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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
# | |
# First, install File Cabinet by Awesome Table plugin. Follow their [instructions](https://support.awesome-table.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004223619--Part-2-Use-Files-Cabinet-to-display-Google-Drive-contents) to list all of your Google Drive files + metadata. You should end up with a Google Sheet that has all of your files listed on one or more sheets. | |
# Second, download the sheet(s) from the above Google Sheet as CSV files (into your Downloads directory). | |
# Third, modify 'outputdir' (line 11) and the path to your CSV file at the bottom (line 38) | |
# Fourth, run this script | |
import csv | |
from datetime import datetime | |
outputdir = '/path/to/your/vault/resources/gdrive/' | |
def csvToMD(inputcsv): | |
inputdictionary = csv.DictReader(open(inputcsv)) | |
for row in inputdictionary: | |
if not row['Creation date'].startswith('Date'): | |
title = row.pop('Title') | |
cdate = datetime.strptime(row['Creation date'], '%m/%d/%Y') | |
outfilename = cdate.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') + ' ' + title | |
sanitizedname = ''.join([c for c in outfilename if c.isalpha() or c.isdigit() or c in '.-_ ']).strip() | |
outfilepath = outputdir + sanitizedname + '.md' | |
#print(outfilepath) | |
row.pop('Id') | |
row.pop('Creation date') | |
row.pop('Owner Infos') | |
row.pop('Owner') | |
content = '---\n' | |
for k,v in row.items(): | |
if v: | |
content += '{0}: "{1}"\n'.format(k,v) | |
content += '---' | |
outfile = open(outfilepath, 'w') | |
outfile.write(content.strip()) | |
outfile.close() | |
#break | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
csvToMD('/your/home/Downloads/GDrive All Files.csv') | |
print('Finished importing') |
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