Read Apple Notes content in python via quick&dirty AppleScript

read_apple_note.py

def get_apple_note_contents(account = 'iCloud', folder = 'Notes', note = 'Routine', strip_tags = True, as_lines = True):
	import subprocess
	import os
	import tempfile
	import re

	script = """
	tell application "Notes"
		tell account "%s"
			tell folder "%s"
				get body of note "%s"
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
	""" % (account, folder, note)

	_, file_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.tmp')
	with open(file_path, 'w+t') as fp:
		fp.write(script)

	out = subprocess.getoutput("osascript %s" % file_path)

	os.unlink(file_path)

	if strip_tags:
		out = re.sub('<[^<]+?>', '', out)

	return out.split("\n") if as_lines else out