Log to Day One

logtodayone.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# logtodayone.rb
# Brett Terpstra (http://brettterpstra.com)
# Larry Staton Jr. (https://github.com/statonjr)
# Use and modify freely, attribution appreciated
#
# This script works with the Day One[1] command line utility
# It parses an input string for an exclamation point prefix to mark starred
# and/or a [date string] at the beginning to parse natural language dates
#
# Requirements:
# chronic Ruby gem
#
# Example usage:
# logtodayone.rb "! This is a starred entry."
# logtodayone.rb "[yesterday 3pm] Something I did yesterday at 3:00PM"
# logtodayone.rb "! [-2 1:30am] A starred entry about something I did two days ago"

require 'logger'

# Set up logging
log = Logger.new(File.expand_path("~/Library/Logs/logtodayone.log"))

if ARGV.length > 0
  input = ARGV.join(" ").strip
else
  print "Log entry: "
  input = gets.strip
end

# If the input starts with an exclamation point, make it starred
starred = input =~ /^!/ ? "true" : "false"
# remove the bang from the input string
input = input.gsub(/^!\s*/,'')

# if there's a [date] specified, parse it
begin
  if input =~ /^\[(.*?)\]/
    datestring = $1
    # if the date starts with -X, assume it means X days ago
    if datestring =~ /^\-(\d+)/
      datestring.sub!(/\-(\d+)/,"\\1 days ago ")
    end
    # Replace a single 'y' within the date brackets with "Yesterday" for parsing
    datestring.sub!(/\by\b/,'yesterday')
    # Parse the resulting date string with Chronic
    require 'chronic'
    d = Chronic.parse(datestring, {:context => :past, :ambiguous_time_range => 8})
    d = Time.now if d.nil?
  else
    # if no [date] specified, make it right now
    d = Time.now
  end
rescue Exception => e
  log.fatal "Houston, we have a problem: #{e}"
end

date = d.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %l:%M%p") # dayone formatted
input = input.gsub(/^\[.*?\]\s*/,'') # remove [date] from input

%x{echo "#{input}"|/usr/local/bin/dayone -d="#{date}" -s=#{starred} new}