sb2md.py

sb2md.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
import re

def scrapbox_to_markdown():
    scrapbox_text = sys.stdin.read()
    markdown_text = ""
    lines = scrapbox_text.split('\n')
    for line in lines:
        if line.startswith('\t'):
            indent = len(line) - len(line.lstrip('\t'))
            line = ' ' * (indent - 1) + '- ' + line.lstrip('\t')
        # Replace [text url] to [text](url)
        line = re.sub(r'\[([^]]*?) (.*?)\]', r'[\1](\2)', line)

        markdown_text += line.replace("[", "[[").replace("]", "]]") + "\n"
    return markdown_text

markdown_output = scrapbox_to_markdown()
print(markdown_output)