mfcabrera/thingsexporttodos.rb

## thingsexporttodos.rb
#make sure you use macruby

framework "ScriptingBridge" #let's use the scripting bridge framework


# this is aweful - maybe a wrapper would be nice

# you can ge this BundleIdentifier using the mdls
# mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier /Applications/Things.app
things =  SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.culturedcode.things")

# lets get the projects that is what I am interested in
# the propertie is called "to dos" but it marshaled as "toDos"
# this is found nowhere in the documentation

#this is the weirdest thing - the property status does not return
# a string as defined in the documentation but a code.
# i had to "reverse engineer" this and I am not sure if it will
# work in all the systems

open_code = 1952737647

things.projects.each { |pr|

  File.open("#{pr.name}.txt", 'w') { |f|
    pr.toDos.each {|todo| f.puts todo.name if todo.status == open_code }
   } if pr.status == open_code

}

#that's all folks! - easy isn't it... :S
	#make sure you use macruby

	framework "ScriptingBridge" #let's use the scripting bridge framework


	# this is aweful - maybe a wrapper would be nice

	# you can ge this BundleIdentifier using the mdls
	# mdls -name kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier /Applications/Things.app
	things = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.culturedcode.things")

	# lets get the projects that is what I am interested in
	# the propertie is called "to dos" but it marshaled as "toDos"
	# this is found nowhere in the documentation

	#this is the weirdest thing - the property status does not return
	# a string as defined in the documentation but a code.
	# i had to "reverse engineer" this and I am not sure if it will
	# work in all the systems

	open_code = 1952737647

	things.projects.each { \|pr\|

	File.open("#{pr.name}.txt", 'w') { \|f\|
	pr.toDos.each {\|todo\| f.puts todo.name if todo.status == open_code }
	} if pr.status == open_code

	}

	#that's all folks! - easy isn't it... :S