Take selected papers from Papers app and put them on a Trello board. Useful for maintaining reading lists.

papers_to_trello.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import Papers
import trello

proxy_strip = 'PROXY_STRIP_HERE'  #This prefix will be stripped from the URL that comes from Papers
api_key = 'YOUR_TRELLO_API_KEY_HERE'
token   = 'YOUR_TRELLO_TOKEN_HERE'
org_name = 'YOUR_TRELLO_ORG_NAME_HERE' #Or use "me" if you don't have a Trello org
board_name = 'DEFAULT_BOARD_NAME_HERE'

def papers_to_trello(list_names, board_name=board_name,
		org_name=org_name, disable_dup_check=False):
	papers = Papers.get_papers(proxy_strip).entries
	print("Got {} paper{} from Papers".format(
			len(papers),
			's' if len(papers) > 1 else ''))

	client = trello.TrelloClient(api_key, token=token)
	orgs = {org.name: org for org in client.list_organizations()}

	try:
		if org_name == 'me':
			boards = {board.name: board for board in client.list_boards()}
		else:
			boards = {board.name: board for board in orgs[org_name].all_boards()}
	except KeyError:
		print u"Can't find %s in %s" % (org_name, orgs.keys())
		raise

	try:
		lists = {tlist.name: tlist for tlist in boards[board_name].all_lists()}
	except KeyError:
		print u"Can't find %s in %s" % (board_name, boards.keys())
		raise

	add_lists = []
	card_titles = {}
	for ln in list_names:
		try:
			add_lists.append(lists[ln])
			if not disable_dup_check:
				card_titles[lists[ln]] = [c.name for c in lists[ln].list_cards()]
		except KeyError:
			print u"Can't find %s in %s" % (ln, lists.keys())
			raise

	for p in papers:
		try:
			info = u'{author}, "{title}"'.format(**p)
		except KeyError:
			print u'Key error for paper:\n{}'.format(p)
			raise
		print info
		for l in add_lists:
			if not disable_dup_check and p['title'] in card_titles[l]:
				print u'  already in list {}'.format(l.name)
				continue
			print u'  -> {}'.format(l.name)
			card = l.add_card(p['title'], info)
			if p['link']:
				card.attach(url=p['link'])
		print


if __name__ == "__main__":
	import sys, argparse

	p = argparse.ArgumentParser(
		description='Put selected papers from Papers into Trello')
	p.add_argument('-b', default=board_name,
		help='Board to post to (default: "%(default)s")')
	p.add_argument('-o', default=org_name,
		help='Organization to post to (default: "%(default)s")')
	p.add_argument('-d', action='store_true',
		help="Don't check for duplicate cards with duplicate titles")
	p.add_argument('list', help='List to post to', nargs='*')

	args = p.parse_args()
	if not args.list:
		p.print_help()
		sys.exit(0)
	
	papers_to_trello(args.list, args.b, args.o, args.d)