Add to Programming-List (does not work as intended)

Action

Posted by Ro136, Last update almost 3 years ago - Unlisted

This is a modified version of the “Add to list” action by @agiletortoise
With this setting, it somehow creates a new draft everytime, instead of appending it, when the 2nd “Drafts (Actions - JavaScript)” category is selected.

Hoping to understand the reason for this behaivior

Thank you.

Prompt user to select a category, and append the text of the draft to a list in a draft tagged “lists”, with a header for the category. Intended as an example of how to maintain lists of ideas, movies you want to remember, etc.

To modify available categories, edit the “Define Template Tag” step, listing one category per line.

Install

Steps

defineTemplateTag

name	categories
template	Apple shortcuts Drafts (Actions - JavaScript)

script

/*
  Ask for a category, and append to a tagged list for that category
*/

// tag to assign to list drafts
const listTag = "programming-lists";

// setup categories available
// based on "Define Template Tag" step
const categories = draft.processTemplate("[[categories]]").trim().split("\n");

// grab current draft
const currentContent = draft.content.trim();;

// prompt to select a category
let p = Prompt.create();
p.title = "Select list";
for (let cat of categories) {
	p.addButton(cat);
}

if (p.show()) { // user made a selection
	let category = p.buttonPressed;
	// query for list drafts...
	let drafts = Draft.query(category, "inbox", [listTag]);
	// loop over found drafts looking for a matching list
	let d;
	for (let draft of drafts) {
		if (draft.content.startsWith("## " + category)) {
			d = draft;
		}
	}
	// if we didn't find the list, create it...
	if (!d) {
		d = Draft.create();
		d.content = "## " + category + "\n\n";
	}
	// tag and update content
	d.addTag(listTag);
	d.addTag("review-list");

	let s = currentContent.split('\n')
								.map(ln => `- [ ] ${ln.trim()}`)
								.join('\n');;
	d.content = d.content + s + "\n"
	d.update();
}
else { // user cancelled prompt
	context.cancel();
}

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