Today View creation script with Date math

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import io
import sys
import shutil
import re
import string
from datetime import date, datetime, time


filelist = [ 
                '/Users/jeffreyjh/Dropbox/Elements/tpHomeProjects.taskpaper', 
                '/Users/jeffreyjh/Dropbox/Elements/tpWorkProjects.taskpaper'
            ]

targetfile = '/Users/jeffreyjh/Dropbox/Elements/tpToday.taskpaper'


#testing block
# filelist = [ 
#                 '/Users/username/Dropbox/Elements/tpHomeProjects.taskpaper', 
#                 '/Users/username/Dropbox/Elements/tpWorkProjects.taskpaper'
#             ]

# targetfile = '/Users/username/Dropbox/Elements/tpToday.taskpaper'

d            = date.today()
today        = d.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
dt           = datetime.now()
todayText    = 'Last Run: ' + dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
regex        = '((@+\\bcritical*)|(@+\\btoday*)|(@+\\bhigh*)|(@+\\bdue\(" + today + "\)))(?!.*@done)'
isDateRegex  = '@due\((.+?)\)'
isDoneRegex    = '(@+\\bdone*)'

for taskfile in filelist:

    # open the file for reading
    currFile = open(taskfile)
    todayText    = todayText + '\n' + 'Filename: ' + taskfile + '\n'
    currentProject = ''
    project  = 'None'
    
    # loop through the lines
    for line in currFile:

        if line.find(':') != -1:
            
            if line != project:
                project = line
            else:
                pass

        else:
            # match the current line to the regex
            match = re.search(regex, line)
            dateMatch = False   

            # check to see if a date is present
            datepresent = re.search(isDateRegex, line)

            if datepresent:
                
                #parse the date
                parsedDate  = re.search(isDateRegex, line).group(1)

                # clean things up and get an actual date we can parse
                parsedDate  = parsedDate.replace('@due(', '')
                parsedDate  = parsedDate.replace(')', '')
                parsedDate  = parsedDate.replace(' ', '')

                # convert it to a date object so we can do some math on it
                compareDate = datetime
                compareDate = datetime.strptime(parsedDate, '%Y-%m-%d')

                #compare the date to today's date
                if compareDate < dt:

                    # nice! this is a valid date but make sure it isn't @done already
                    isItDone = re.search(isDoneRegex, line)
                    
                    if not isItDone:
                        dateMatch = True

            if match or dateMatch:
                if project == currentProject:
                    pass
                else:
                    currentProject = project
                    todayText = todayText + '\n' + project            

                todayText = todayText + line
            

    currFile.close()

        
os.remove(targetfile)
    
todayFile = open(targetfile, "w")
todayFile.write(todayText)
todayFile.close()