A Python Notebook that uses the Todoist REST API (v1) and Sync API (v8) to nest all projects with an emoji as the project name underneath a project (to be used like a folder).

Todoist Project Indent.ipynb

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    "# Todoist Project Indent\n",
         " A Python Notebook that uses the Todoist REST API (v1) and Sync API (v8) to nest all projects with an emoji as the project name underneath a project (to be used like a folder)." 
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   "source": [
    "# Install todoist_api_python using pip, and helper packages\n",
    "! pip3 install todoist_api_python\n",
    "! pip3 install python-dotenv\n",
    "! pip3 install uuid\n",
    "! pip3 install emoji"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 2,
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   "source": [
    "# Load Todoist API Token from .env file\n",
    "import os\n",
    "from dotenv import load_dotenv\n",
    "\n",
    "load_dotenv()\n",
    "\n",
    "TODOIST_API_TOKEN = os.environ.get('TODOIST_API_TOKEN')"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 3,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "# Set the parent project that we will nest projects under\n",
    "PARENT_PROJECT_ID = 2284823727"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 18,
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   "source": [
    "# Helper functions\n",
    "import emoji\n",
    "def is_emoji(s: str) -> bool:\n",
    "    return s in emoji.UNICODE_EMOJI['en'].keys() \n",
    "\n",
    "def contains_emoji(s: str) -> bool:\n",
    "    return any(is_emoji(c) for c in s)\n",
    "\n",
    "def starts_with_emoji(s: str) -> bool:\n",
    "    return is_emoji(s[0])\n",
    "\n",
    "def ends_with_emoji(s: str) -> bool:\n",
    "    return is_emoji(s[-1])\n",
    "\n",
    "def is_only_emoji(s: str) -> bool:\n",
    "    return all(is_emoji(c) for c in s)"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 22,
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       "[Project(id=2211976340, color=39, comment_count=0, favorite=False, name='🧶', shared=False, sync_id=0, url='https://todoist.com/showProject?id=2211976340', inbox_project=None, team_inbox=None, order=14, parent_id=None),\n",
       " Project(id=2253520462, color=37, comment_count=0, favorite=False, name='🎈', shared=False, sync_id=0, url='https://todoist.com/showProject?id=2253520462', inbox_project=None, team_inbox=None, order=15, parent_id=None),\n",
       " Project(id=2285881098, color=37, comment_count=0, favorite=False, name='🔧', shared=False, sync_id=0, url='https://todoist.com/showProject?id=2285881098', inbox_project=None, team_inbox=None, order=17, parent_id=None),\n",
       " Project(id=2284922549, color=47, comment_count=0, favorite=False, name='🚀', shared=False, sync_id=0, url='https://todoist.com/showProject?id=2284922549', inbox_project=None, team_inbox=None, order=20, parent_id=None),\n",
       " Project(id=2284922560, color=47, comment_count=0, favorite=False, name='📫', shared=False, sync_id=0, url='https://todoist.com/showProject?id=2284922560', inbox_project=None, team_inbox=None, order=21, parent_id=None),\n",
       " Project(id=2284922587, color=47, comment_count=0, favorite=False, name='🤤', shared=False, sync_id=0, url='https://todoist.com/showProject?id=2284922587', inbox_project=None, team_inbox=None, order=23, parent_id=None)]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 22,
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    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "from todoist_api_python.api import TodoistAPI\n",
    "\n",
    "api = TodoistAPI(TODOIST_API_TOKEN)\n",
    "\n",
    "projects = api.get_projects()\n",
    "\n",
    "# For each project, if the project name is an emoji, then add it to the array projects_with_emoji\n",
    "projects_with_emoji = [project for project in projects if is_only_emoji(project.name)]\n",
    "projects_with_emoji_without_parent = [project for project in projects_with_emoji if project.parent_id != PARENT_PROJECT_ID]\n",
    "projects_with_emoji_without_parent"
   ]
  },
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   "execution_count": 23,
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      "{\"full_sync\":true,\"sync_status\":{\"97b18b69-ea13-45df-93ea-5df5db2e089a\":\"ok\"},\"sync_token\":\"GcRSymmpe2RYZ9hhe4C-NzfI3seIkjtWNuhOpQCNQRmxVCdlrSdvtkh5pdrI7yjbw0w2zvFjpJLF8rS2bYMQ13MZNgOQMaWqjnBm-ptzb3cEH6R0pw\",\"temp_id_mapping\":{}}\n",
      "{\"full_sync\":true,\"sync_status\":{\"7209d593-28cd-41dd-9b08-8051958b9ff0\":\"ok\"},\"sync_token\":\"DDerTZzbF0VH3nBtZJhFg_9A-rDOf2zVYpE-HmuQjt3f7qUZ3S-O6qs-TRK6tpko7HjGY3nOmUI4PusxJwSWkb7PkmBNgRObFjO5J51oVjs_ky8HTA\",\"temp_id_mapping\":{}}\n",
      "{\"full_sync\":true,\"sync_status\":{\"5da53709-c231-49de-a086-bae6e2646f25\":\"ok\"},\"sync_token\":\"js8lKuOBj7RsIHd_AjES0Gq5VLZVim5Rhh6mVkMgXU5-yMgkcr83iP7fQGh4HRrFXY8BeORR984rmc1j8mGZbGQVbqY0I3NW0YUAAPAtu_5EMcRzhQ\",\"temp_id_mapping\":{}}\n",
      "{\"full_sync\":true,\"sync_status\":{\"5dccab7d-66ae-4af8-89fa-11690b361c34\":\"ok\"},\"sync_token\":\"3rmZzZJAt2-Ocxxt8-HNdzn9_cN6gBvJv0XV9a9t0hZR5RbGNoT0c7SO2F3Hy0vpPSV4mId5MXB1g64dL2dWl3nq82hQ1UilWvORdQG-akVgc4uUTg\",\"temp_id_mapping\":{}}\n",
      "{\"full_sync\":true,\"sync_status\":{\"4c66bfc7-20d2-44f2-998a-7a2d48ec2342\":\"ok\"},\"sync_token\":\"_3X5fZtbCDSoNOXuxMpMd3hBV0IEZrzCQ6QdFoU2Rw5oHaLS47KVkTqAmlrNMsArFDNor7HFM9sYIUICVzI9YXW_1rL7H8JjOdhVxABV9tdb0JdqDw\",\"temp_id_mapping\":{}}\n",
      "{\"full_sync\":true,\"sync_status\":{\"e0d77c78-c99e-4540-89a4-0877d7f76ec7\":\"ok\"},\"sync_token\":\"bnb_2XPRu6r-g_fQZW8v9IN1v4yIB01-KHH1NneuTPUuZa7a8EM1ab6dOpEX9HaJqewed8HK3tIZbuFh7HK-lfupFcr0kau2jq0XdwSxwdbEPFku1g\",\"temp_id_mapping\":{}}\n"
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   ],
   "source": [
    "import requests\n",
    "import uuid\n",
    "\n",
    "headers = { 'Authorization': f'Bearer {TODOIST_API_TOKEN}'}\n",
    "reqUrl = \"https://api.todoist.com/sync/v8/sync\"\n",
    "\n",
    "# For each project in projects_with_emoji, update it such that its parent project is 2284823727\n",
    "for project in projects_with_emoji_without_parent:\n",
    "    # Generate a unique uuid for each command\n",
    "    unique_uuid = str(uuid.uuid4())\n",
    "    # Generate a command to update the project's parent project\n",
    "    payload = 'commands=[{\"type\": \"project_move\", \"uuid\": \"%s\", \"args\": {\"id\": %s, \"parent_id\": %s}}]' % (unique_uuid, project.id, PARENT_PROJECT_ID)\n",
    "    response = requests.get(reqUrl, params=payload, headers=headers)\n",
    "    print(response.text)\n"
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