markdown_evernote.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Based on everwatch.rb by Brett Terpstra, 2011, a 2013 update by spetschu, and a 2014 update by regedor
# Write in Markdown in Evernote and Backup Markdown files in Dropbox

# Change the next two lines with your account number and the path to your backup folder
watch_folder = File.expand_path("/Users/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.evernote.Evernote/Data/Library/Application Support/com.evernote.Evernote/accounts/www.evernote.com/YOUR-ACCOUNT-NUMBER/content/")
mark_folder = "~/Dropbox/Evernotes/"

counter = 0

while true do # repeat infinitely
  
  # recursive glob needed for current Evernote setup
  files = Dir.glob( File.join( watch_folder, "**/*") )

  # check for timestamp changes since the last loop
  new_hash = files.collect {|f| [ f, File.exist?(f) ? File.stat(f).mtime.to_i : 0 ] }
  hash ||= new_hash
  diff_hash = new_hash - hash

  if diff_hash.empty? # if there's no change
    # if it's been less than 10 seconds, increment the counter
    # otherwise, set it to zero and wait for new changes
    counter = (counter < 10 && counter > 0) ? counter + 1 : 0
  else
    hash = new_hash
    counter = 1
  end

  if counter > 0 # if the time is running

    note = %x{ osascript <<APPLESCRIPT
        tell application "Evernote"
            if selection is not {} then
                set the_selection to selection
                return HTML content of item 1 of the_selection
            else
                return ""
            end if
        end tell
APPLESCRIPT}

	title = %x{ osascript <<APPLESCRIPT
	    tell application "Evernote"
			if selection is not {} then
				set the_selection to selection
				return title of item 1 of the_selection
			else
				return ""
			end if
		end tell
APPLESCRIPT}

    unless note == '' # if we got something back from the AppleScript
      txtnote = %x{echo '#{note.gsub("'",'__APOSTROPHE__')}'|textutil -stdin -convert txt -stdout | pandoc -f html -t markdown_strict --no-wrap}
      title = title.strip
      file = mark_folder+"#{title}"+".md"
      watch_note = File.new(File.expand_path(file),'w+')
      watch_note.puts txtnote.gsub(/\\_\\_APOSTROPHE\\_\\_/, "'").gsub(/\\/, "")
      watch_note.close
    end

  end
    
  sleep 5

end