Send to Day One (via cli)

defineTemplateTag

dayone-journal

defineTemplateTag

dayone-uuid

defineTemplateTag

dayone-tag

drafts

script (macOS only)

// retrieve the desired journal
let journal = draft.getTemplateTag('dayone-journal')
let journalarg = journal? `--journal "${journal}"` : ""

// write out the draft to a temp file
let filePath = `/${draft.uuid}.txt`
let fmLocal = FileManager.createLocal();
if (!fmLocal.writeString(filePath, draft.content)) {
  throw new Error(`could not write, ${fmLocal.lastError}`);
}

// dayone doesn't like milliseconds, strip them
let dt = draft.createdAt.toISOString().replace(/\.\d+Z$/, "Z");

// add tags from draft plus dayone-tag (default "drafts")
let tags = [draft.getTemplateTag("dayone-tag")].concat(draft.tags);

let script = `#!/bin/bash -eu
/usr/local/bin/dayone2 \
  ${journalarg} \
  --isoDate=${dt} \
  --coordinate ${draft.createdLatitude} ${draft.createdLongitude} \
  --tags ${tags.join(" ")} -- \
  new <${fmLocal.basePath}${filePath}`

let runner = ShellScript.create(script);
if (!runner.execute()) {
  throw new Error(`stdout:${runner.standardOutput}\nstderr:${runner.standardError}`)
}

// extract the UUID and save into the dayone-uuid template tag - this can be used by subsequent steps if desired
let d1uuid = runner.standardOutput.match(/[0-9a-fA-F]{32}/)
if (d1uuid.length) {
	draft.setTemplateTag('dayone-uuid', d1uuid[0]);
    app.openURL(`dayone://view?entryId=${d1uuid[0]}`);
}