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Reformat exported Markdown file from YiNote for importing into Roam Research
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# Parses a .md generated by [YiNote](https://yinote.co/) and reformats it for export into [Roam Research](https://roamresearch.com). | |
# Prereq: Input .md file in the same folder | |
# Run this and pipe the output to a file you specify, i.e. `python3 yinotetoroam.py > output.md` | |
# Import `output.md` to Roam. | |
import re | |
import datetime | |
import glob | |
try: | |
filename = glob.glob('*.md') | |
fhand = open(filename[0]) | |
except: | |
print('File cannot be opened:', fname) | |
exit() | |
# Print Roam boilerplate | |
print('Date:: ') | |
print('Tags:: #TVZ') | |
for line in fhand: | |
# Finds the line that has the title of the video, usually the second line | |
if line.startswith('<!-- # '): | |
# Print Source line | |
link = re.findall('<!-- # (.+) -->', line) | |
print('Source:: ',''.join(link)) | |
# Find url in link and embed it as a YouTube video | |
url = re.findall('\((.+)\)', ''.join(link)) | |
print('{{[[youtube]]: ',''.join(url),'}}\n') | |
continue | |
if line.startswith('\n'): | |
continue | |
if line.startswith('<!-- Generated'): | |
continue | |
if not line.startswith('<!-- '): | |
print('\t* ', line) | |
continue | |
timestamp = re.findall('<!-- ## (.+) -->', line) | |
print(''.join(timestamp)) |
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Hi Nicole.
Thanks for the script and the explanation. My question is, what do I do with that script? Where do I save it? How do I run it on the exported file?
Best wishes for the coming holidays,
Guy