automate school brochures content using illustrator

school-illustrator-automate.js

// constants
var OFFSET_ARTBOARD_IDX = 8;
var ARTBOARD_LIMIT = 100;
var FILE_CONTENT_PATH = "~/Programming/WebstormProjects/personal-portfolio/content";

// parse file content into a list of object with properties
function parseTxt() {
  var res = [];

  var curContent = {};

  var matchTitle = true;
  var subMatchIdx = 0;
  const titleReg = /^Project \d+/
  const regList = [
    /^Contact Information/,
    /^Project Description and Objectives/,
    /^Eligibility Requirements/,
    /^Main Tasks/,
    /^Website/
  ]

  // read file
  var testtextfile = File(FILE_CONTENT_PATH);
  testtextfile.encoding = 'UTF8'; // set to 'UTF8' or 'UTF-8'
  testtextfile.open("r");
  var message = testtextfile.read();
  testtextfile.close();

  var lineList = message.split(/\n/);
  for (var i = 0; i < lineList.length; i++) {
    if (matchTitle) {
      if (lineList[i] === '') continue;
      if (lineList[i].match(titleReg)) {
        curContent.title = lineList[i];
        // console.log(res.length+1, lineList[i]);
        curContent.content = ["", "", "", "", ""]
        matchTitle = false;
      }
    } else {
      if (lineList[i] === '') {
        if (subMatchIdx < regList.length) continue;
        else {
          subMatchIdx = 0;
          res.push(curContent);
          curContent = {};
          curContent.content = ["", "", "", "", ""]
          matchTitle = true;
        }
      }
      if (subMatchIdx < regList.length && lineList[i].match(regList[subMatchIdx])) {
        //console.log(subMatchIdx, lineList[i);
        subMatchIdx++;
      } else {
        if (curContent.content[subMatchIdx - 1] !== "") {
          curContent.content[subMatchIdx - 1] += "\n";
        }
        curContent.content[subMatchIdx - 1] += lineList[i].replace("* ", ">\t");
      }
    }
  }

  return res;
}

var textList = parseTxt();

/// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// modify illustrator logic

function duplicateCurrentArtboard(){
  var doc = app.activeDocument;
  var thisBoardIndex = doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();
  var thisBoard = doc.artboards[thisBoardIndex];
  var thisRect = thisBoard.artboardRect;
  var lastBoard = doc.artboards[doc.artboards.length - 1];
  var lastRect = lastBoard.artboardRect;
  doc.selection = null;
  doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
  app.copy();
  var newBoard = doc.artboards.add(thisRect);
  var offsetH = 10;
  newBoard.artboardRect = [
    lastRect[2] + offsetH,
    lastRect[1],
    lastRect[2] + offsetH + (thisRect[2] - thisRect[0]),
    lastRect[3]
  ];
  newBoard.name = thisBoard.name + " copy";
  app.executeMenuCommand("pasteFront");
  doc.selection = null;
}

function replaceWordRetainStyle(textFrame, regXp, replaceStr) {
  // var s = /arguments/gi;
  var s = regXp;
  var replacer = replaceStr, result;
  while (result = s.exec(textFrame.contents)) {
    try {
      aCon = textFrame.characters[result.index];
      aCon.length = result[0].length;
      aCon.contents = replacer;
    } catch (e) {}
  }
}

function selectAllOnArtboard(artboardIdx){
  var doc = app.activeDocument;
  doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(artboardIdx);
  doc.selection = null; //clear selection
  doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
}

const TITLE_SEARCH = [
  "Contact Information:",
  "Project Description and Objectives:",
  "Eligibility Requirements:",
  "Main Tasks:",
  "Website:",
]

// documents
var doc = app.activeDocument;

for (var i = 0; i < ARTBOARD_LIMIT; i++) {
  // duplicate template and select new template content
  if (OFFSET_ARTBOARD_IDX + i >= doc.artboards.length) continue;
  selectAllOnArtboard(OFFSET_ARTBOARD_IDX + i);
  // duplicateCurrentArtboard();

  // loop left and right content
  var leftIdx = -1;
  var rightIdx = -1;

  // get left right text frame
  var content = "";
  for (var j = 0; j < doc.selection.length; j++){
    if (doc.selection[j].typename !== "TextFrame") continue;
    // title number
    if (doc.selection[j].contents.indexOf("Project Description and Objectives") !== -1) {
      if (leftIdx === -1) {
        leftIdx = j;
      } else if (doc.selection[j].left < doc.selection[leftIdx].left) {
        rightIdx = leftIdx;
        leftIdx = j;
      } else {
        rightIdx = j;
      }
    }
  }

  // replace left content based on subtitle position
  var subtitleIdxList = []
  for (var j = 0; j < TITLE_SEARCH.length; j++) {
    var idx = doc.selection[leftIdx].contents.indexOf(TITLE_SEARCH[j]);
    if (idx === -1) {
      alert("broke left!" + i + " " + TITLE_SEARCH[j])
      break;
    }
    subtitleIdxList.push(idx);
  }
  // alert(subtitleIdxList)

  // replace left
  for (var j = TITLE_SEARCH.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
    aCon = doc.selection[leftIdx].characters[subtitleIdxList[j] + TITLE_SEARCH[j].length + 1];
    if (j === TITLE_SEARCH.length - 1) {
      aCon.length = doc.selection[leftIdx].contents.length - (subtitleIdxList[j] + TITLE_SEARCH[j].length + 1);
    } else {
      aCon.length = subtitleIdxList[j+1] - (subtitleIdxList[j] + TITLE_SEARCH[j].length + 1);
    }
    aCon.contents = textList[i*2].content[j] + "\n\n";
  }

  // replace right
  if (rightIdx !== -1) {
    subtitleIdxList = [];
    for (var j = 0; j < TITLE_SEARCH.length; j++) {
      var idx = doc.selection[rightIdx].contents.indexOf(TITLE_SEARCH[j]);
      if (idx === -1) {
        alert("broke right!" + i + " " + TITLE_SEARCH[j])
        break;
      }
      subtitleIdxList.push(idx);
    }
    for (var j = TITLE_SEARCH.length - 1; j >= 0; j--) {
      aCon = doc.selection[rightIdx].characters[subtitleIdxList[j] + TITLE_SEARCH[j].length + 1];
      if (j === TITLE_SEARCH.length - 1) {
        aCon.length = doc.selection[rightIdx].contents.length - (subtitleIdxList[j] + TITLE_SEARCH[j].length + 1);
      } else {
        aCon.length = subtitleIdxList[j+1] - (subtitleIdxList[j] + TITLE_SEARCH[j].length + 1);
      }
      aCon.contents = textList[i*2+1].content[j] + "\n\n";
    }
  }
}