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export Nextcloud Notes to the Enex file format for importing into Evernote or Joplin
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| #!/usr/bin/python3 | |
| # export Nextcloud Notes to the Enex file format for importing into Evernote or Joplin | |
| # | |
| # in Joplin use File > Import > ENEX - EverNote Export File (as Markdown) | |
| # | |
| # reference documentation about ENEX file format: https://evernote.com/blog/how-evernotes-xml-export-format-works | |
| # | |
| # Author: Martin Monperrus | |
| # License: Public domain | |
| # URL: https://gist.github.com/monperrus/93b5fe05025a726b13f64a971e9127c2 | |
| import os | |
| import sys | |
| from xml.sax.saxutils import escape | |
| from lxml import etree | |
| from datetime import datetime | |
| # check if the user has provided the path to the Nextcloud Notes directory | |
| if len(sys.argv) != 2: | |
| print("Usage: python3 export-nextcloud-notes-to-enex.py /path/to/Nextcloud/Notes") | |
| sys.exit(1) | |
| # get the path to the Nextcloud Notes directory | |
| notes_dir = sys.argv[1] | |
| # check if the path is valid | |
| if not os.path.exists(notes_dir): | |
| print(f"Error: {notes_dir} does not exist.") | |
| sys.exit(1) | |
| # create a new XML file | |
| root = etree.Element("en-export") | |
| root.set("export-date", datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")) | |
| root.set("application", "export-nextcloud-notes-to-enex.py") | |
| root.set("version", "1.0") | |
| def ncmd_to_joplin_md(content): | |
| # add line break after markdown header | |
| final = "" | |
| lines = content.split("\n") | |
| lines.append("") | |
| for idx in range(len(lines)-1): | |
| line = lines[idx] | |
| next_line = lines[idx + 1] | |
| if line.startswith("#") and not len(next_line.strip())==0: | |
| final += line + "\n\n" | |
| # joplin needs two line breaks to not concatenate the lines | |
| elif not len(line.strip())==0 and not len(next_line.strip())==0: | |
| final += line + "\n\n" | |
| else: | |
| final += line+"\n" | |
| return final | |
| # iterate over all the files in the Nextcloud Notes directory | |
| for filename in os.listdir(notes_dir): | |
| if filename.endswith(".md") or filename.endswith(".txt"): | |
| # read the content of the file | |
| with open(os.path.join(notes_dir, filename), "r") as f: | |
| content = f.read() | |
| # create a new note | |
| note = etree.SubElement(root, "note") | |
| title = etree.SubElement(note, "title") | |
| title.text = content.split("\n")[0].strip() | |
| cdata = "<![CDATA[{content}]]>".format(content=ncmd_to_joplin_md(content)) | |
| parser = etree.XMLParser(strip_cdata=False) | |
| contentnode = etree.XML("<content>{cdata}</content>".format(cdata=cdata), parser) | |
| note.append(contentnode) | |
| # write the XML file to disk | |
| tree = etree.ElementTree(root) | |
| tree.write("NextcloudNotes.enex", encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True) | |
| # log | |
| print("Exported Nextcloud Notes to NextcloudNotes.enex") |
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