readwise obsidian export templates.md

File Name

{{title|replace(',','_')|replace(':','_')|replace('/','_')|replace('\n','_')}}

Page Metadata

Make sure to change "Resources/Research/Readwise" to where Readwise stores your files!

{% raw %}
> [!IMPORTANT] Next highlight
> ```dataview
> TASK FROM "Resources/Research/Readwise"
> WHERE !completed
> AND file.name = this.file.name
> LIMIT 1
> ```
{% endraw %}


{% if image_url -%}
![rw-book-cover]({{image_url}})

{% endif -%}

Highlights Header

{% if is_new_page %}
## Highlights
{% elif has_new_highlights -%}
## New highlights added {{date|date('F j, Y')}} at {{time}}
{% endif -%}

Highlights

#### {{ highlight_text | replace('\n', ' ') | truncate(200,false,'') }}
 - [ ] {{ highlight_text | replace('\n', ' ')  }}{% if highlight_location and highlight_location_url %}
     - [{{highlight_location}}]({{highlight_location_url}}){% elif highlight_location %}
     - {{highlight_location}}{% endif %}{% if highlight_tags %}
     - Tags: {% for tag in highlight_tags %}#readwise/{{tag}} {% endfor %}{% endif %}{% if highlight_note %}
     - My note: {{ highlight_note | replace('\n', '')  }}{% endif %}

Yaml front Matter

author: {% if author %}"[[{{author}}]]"{% endif %}
title: "{{full_title}}"
category: {{category}}
highlighted_date: {{last_highlighted_date|date('Y-m-d')}}
published_date: {{published_date|date('Y-m-d')}}
cover_image: {{image_url}}
{% if document_note -%}
document_note: "{{document_note}}"
{% endif -%}

tags: [literature/unfiled {% if document_tags -%},{% for tag in document_tags %}{{tag}}, {% endfor %}{% endif -%}]

up: "[[My Commonplace Book]]"

{% if summary -%}

summary: {{summary|replace('\n',' ')}}
{% endif -%}
{% if url -%}
url: {{url}}
{% endif -%}

If the {{summary}} contains a new line character (as the "Getting Started with Reader" article did) the front matter will be broken because the indentation of the new paragraph puts the text outside the expected indentation of the text block. Updating the template to include a replace fixes the issue: {{summary|replace('\n','\n ')}}

@iarwain-forn nice, thank you! I've updated it

The yaml frontmatter caused some errors for me on specific summaries. I have a "fix" i think. I am just not sure if anyone else has that same problem but i can share it if you want. Sometimes with specific characters, the frontmatter would be red and show an error. But after my change which is very minor, it seems to have fixed that problem

@night-kat comment the fix, I'll integrate it, thanks!

i have removed 3 spaces from this line: {{summary|replace('\n','\n ')}} The summary needs to be indented by one space to form properly. i have checked all other entries i have with readwise and it broke none of them after deleting them and resyncing. But please try it on your own machine first, i am not sure if this is just my computer being weird.

author: {% if author %}"[[{{author}}]]"{% endif %}
title: "{{full_title}}"
category: {{category}}
highlighted_date: {{last_highlighted_date|date('Y-m-d')}}
published_date: {{published_date|date('Y-m-d')}}
cover_image: {{image_url}}
{% if document_note -%}
document_note: "{{document_note}}"
{% endif -%}

tags: [literature/unfiled {% if document_tags -%},{% for tag in document_tags %}{{tag}}, {% endfor %}{% endif -%}]

up: "[[My Commonplace Book]]"

{% if summary -%}

summary: |
 {{summary|replace('\n','\n ')}}
{% endif -%}
{% if url -%}
url: {{url}}
{% endif -%}

Thanks @night-kat - I've noticed that some yaml parsers just hate newlines of any kind, so I've modified the summary to be all on one line, in quotes. SAFE! (hopefully)

Also, huge update to the Highlights section - now all metadata (tags, notes) are indented properly such that they will appear in the task query, nested under their own task.