A Ruby script to import Trello cards from a CSV file

trello-cards-from-csv.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# You can skip this bit if you wish - you will need the 'ruby-trello' gem installed, and 
# optionally, 'foreman' to run the script with.

require 'bundler/setup'
Bundler.require

require 'trello'
require 'csv'

# TrelloCardsFromCSV
# This class imports cards onto a Trello board from a CSV file file in the following format:
#   - ID (can be anything, or blank - just a way of identifying a card
#   - Name (name of card)
#   - Description (description of card)
#
# This Ruby script is designed to be run using `foreman run trello-cards-from-csv.rb [filename]`, as it
# uses a number of environment variables. From a file named '.env'. This file should contain each of the variables below on a new line, but you'll only need to enter them once. 
# Alternatively you can set up the variables you need before 
# running the script, like so:
# TRELLO_APP_ID=xxx TRELLO_APP_SECRET=xxx TRELLO_USER_TOKEN=xxx BOARD_NAME="xxx" MEMBER_NAME="xxx" ./trello-cards-from-csv.rb
#
# Here's what each of these variables are:
# TRELLO_APP_ID, TRELLO_APP_SECRET - The Trello application details generated from: https://trello.com/1/appKey/generate
# TRELLO_USER_TOKEN - The token you get by visiting: https://trello.com/1/connect?key=[YOUR TRELLO APP ID]&name=MyApp&response_type=token&scope=read,write,account&expiration=never in your browser and granting permissions.
# BOARD_NAME - the name of the board to add cards to (be sure to quote)
# MEMBER_NAME - the name of the member to authenticate as
#
# See methods below for more documentation.

class TrelloCardsFromCSV


  # Include Trello classes so that we can use them directly
  include Trello
  include Trello::Authorization

  attr_accessor :filename, :board_name, :member, :member_name, :board, :label

  # Initialize the object and process the card file
  #
  # filename - the relative name of the file to read card data from (must be well-formed CSV)
  # board_name - the name of the board to add cards to (comes from an environment variable)
  # member_name - the name of the member to add cards as (comes from an environment variable)
  # label - the label to apply to created cards (optional, but in this script defaults to 'blue')
  #
  def initialize(filename, board_name, member_name, label = nil)
    self.filename = filename
    self.board_name = board_name
    self.member_name = member_name
    self.label = label

    # Set up the Trello authorization. This uses a number of environment variables
    # directly to set up the authorization with Trello.
    Trello::Authorization.const_set :AuthPolicy, OAuthPolicy
    OAuthPolicy.consumer_credential = OAuthCredential.new ENV['TRELLO_APP_ID'], ENV['TRELLO_APP_SECRET']
    OAuthPolicy.token = OAuthCredential.new ENV['TRELLO_USER_TOKEN'], nil

    # Find the member to use when looking for boards
    self.member = Member.find(self.member_name)

    # Find the board by it's name
    self.board = self.member.boards.select { |b| b.name == self.board_name }.first

    # Stop running the script if a matching board could not be found
    raise "No board found" unless board

    puts "Using board #{board.name}"

    # Assume first list is the one we want to import to
    list_id = self.board.lists.first.id

    puts "Using list #{self.board.lists.first.name}"

    # Open file and import
    CSV.foreach(filename) do |row|

      # The card will be created with a name such as 001 User Authentication
      # and a description which will be whatever is in the final column of the CSV
      card = Card.create({
        :list_id => list_id,
        :name => row[0..1].join(" "),
        :description => row[2]
      })

      # A card label is applied here if one is passed in - note that 'colors' must be used
      # rather than any text applied to the label.
      card.add_label(self.label) if self.label

      puts "Imported #{card.name}"
    end
  end
end

# Set up and run the script, passing in environment variables except for the filename
# , which is passed in from the command, and the label, which is fixed.
TrelloCardsFromCSV.new(
  ARGV.first,
  ENV['BOARD_NAME'],
  ENV['MEMBER_NAME'],
  'blue'
)