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A script that finds tasks in Things 3 that were completed today and formats them as a Markdown list for Day One
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- #specify UTF-8 (unicode) characters
require 'time'
tasktext = %x{ osascript <<APPLESCRIPT
set theDate to date string of ((current date))
tell application "Things3"
set output to ""
repeat with toDo in (to dos whose status is completed) of list "Logbook"
set toDoName to name of toDo
set toDoDate to completion date of toDo
set toDoTime to time string of toDoDate
set toDoDone to date string of toDoDate
if toDoDone is equal to theDate then
if project of toDo is missing value then
set toDoTag to name of area of toDo
else
set toDoTag to name of project of toDo
end if
set output to output & toDoDate & " @ " & toDoName & " @" & toDoTag & linefeed
end if
end repeat
return output
end tell
APPLESCRIPT}
taskarray = []
tagtext = "Tasks Completed on " + Time.now.strftime("%B %d") + "\n\n"
tasktext.strip.each_line do |line|
donetime, task, category = line.split(/\@/)
donetime = Time.parse(donetime).strftime("%l:%M%P")
inject = { :name => task.strip, :time => donetime.strip, :category => category.strip }
taskarray.push(inject)
end
taskarray = taskarray.sort_by {|h| [h[:category],h[:time]]}
uniq_tags = taskarray.map { |e| e[:category] }.uniq
uniq_tags.each do |tagger|
tagtext += "\n### #{tagger}\n"
taskarray.each do |unit|
if unit.has_value?(tagger)
tagtext += "- " + unit[:time] + " - " + unit[:name] + "\n"
end
end
end
`dayone2 new "#{tagtext}"`
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