raindrop-highlight-obsidian.py

import os
import re
import shutil

import requests

token = 'PASTE YOUR TOKEN HERE'
perpage = 50

# get all the items
items = list()
gotThemAll = False
page = 0
debug = 0
location = 'Some/Path/Vault/Literature'
template = 'Some/Path/Vault/_templates/raindrop_literature_note.md'
while(not gotThemAll):
    allHighlights = requests.get('https://api.raindrop.io/rest/v1/highlights', headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + token}, params={"perpage": perpage, "page":page})
    highlightResult = allHighlights.json()
    if len(highlightResult.get('items')) < perpage:
        gotThemAll = True
    else:
        page = page+1
    items.extend(highlightResult.get('items'))

for highlight in items:
    # have we already processed this highlight?
    if not ('_debug_processed' in highlight['tags']):
        # file name but remove any special characters OneDrive is opposed to
        fileName = location+'/'+re.sub('\W+',' ', highlight['title']).strip()+'.md'

        # copy a literature example into a new file, and replace all the examples
        if not os.path.exists(fileName):
            shutil.copyfile(template,fileName)

            #add metadata
            f = open(fileName, 'r')
            filedata = f.read()
            f.close()

            # Replace the placeholders with various values
            filedata = filedata.replace('{{Title}}', highlight['title'])
            filedata = filedata.replace('{{created}}', highlight['created'])
            filedata = filedata.replace('{{tags}}', " ".join("%s " % s for s in highlight['tags']))
            filedata = filedata.replace('{{url}}', highlight['link'])

            f = open(fileName, 'w')
            f.write(filedata)
            f.close()

        # add the highlight to the end
        with open(fileName, 'a+') as f:
                f.write("\n > " + highlight['text']+ "\n")

        #updates the tag if the application is not in debug mode
        if debug==0:
            highlight['tags'].append('_debug_processed')
            updateTags = requests.put('https://api.raindrop.io/rest/v1/raindrop/'+str(highlight['raindropRef']),
                                     headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + token},
                                     json={"tags": highlight['tags']})