.addChecklistItem(checklistItem)
			}
		}
	},
	{
		// Note
		pattern: /^> ?/g,
		transform(state, input) {
			const targetItem = getTargetItem(state)

			if (targetItem) {
				if (!targetItem.notes) {
					targetItem.notes = input
				} else {
					targetItem.notes += `\n${input}`
				}
			}
		}
	},
	{
		// Tag
		pattern: /^#/g,
		transform(state, input) {
			const targetItem = getTargetItem(state)

			if (targetItem) {
				if (!Array.isArray(targetItem.tags)) {
					targetItem.tags = [input]
				} else {
					targetItem.tags.push(input)
				}
			}
		}
	},
	{
		// List
		pattern: /^@ ?/g,
		transform(state, input) {
			state.list = input
		}
	},
	{
		// When
		pattern: /^: ?/g,
		transform(state, input) {
			const targetItem = getTargetItem(state)

			if (targetItem) {
				targetItem.when = input
			}
		}
	},
	{
		// Deadline
		pattern: /^! ?/g,
		transform(state, input) {
			const targetItem = getTargetItem(state)

			if (targetItem) {
				targetItem.deadline = input
			}
		}
	},
	{
		// Comments
		pattern: /^\/\//g,
		transform(state, input) {
			// These are comments, so this transform does nothing
		}
	},
	{
		// Todo (matches everything else)
		pattern: /^/g,
		transform(state, input) {
			const todo = TJSTodo.create()
			todo.title = input

			if (state.list) {
				todo.list = state.list
			}

			if (state.project) {
				state.project.addTodo(todo)
			} else {
				state.items.push(todo)
			}

			state.todo = todo
		}
	}
]

// const projectPattern = /^# /g
// const subheadingPattern = /^## /g
// const checklistItemPattern = /^- /g
// const notePattern = /^> ?/g

// const listPattern = /^@ ?/g
// const tagPattern = /^#[^\s]|$ ?/g
// const whenPattern = /^: ?/g
// const deadlinePattern = /^! ?/g

const lines = draft.content.split("\n").filter(line => line.length)



const state = lines.reduce((state, line) => {
	for (var {pattern, transform} of parsers) {
		if (pattern.test(line)) {
			const input = line.replace(pattern, "")
			transform(state, input)
			break
		}
	}

	return state
},
{
  project: null,
  todo: null,
  list: null,
  items: []
})


const {url} = TJSContainer.create(state.items)

console.log(url)

const cb = CallbackURL.create()
cb.baseURL = url


if (cb.open()) {
	console.log("Todos created in Things")
} else {
	context.fail()
}