Script and template example I use to go from a taskpaper template to to a project I can paste directly into OmniFocus

council report.taskpaper

- wrote ${month} council report @parallel(false) @context(office)  

	- check Council Planning folder  @context(office)  @defer(${date_of_meeting} -6d +9h)

	- check 'council' context in OmniFocus @context(anywhere)  @defer(${date_of_meeting} -6d +9h)

	- use cal & OF to write report to council @context(mac)  @defer(${date_of_meeting} -6d +9h)

	- save report as PDF @context(mac)  @defer(${date_of_meeting} -6d +9h)

	- email report to council @context(email)  @defer(${date_of_meeting} -6d +9h)

	- archive old data in OF @context(mac)  @defer(${date_of_meeting} -6d +9h)

	- prepare Council devotions @context(office)  @defer(${date_of_meeting} -6d +9h)

omnifocus_Template.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from string import Template
import sys
import re
import subprocess

incoming = sys.argv[1]


def get_template(incoming):
    tfile = open(str(incoming), 'r')
    t = Template(tfile.read())
    return t


def get_placeholders(t):
    placetuples = re.findall(pattern=t.pattern, string=t.template)
    placeholders = []
    for i in placetuples:
        if len(i) != 0:
            for x in i:
                if len(x) != 0 and x not in placeholders:
                    placeholders.append(x)
    return placeholders


def get_values(placeholders):
    d = {}
    for p in placeholders:
        value = input(p + ': ')
        d.update({p: value})
    return d


def getClipboardData():
    p = subprocess.Popen(['pbpaste'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
    data = p.stdout.read()
    return data


def setClipboardData(data):
    p = subprocess.Popen(['pbcopy'], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
    p.stdin.write(data)
    p.stdin.close()


def ask_to_copy(a):
    r = input("Copy to clipboard ([y]/n)? ")
    if r == 'y':
        setClipboardData(a)
    if len(r) == 0:
        setClipboardData(a)
    else:
        pass


def main():
    t = get_template(incoming)
    p = get_placeholders(t)
    d = get_values(p)
    m = t.safe_substitute(d)
    print(m)
    ask_to_copy(str.encode(m))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()