Drafts Directory: Smart Task in OmniFocus

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Posted by @mattbirchler, Last update almost 6 years ago

Create complex tasks in OmniFocus. The task name must always be on the first line. Additional info needs to be prefixed by a set number of strings followed by a space:

“at” or “@“ are for due dates (using OmniFocus’s smart time parsing, so “10am tomorrow” works)
“tag” or “tags” are for (you guessed it) tags
“project” or “proj” are for projects
“flag” is different, as just writing it on a line by itself will work
“note” or “-“ (dash) will create a note
All lines that don’t match up with a prefix listed above will be assumed to be a note
“context” or “con” work for tags as well, as they are hold overs from OmniFocus 2

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Steps

script

var arr = draft.content.split("\n");

var baseURL = "omnifocus:///add";
var addLink = CallbackURL.create();
addLink.baseURL = baseURL;


for (i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
	// The task name
	if (i == 0) {
		addLink.addParameter("name", arr[i]);
	}
	// The due date
	else if (arr[i].slice(0,3) == "at " || arr[i].slice(0,3) == "At ") {
		addLink.addParameter("due", arr[i].slice(3,100));
	} else if (arr[i].slice(0,2) == "@ ") {
		addLink.addParameter("due", arr[i].slice(2,100));
	}
	// The tags (used to be contexts)
	else if (arr[i].slice(0,8) == "context " || arr[i].slice(0,8) == "Context ") {
		addLink.addParameter("context", arr[i].slice(8,50));
	} else if (arr[i].slice(0,4) == "con " || arr[i].slice(0,4) == "Con ") {
		addLink.addParameter("context", arr[i].slice(4,50));
	} else if (arr[i].slice(0,4) == "tag " || arr[i].slice(0,4) == "Tag ") {
		addLink.addParameter("context", arr[i].slice(4,50));
	} else if (arr[i].slice(0,5) == "tags " || arr[i].slice(0,4) == "Tags ") {
		addLink.addParameter("context", arr[i].slice(4,50));
	}
	// The project
	else if (arr[i].slice(0,8) == "project " || arr[i].slice(0,8) == "Project ") {
		addLink.addParameter("project", arr[i].slice(8,50));
	} else if (arr[i].slice(0,5) == "proj " || arr[i].slice(0,5) == "Proj ") {
		addLink.addParameter("project", arr[i].slice(4,50));
	}
	// The flag
	else if (arr[i] == "flag" || arr[i] == "Flag") {
		addLink.addParameter("flag", "true");
	}
	// The note
	else if (arr[i].slice(0,5) == "note " || arr[i].slice(0,5) == "Note ") {
		addLink.addParameter("note", arr[i].slice(5,128));
	} else if (arr[i].slice(0,2) == "- ") {
		addLink.addParameter("note", arr[i].slice(2,128));
	}
	// Anything else
	else {
		addLink.addParameter("note", arr[i]);
	}
};

// alert(addLink);


// open and wait for result
var success = addLink.open();

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