export-things-area.js

#!/usr/bin/env osascript -l JavaScript

ObjC.import('stdlib');

function run(argv) {
  area = argv.join(" ");

  var things = Application("Things3");
  if (!things.running()) {
    console.log("Things 3 is not running! Go start it and try me again.");
    $.exit(1);
  }

  var projects = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < things.projects.length; i++) {
    projects.push(things.projects[i].name());
  }

  var todos = [];
  if (area === "") {
    console.log("getting toDos from EVERYWHERE since there wasn't an area specified. This may take a while.");
    toDos = things.toDos();
  } else {
    try {
      toDos = things.areas.byName(area).toDos();
    } catch(err) {
      console.log("Does that area exist? Here was the error:");
      console.log(err);
      $.exit(1);
    }
  }

  var objects = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < toDos.length; i++) {
    toDo = toDos[i];
    objects.push({
      id: toDo.id(),
      name: toDo.name(),
      creationDate: toDo.creationDate(),
      modificationDate: toDo.modificationDate(),
      dueDate: toDo.dueDate(),
      activationDate: toDo.activationDate(),
      completionDate: toDo.completionDate(),
      cancellationDate: toDo.cancellationDate(),
      status: toDo.status(),
      tagNames: toDo.tagNames(),
      notes: toDo.notes(),
      project: (toDo.project() ? toDo.project().name() : null),
      area: (toDo.area() ? toDo.area().name() : null),
      contact: (toDo.contact() ? toDo.contact().name() : null),
      isProject: projects.indexOf(toDo.name()) !== -1
    });
  }

  return JSON.stringify(objects);
}