{"html_url": "https://github.com/dogsheep/apple-notes-to-sqlite/issues/1#issuecomment-1461230436", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/dogsheep/apple-notes-to-sqlite/issues/1", "id": 1461230436, "node_id": "IC_kwDOJHON9s5XGJtk", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2023-03-09T03:51:52Z", "updated_at": "2023-03-09T03:51:52Z", "author_association": "MEMBER", "body": "This did the job! Next step is to turn that into a Python script.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1616347574, "label": "Initial proof of concept with ChatGPT"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/dogsheep/apple-notes-to-sqlite/issues/1#issuecomment-1461230197", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/dogsheep/apple-notes-to-sqlite/issues/1", "id": 1461230197, "node_id": "IC_kwDOJHON9s5XGJp1", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2023-03-09T03:51:36Z", "updated_at": "2023-03-09T03:51:36Z", "author_association": "MEMBER", "body": "After a few more rounds I got to this script, which outputs them to a `/tmp/notes.txt` file:\r\n\r\n```zsh\r\n#!/bin/zsh\r\n\r\nosascript -e '\r\nset notesFile to \"/tmp/notes.txt\"\r\nset fileRef to open for access notesFile with write permission\r\ntell application \"Notes\"\r\n   repeat with eachNote in every note\r\n      set noteId to the id of eachNote\r\n      set noteTitle to the name of eachNote\r\n      set noteBody to the body of eachNote\r\n      write \"------------------------\" & \"\\n\" to fileRef\r\n      write noteId & \"\\n\" to fileRef\r\n      write noteTitle & \"\\n\\n\" to fileRef\r\n      write noteBody & \"\\n\" to fileRef\r\n   end repeat\r\nend tell\r\nclose access fileRef'\r\n```\r\nThen I wrote this little Python script to load them into a database:\r\n```python\r\nimport sqlite_utils\r\nsplit = b\"------------------------\\n\"\r\ns = open(\"/tmp/notes.txt\", \"rb\").read()\r\nnotes = [n.decode(\"mac_roman\") for n in s.split(split) if n]\r\n\r\ncleaned_notes = [{\r\n    \"id\": n.split(\"\\n\")[0],\r\n    \"title\": n.split(\"\\n\")[1],\r\n    \"body\": \"\\n\".join(n.split(\"\\n\")[2:]).strip()\r\n} for n in notes]\r\n\r\ndb = sqlite_utils.Database(\"/tmp/notes.db\")\r\ndb[\"notes\"].insert_all(cleaned_notes)\r\n```", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1616347574, "label": "Initial proof of concept with ChatGPT"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/dogsheep/apple-notes-to-sqlite/issues/1#issuecomment-1461226402", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/dogsheep/apple-notes-to-sqlite/issues/1", "id": 1461226402, "node_id": "IC_kwDOJHON9s5XGIui", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2023-03-09T03:47:11Z", "updated_at": "2023-03-09T03:47:11Z", "author_association": "MEMBER", "body": "Me:\r\n> Write applescript to loop through all of my Apple Notes and output their contents\r\n\r\nChatGPT:\r\n\r\n```applescript\r\ntell application \"Notes\"\r\n   repeat with eachNote in every note\r\n      set noteTitle to the name of eachNote\r\n      set noteBody to the body of eachNote\r\n      display dialog noteTitle & return & return & noteBody\r\n   end repeat\r\nend tell\r\n```\r\nMe:\r\n> How can I turn that into a zsh script which will output the results to my terminal\r\n\r\nChatGPT:\r\n```zsh\r\n#!/usr/bin/zsh\r\n\r\nosascript -e 'tell application \"Notes\"\r\n   repeat with eachNote in every note\r\n      set noteTitle to the name of eachNote\r\n      set noteBody to the body of eachNote\r\n      set output to noteTitle & \"\\n\" & noteBody & \"\\n\"\r\n      display dialog output\r\n      log output\r\n   end repeat\r\nend tell'\r\n```\r\nI had to change that first line to `#!/bin/zsh` - then when I ran it it spammed my screen with dialog boxes.\r\n\r\nMe:\r\n\r\n> I want to log the notes contents to the terminal, not display it in a dialog\r\n\r\nChatGPT:\r\n\r\n```zsh\r\n#!/bin/zsh\r\n\r\nosascript -e 'tell application \"Notes\"\r\n   repeat with eachNote in every note\r\n      set noteTitle to the name of eachNote\r\n      set noteBody to the body of eachNote\r\n      set output to noteTitle & \"\\n\" & noteBody & \"\\n\"\r\n      log output\r\n   end repeat\r\nend tell'\r\n```\r\nThis really helps!", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1616347574, "label": "Initial proof of concept with ChatGPT"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}