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/**
* Troamback by @artpi - see:
* https://piszek.com/roam/troamback
* For installation, put in your [[roam/js]]. Detailed instructions above.
*
* This script will put a reference in your daily page to a random block with a special tag.
* For example, I will get a reference on my daily page to a random block tagged with "Grateful".
*/
// These are configurable:
// A block with one of this tags will be randomly selected and put in your daily page every day.
const throwbackReferences = [ 'Review', 'Grateful' ];
// How should these throwbacks be marked?
const throwbackTag = 'Troamback';
//----------------------------
function prepareDailyPageWithThrowbacks() {
const todayUID = getTodayUid();
const existingThrowback = window.roamAlphaAPI.q(
`[:find ?text :in $ ?uid ?re :where [?block :block/parents ?page] [?block :block/string ?text] [?page :block/uid ?uid] [?block :block/refs ?refer] [?refer :node/title ?re]]`,
todayUID,
throwbackTag
);
if ( existingThrowback.length > 0 ) {
// Throwback already done todayUID. quitting.
return;
}
insertRandomThrowbackToDaily( throwbackReferences, todayUID );
//TODO 6 months ago, year ago and 3 years ago dailies
// Let's check every hour.
window.setTimeout( prepareDailyPageWithThrowbacks, 60 * 1000 );
}
// Lets start this!
window.setTimeout( prepareDailyPageWithThrowbacks, 10 * 1000 );
// Utility functions
function getReferencesToPageTitled( page ) {
return window.roamAlphaAPI
.q(
`[:find ?text ?uid ?srctitle ?time :in $ ?title :where [?page :node/title ?title] [?e :block/refs ?page] [?e :block/string ?text] [?e :block/uid ?uid] [?e :create/time ?time] [?src :node/title ?srctitle] [?e :block/page ?src] ]`,
page
)
.filter( ( b ) => b[ 0 ].indexOf( '[[query]]' ) === -1 );
}
function insertRandomThrowbackToDaily( referencedPages, todayUID ) {
let references = [];
referencedPages.forEach( function ( page ) {
references = references.concat( getReferencesToPageTitled( page ) );
} );
if ( ! references ) {
return;
}
const ref = references[ Math.floor( Math.random() * references.length ) ];
if (
ref[ 0 ].indexOf( 'Tags::' ) !== -1 ||
ref[ 0 ] === `[[${ ref[ 2 ] }]]` ||
ref[ 0 ] === `#${ ref[ 2 ] }` ||
ref[ 0 ] === `#[[${ ref[ 2 ] }]]`
) {
// The reference is just a tag without any content, so we want to link the page itself.
window.roamAlphaAPI.createBlock( {
location: { 'parent-uid': todayUID, order: 0 },
block: { string: `#[[${throwbackTag}]] [[${ ref[ 2 ] }]]` },
} );
} else {
// Reference is a block, so we embed.
window.roamAlphaAPI.createBlock( {
location: { 'parent-uid': todayUID, order: 0 },
block: { string: `#[[${throwbackTag}]] {{embed: ((${ ref[ 1 ] }))}}` },
} );
}
}
function zeroPad( data ) {
if ( data < 10 ) {
return '0' + data;
}
return '' + data;
}
function getTodayUid() {
const d = new Date();
return (
zeroPad( d.getMonth() + 1 ) +
'-' +
zeroPad( d.getDate() ) +
'-' +
d.getFullYear()
);
}
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