Drafts Directory: Save as HTML to Dropbox

Action

Last update about 4 years ago

This will save all drafts to Dropbox rendered as HTML.
- Gets file name from “safe_title - created date”:
- file name = “title - yyyy-mm-dd_hhmm”,
- so updated drafts overwrite old versions.

Install

Steps

script

// Save as HTML to Dropbox
// Updates new and modified drafts since last run.
// RV 2020-04-23 at 22:33 EDT

// Gets file name from "safe_title - created date":
// file name = "title - yyyy-mm-dd_hhmm",
// so updated drafts overwrite old versions.

'use strictl';

let box = "all";
let path = '/My Notes/Drafts_html';
let ts_file = `${path}/.save_html_time_stamp.txt`;

(() => {
  const now = new Date();
  const ts = now.toString("yyyyMMddHHmmss");

  // let fm = FileManager.create(false);
  // let lastime = Number(fm.read(ts_file));
  let db = Dropbox.create();
  let lastime = Number(db.read(ts_file));

  if (isNaN(lastime)) {
    lastime = 0;
  }

  console.log('Save as HTML: ' + box);
  let count = 0;
  let drafts = Draft.query("", box);
  for(let d of drafts) {
    let mod = Number(d.modifiedAt.toString("yyyyMMddHHmmss"));
    
    if (mod < lastime) {
      continue;
    }
    
    if (d.languageGrammar.endsWith('JavaScript')) {
      continue;
    }
    
    let title = d.processTemplate("[[safe_title]]");
    let created = d.processTemplate("[[created|%Y-%m-%d_%H%M]]");
    let content= d.processTemplate("[[draft]]").trim();
    let tags = d.processTemplate("[[tags]]");
    
    if (tags != '') {
      content += '\n\n#' + tags.replace(/,/g, ' #');
    }
    
    let ext = 'html';
    let file = `${path}/${title} - ${created}.${ext}`;

    let mmd = MultiMarkdown.create();

    // To preserve blank lines:
    content = content.replace(/ *$/gm, '  ');
    content = content.replace(/(\n *\n+)/g, '<br>$1');

    mmd.format = "html";
    // mmd.criticMarkup = true;
    let body = mmd.render(content);
    let html = `<html>
<style>
body {
	/* Chose font and size of your own liking */
  font-family:Georgia;
  font-size:13pt;
}
</style>
<body>
${body}
</body>
</html>
`; 
    // let success = fm.write(file, html);
    let success = db.write(file, html, "overwrite", true);

    count++;
  }
  
  // let success = fm.write(ts_file, ts);
  let success = db.write(ts_file, ts, "overwrite", true);
  app.displayInfoMessage(count + ' files saved.');
})()

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