URL-encode Obsidian links - meant to be used with Service Station, Alfred etc.

obsidian_link.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

_realpath() {
  if [[ -x $(command -v realpath) ]]; then
    realpath "$1"
  else
    $(brew --prefix)/bin/python3 -c 'import sys,os; print(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[1]));' "$1"
  fi
}

_urlenc() {
  local STRING=$*
  [ -n "$STRING" ] || return 1
  $(brew --prefix)/bin/python3 -c 'import sys; from urllib.parse import quote,unquote; print(quote(unquote(sys.argv[1])));' "$STRING"
}

_canonicalize() {
  unset canonical
  if [[ $1 =~ ^(/System/Volumes/Data)(/.*)$ ]]; then
    canonical="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
  fi
  if [[ -n $canonical ]]; then
    inode1=$(stat -f'%i' "$1")
    inode2=$(stat -f'%i' "$canonical")
    if [[ $inode1 -eq $inode2 ]]; then
      fullpath="$canonical"
    fi
  fi
}

_adbk() {
  abcdp=${filename%.*}
  safe=$(_urlenc "$abcdp")
  name=$(mdls -raw -name kMDItemTitle "$fullpath")
  echo "[$name](addressbook://$safe)"
}

_file() {
  safe=$(_urlenc "${fullpath}")
  case $ext in
    gif|jpg|jpeg|png)
      name="${filename%.*}"
      echo "![$name](app://local/$safe)"
      ;;
  esac
  echo "[$filename](file://$safe)"
}

case $1 in
  -h|--help) echo "usage: ${0##*/} <file>"; exit;;
esac

[[ -e $1 ]] || exit

fullpath=$(_realpath "$1")
_canonicalize "$fullpath"
filename="${fullpath##*/}"
ext=$(tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<<"${filename##*.}")

case $ext in
  abcdp) _adbk; exit;;
  *) _file; exit;;
esac

@faxd That's a good point. Yes the script needs to be executable.