Post Morning Quote

script

// morning quote automation

// request in Drafts forum: https://forums.getdrafts.com/t/using-draftoton-to-automatically-post-a-quote-every-day/13997?u=flohgro

// replace UNDEFINED with the UUID of the Draft where you store the Quotes that shall be posted with this action.
// to retrieve the UUID you need to go into the informations of a draft by e.g. long press / right click on the draft and select "Get Info" - copy the UUID from there
const quotesToUseUUID = "UNDEFINED"

// replace UNDEFINED with the UUID of the Draft where you store the used Quotes that were posted with this Action
const quotesUsedUUID = "UNDEFINED"

// this hashtag will be added at the bottom of the post; please include the hashtag symbol
const hashtagToAppendToThePost = "#MorningQuote"

// insert the name of the action that should post the quote to mastodon you can select the Actions from Draftodon Action group e.g. post draft or schedule draft
const nameOfMastodonPostActionToUse = "post draft"

// if the action should use the bottom quote of your Quotes to use draft, set this variable to true
const useBottomQuote = false

// ---------------------------------------------------------------
// END OF USER CONFIGURATION; CHANGES BELOW MIGHT BREAK THE ACTION
// ---------------------------------------------------------------

function getNextQuote() {
    let d = Draft.find(quotesToUseUUID)
    if (!d) {
        return undefined
    }
    // split by two return characters
    let splits = d.content.split("\n\n")
    // remove first split, this is the title of the Draft
    splits.shift()
    splits = splits.filter((split) => {
        return split.trim().length > 0
    })
    if (useBottomQuote) {
        return splits[splits.length - 1]
    } else {
        return splits[0]
    }
}

function addTextToContentOfDraftWithUUID(text, uuid) {
    let d = Draft.find(uuid)
    if (!d) {
        alert("ERROR:\nNo Draft was found with given UUID\"" + uuid + "\" please ensure the correct UUID is configured in the script")
        return false
    }

    // draft was found, insert the text below the title of the draft with a date stamp
    let date = new Date()
    let dateStr = date.getDate()
    if (date < 10) {
        dateStr = "0" + date
    }
    let month = date.getMonth() + 1
    let monthStr = month
    if (month < 10) {
        monthStr = "0" + month
    }
    let year = `${date.getFullYear()}`
    year = year.slice(2, 4)
    let dateString = dateStr + "/" + monthStr + "/" + year
    let textToInsert = "\n" + dateString + ": " + text.trim()
    d.insert(textToInsert, 1)
    d.update()
    return true
}

function removeTextFromContentOfDraftWithUUID(text, uuid) {
    let d = Draft.find(uuid)
    if (!d) {
        alert("ERROR:\nNo Draft was found with given UUID\"" + uuid + "\" please ensure the correct UUID is configured in the script")
        return false
    }
    let curContent = d.content
    let newContent = curContent.replace(text, "")
    newContent = newContent.replace("\n\n\n", "\n")
    d.content = newContent;
    d.update()
    return true
}

function getConfiguredAction() {
    let action = Action.find(nameOfMastodonPostActionToUse)
    if (!action) {
        alert("ERROR:\nCouldn't find the defined action \"" + nameOfMastodonPostActionToUse + "\" - please make sure that the action exists; no quote will be posted and the Drafts with your quotes remain untouched")
    }
    return action
}

function loadQuotesToUseDraft(){
    let d = Draft.find(quotesToUseUUID)
    if (d){
        editor.load(d)
    }
}

function run() {
    // check if UUIDs are defined
    if (quotesToUseUUID == "UNDEFINED" || quotesToUseUUID == "" || quotesUsedUUID == "UNDEFINED" || quotesUsedUUID == "") {
        alert("ERROR:\nAt least on Draft for Quotes to use or for the used Quotes is not defined\nplease insert the UUIDs into the script step of the Action")
        return
    }
    // check if configured Action exists and retrieve it
    let actionToRun = getConfiguredAction()
    if (!actionToRun) {
        // undefined action we need to abort
        return
    }



    let nextQuote = getNextQuote()

    if (!nextQuote) {
        // no quote was returned, maybe the quote draft is empty
        alert("ERROR:\nCould not retrieve a valid Quote from the Quotes To Use Draft. please check if it is empty and if the Quotes are stored in the expected format")
        loadQuotesToUseDraft()
        return
    }
    // next quote is returned, prompt the user if this is a valid quote that shall be posted
    let approvePrompt = new Prompt()
    approvePrompt.title = "confirm to use this quote"
    approvePrompt.message = nextQuote
    approvePrompt.addButton("Confirm")
    if (!approvePrompt.show()) {
        // user cancelled the prompt, nothing to be done
        app.displayInfoMessage("cancelled posting quote")
        return
    }
    // user confirmed the usage of this quote, we need to remove it from the quotes to use draft and add it to the quotes used draft
    if (!addTextToContentOfDraftWithUUID(nextQuote, quotesUsedUUID)) {
        // failed adding text to the draft
        return
    }
    // quote was added to the Used Quotes Draft, remove it from the quotes to use draft
    if (!removeTextFromContentOfDraftWithUUID(nextQuote, quotesToUseUUID)) {
        // now we have a mess!
        alert("ERROR:\nThe quote was added to the Used Quotes Draft, but could not be removed from the Quotes to Use Draft.\nThis should not happen normally. Please clean up the mess by removing the quote from the Quotes to use Draft by hand.\n\nThe Action will continue to post the new quote to Mastodon nevertheless")
    }
    // quote was (hopefully) removed from the Quotes to Use Draft; now create a new Draft with the new quote and the hashtag that shall be used
    let postDraft = new Draft()
    postDraft.content = nextQuote.trim() + "\n\n" + hashtagToAppendToThePost
    postDraft.update()
    editor.load(postDraft)

    // the draft was created, run the defined action on that draft

    app.queueAction(actionToRun, postDraft)
}

run()