Drafts Directory: Save as HTML to Dropbox

Action

Last update over 4 years ago

This will save all drafts to Dropbox rendered as HTML.
- Gets file name from “safe_title - created date”:
- file name = “title - yyyy-mm-dd_hhmm”,
- so updated drafts overwrite old versions.

Install

Steps

script

// Save as HTML to Dropbox
// Updates new and modified drafts since last run.
// RV 2020-04-23 at 22:33 EDT

// Gets file name from "safe_title - created date":
// file name = "title - yyyy-mm-dd_hhmm",
// so updated drafts overwrite old versions.

'use strictl';

let box = "all";
let path = '/My Notes/Drafts_html';
let ts_file = `${path}/.save_html_time_stamp.txt`;

(() => {
  const now = new Date();
  const ts = now.toString("yyyyMMddHHmmss");

  // let fm = FileManager.create(false);
  // let lastime = Number(fm.read(ts_file));
  let db = Dropbox.create();
  let lastime = Number(db.read(ts_file));

  if (isNaN(lastime)) {
    lastime = 0;
  }

  console.log('Save as HTML: ' + box);
  let count = 0;
  let drafts = Draft.query("", box);
  for(let d of drafts) {
    let mod = Number(d.modifiedAt.toString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"));
    
    if (mod < lastime) {
      continue;
    }
    
    if (d.languageGrammar.endsWith('JavaScript')) {
      continue;
    }
    
    let title = d.processTemplate("[[safe_title]]");
    let created = d.processTemplate("[[created|%Y-%m-%d_%H%M]]");
    let content= d.processTemplate("[[draft]]").trim();
    let tags = d.processTemplate("[[tags]]");
    
    if (tags != '') {
      content += '\n\n#' + tags.replace(/,/g, ' #');
    }
    
    let ext = 'html';
    let file = `${path}/${title} - ${created}.${ext}`;

    let mmd = MultiMarkdown.create();

    // To preserve blank lines:
    content = content.replace(/ *$/gm, '  ');
    content = content.replace(/(\n *\n+)/g, '<br>$1');

    mmd.format = "html";
    // mmd.criticMarkup = true;
    let body = mmd.render(content);
    let html = `<html>
<style>
body {
	/* Chose font and size of your own liking */
  font-family:Georgia;
  font-size:13pt;
}
</style>
<body>
${body}
</body>
</html>
`; 
    // let success = fm.write(file, html);
    let success = db.write(file, html, "overwrite", true);

    count++;
  }
  
  // let success = fm.write(ts_file, ts);
  let success = db.write(ts_file, ts, "overwrite", true);
  app.displayInfoMessage(count + ' files saved.');
})()

Options

After Success Default

Notification Info

Log Level Info

Items available in the Drafts Directory are uploaded by community members. Use appropriate caution reviewing downloaded items before use.

After Success	Default
Notification	Info
Log Level	Info