Summary

This action sends a Taskpaper-formatted tasklist to OmniFocus. It asks for a baseline date and parses the draft for date fields to insert a date relative to the base date.

Date field format

The format is:
<<+/-number_of_days>>
For example <<+3>> means 3 days after the given base date. Negative numbers are possible, e.g. <<-5>>.

Use in taskpaper

The fileds can be used in the @defer() or @due() parameters of a task. An example:

Gardening Project
    - Sow flower seeds @defer(<<+0>>)
    - Water the flowers @defer(<<+2>>)
    - Pick the flowers @defer(<<+5>>)

This will set the defer dates for the first task to the base date, the second task two days and the third task 5 days after the base date. The project will be send to OmniFocus right into projects.

Install

Steps

script

// Read draft
let templateContent = editor.getText();

// Regular expression for the date fields
const regExDate = /<<([+-]\d+)>>/g

// Ask for the base date
let p = Prompt.create();
p.addDatePicker("baseDate", "Base Date:", Date.now(),{"mode": "date"});
p.isCancellable = false;
p.addButton("OK");
p.show();

// Parse date fields and replace with dates relative to base date
let baseDate = new Date(p.fieldValues["baseDate"]);
function parseRelativeDates(match, value) {
	relativeDate = new Date(baseDate.valueOf())
	relativeDate.setDate(baseDate.getDate() + Number(value))
	return relativeDate.toISOString().split('T')[0]
}
templateContent = templateContent.replace(regExDate, parseRelativeDates)

 
// Send processed template to Omnifocus
const baseURL = "omnifocus:///paste";
const target  = "projects"
let cb = CallbackURL.create();
cb.baseURL = baseURL;
cb.addParameter("target", target)
cb.addParameter("content", templateContent);
let success = cb.open();
if (success) {
	console.log("Taskpaper added to OF")
} else { 
  	console.log(cb.status);
  	if (cb.status == "cancel") {
		context.cancel();
	}
	else {
		context.fail();
	}
}

Options

After Success Default

Notification Info

Log Level Info

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After Success	Default
Notification	Info
Log Level	Info