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importing tasks/lists from wunderlist into todoist
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
import json
import urllib2
import urllib
import sys
import os
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from collections import defaultdict
def log(message):
sys.stdout.write(message + os.linesep)
class TodoistAPI(object):
def __init__(self, email, password):
self.token = self._api_call('login', {'email': email, 'password': password}, add_token=False)['token']
def _api_call(self, api_method, parameters, add_token=True):
parameters = dict(parameters)
if add_token:
parameters.update({'token': self.token})
params = urllib.urlencode(parameters)
url = u'https://todoist.com/API/%s?%s' % (api_method, params)
log('Calling url %s' % url)
return_value = json.load(urllib2.urlopen(url))
if type(return_value) is unicode:
raise Exception('Call finished with error! %s' % return_value)
return return_value
def add_list(self, list_name):
log('Adding list %s' % list_name)
return self._api_call('addProject', {'name': list_name})['id']
def add_task(self, list_id, task_name):
log('Adding task %s to list %d' % (task_name, list_id))
return self._api_call('addItem', {'project_id': list_id, 'content': task_name})['id']
def create_parser():
parser = ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('wunderlist_dump_json')
parser.add_argument('todoist_email')
parser.add_argument('todoist_password')
return parser
if __name__ == '__main__':
parser = create_parser()
args = parser.parse_args()
todoist_api = TodoistAPI(args.todoist_email, args.todoist_password)
with open(args.wunderlist_dump_json) as f:
j = json.load(f)
lists = {}
for l in j['lists']:
lists[l['id']] = todoist_api.add_list(l['title'])
lists['inbox'] = todoist_api.add_list('inbox')
for t in j['tasks']:
todoist_api.add_task(lists[t['list_id']], t['title'])
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jalyst commented Dec 18, 2014

Thanks @duellsy,

Did you also incorporate @glnarayanan's fixes? His post is just above your last post.
If you did then your script is the latest, incorporating: KBL, your, & glnarayanan's work.

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jalyst commented Dec 18, 2014

@duellsy,

I tried yours, got it going but it doesn't seem to have brought notes & sub-tasks along with it, completed task are all there I think, I can show you the output of my terminal session?

@marekbrzoska
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Marvelous, thanks!!!

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I installed python and run the command in terminal and I got this:

Calling url https://todoist.com/API/login?password=%5B234234246645%5D&email=%5Bmyemailaddress%40gmail.com%5D
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "import.py", line 62, in <module>
    todoist_api = TodoistAPI(args.todoist_email, args.todoist_password)
  File "import.py", line 16, in __init__
    self.token = self._api_call('login', {'email': email, 'password': password}, add_token=False)['token']
  File "import.py", line 28, in _api_call
    raise Exception('Call finished with error! %s' % return_value)
Exception: Call finished with error! LOGIN_ERROR

The login info is correct I typed it as you advised:
python import.py [wunderlist_dump.json] [wrote my email here] [wrote my password here]

Is it required to type the email and password somewhere inside .py file as well? Please advice what am I doing wrong?

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