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A Hazel script for converting IFTTT-saved Pocket favorites to nvALT notes
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Works with IFTTT recipe https://ifttt.com/recipes/125999
#
# Set Hazel to watch the folder you specify in the recipe.
# Make sure nvALT is set to store its notes as individual files.
# Edit the $target_folder variable below to point to your nvALT
# ntoes folder.
require 'date'
require 'open-uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'fileutils'
require 'cgi'
$target_folder = "~/Dropbox/nvALT2.2/"
def url_to_markdown(url)
res = Net::HTTP.post_form(URI.parse("http://heckyesmarkdown.com/go/"),{'u'=>url,'read'=>'1'})
if res.code.to_i == 200
res.body
else
false
end
end
file = ARGV[0]
begin
input = IO.read(file).force_encoding('utf-8')
headers = {}
input.each_line {|line|
key, value = line.split(/: /)
headers[key] = value.strip || ""
}
outfile = File.join(File.expand_path($target_folder), headers['Title'].gsub(/["!*?'|]/,'') + ".md")
date = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
date_added = Date.parse(headers['Date']).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
content = "Title: #{headers['Title']}\nDate: #{date}\nDate Added: #{date_added}\nSource: #{headers['URL']}\n"
tags = false
if headers['Tags'].length > 0
tag_arr = headers['Tags'].split(", ")
tag_arr.map! {|tag|
%Q{"#{tag.strip}"}
}
tags = tag_arr.join(" ")
content += "Keywords: #{tags}\n"
end
markdown = url_to_markdown(headers['URL']).force_encoding('utf-8')
if markdown
content += headers['Image'].length > 0 ? "\n\n![](#{headers['Image']})\n\n#{markdown}\n" : "\n\n"+markdown
else
content += headers['Image'].length > 0 ? "\n\n![](#{headers['Image']})\n\n#{headers['Excerpt']}\n" : "\n\n"+headers['Excerpt']
end
File.open(outfile,'w') {|f|
f.puts content
}
if tags && File.exists?("/usr/local/bin/openmeta")
%x{/usr/local/bin/openmeta -a #{tags} -p "#{outfile}"}
end
FileUtils.rm(file)
rescue Exception => e
puts e
end
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