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Recurring and Deferred Tasks in Roam Research
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| let tags = [ | |
| 'weekly', | |
| 'biweekly', | |
| 'monthly', | |
| 'bimonthly', | |
| 'biannually', | |
| 'spring', | |
| 'fall', | |
| 'summer', | |
| 'winter', | |
| 'yearly' | |
| ]; | |
| let roamFormat = "MMMM Do, YYYY"; | |
| const getNextDate = (tag) => { | |
| const today = new Date(); | |
| let date; | |
| switch(tag) { | |
| case "weekly": | |
| date = moment().add(1, "week"); | |
| break; | |
| case "biweekly": | |
| date = moment().add(2, "week"); | |
| break; | |
| case "monthly": | |
| date = moment().add(1, "month"); | |
| break; | |
| case "bimonthly": | |
| date = moment().add(2, "month"); | |
| break; | |
| case "biannually": | |
| date = moment().add(2, "year"); | |
| break; | |
| case "spring": | |
| case "fall": | |
| case "summer": | |
| case "winter": | |
| case "yearly": | |
| date = moment().add(1, "year"); | |
| break; | |
| throw new Error("bad tag"); | |
| }; | |
| return date.format(roamFormat); | |
| } | |
| const makeTodos = async () => { | |
| for (const tag of tags) { | |
| let references = window.roamAlphaAPI.q(`[ | |
| :find ?uid ?text ?page ?child_uid ?next_due_date | |
| :in $ ?title | |
| :where | |
| [?page :node/title ?title] | |
| [?e :block/refs ?page] | |
| [?e :block/string ?text] | |
| [?e :block/uid ?uid] | |
| [?e :block/children ?child] | |
| [?next_due_date_id :node/title "next_due_date"] | |
| [?child :block/refs ?next_due_date_id] | |
| [?child :block/uid ?child_uid] | |
| [?child :block/string ?next_due_date] | |
| ]`, tag); | |
| for(const [uid, text, page, child_uid, next_due_date] of references) { | |
| console.log(`Found todo: '${text}'`) | |
| const due_date = moment(next_due_date.slice(17, -2), roamFormat); | |
| if(moment().isSameOrAfter(due_date)) { | |
| const todo_text = `{{[[TODO]]}} ((${uid}))`; | |
| console.log("It's time to create new todo"); | |
| await window.roamAlphaAPI.createBlock( | |
| { location: {"parent-uid": moment().format("MM-DD-YYYY"), | |
| "order": 100000}, // use very large number to add at the bottom | |
| block: {string: todo_text }}) | |
| console.log("Todo created"); | |
| await window.roamAlphaAPI.deleteBlock({block: {uid: child_uid}}); | |
| console.log("Old due date deleted"); | |
| let new_due_date = getNextDate(tag); | |
| console.log("new due date is ", new_due_date) | |
| await window.roamAlphaAPI.createBlock({ | |
| location: {"parent-uid": uid, order: -1}, | |
| block: {string: `#next_due_date [[${new_due_date}]]`} | |
| }); | |
| console.log("New due date created"); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| async function promoteDeferredTodos() { | |
| let results = window.roamAlphaAPI.q(`[ | |
| :find ?uid ?text ?other_page_title | |
| :in $ | |
| :where | |
| [?page :node/title "Deferred TODO"] | |
| [?e :block/refs ?page] | |
| [?e :block/refs ?other_page] | |
| [?e :block/string ?text] | |
| [?e :block/uid ?uid] | |
| [?other_page :node/title ?other_page_title] | |
| [(!= ?page ?other_page)] | |
| ]`); | |
| console.log(results); | |
| for (const [uid, text, dateStr] of results) { | |
| let date = moment(dateStr, roamFormat); | |
| const diff = moment().diff(date, 'hours'); | |
| if(diff > 0) { | |
| const updatedText = text.replace("[[Deferred TODO]]", "{{[[TODO]]}}"); | |
| console.log(`promoting todo '${updatedText}'`); | |
| await window.roamAlphaAPI.updateBlock({ | |
| block: { uid, string: updatedText }, | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| async function waitUntilReady(n) { | |
| const isSynced = document.getElementsByClassName("rm-sync--synced").length; | |
| if(typeof window.moment == "function" && isSynced) { | |
| await makeTodos(); | |
| await promoteDeferredTodos(); | |
| } else if (n > 10) { | |
| alert("Recurring Task Management: document never became ready"); | |
| } else { | |
| setTimeout(() => waitUntilReady(n + 1), 1000) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| waitUntilReady(0); |
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