A Script Kit script that creates generic markdown files for note taking

note-generator.js

// Name: Note Generator
// Author: Lucas L. Steinmacher

import "@johnlindquist/kit"
import fs from "fs"

/**
 * select folder that you want the notes to be generated for
 */
let folderPath = await selectFolder();

await(hide);

/**
 * tell kit to be working in the same directory as the source folder
 */
cd(path.dirname(folderPath));

/**
 * have the user select how many sessions of notes to generate
 */
let sessions = await arg("How many sessions?", [
    "1", "2", "3"
]);
// A simple dictionary to convert sessions to an integer
let sessionsDict = {
    "1": 1, "2": 2, "3": 3
}

const noteTemplate = `
## Header here
- Putchya' notes here!
`
const additionalNoteTemplate = `
**Summary**
- In this session...

**Tools / Concepts / Notable Files**
-

**Questions for Clarification**
-

**Additional Content Ideas**
-

`

makeDir();
createFiles(folderPath);

/**
 * tell kit to create new directory for the notes to be created in
 */
function makeDir() {
    fs.mkdir(`${folderPath}-notes`, {recursive:true}, (err) => console.error(err))
}

/**
 * create the Markdown files
 */
function createFiles() {
    let folders = folderPath.split("/")
    let currFolder = folders[folders.length - 1]
    if (sessions === "1") {
        fs.writeFileSync(`${folderPath}-notes/${currFolder}-notes.md`,noteTemplate);
        fs.writeFileSync(`${folderPath}-notes/${currFolder}-additional-notes.md`, additionalNoteTemplate);
    } else {
        for (let i = 1; i <= sessionsDict[sessions]; i++) {
            fs.writeFileSync(`${folderPath}-notes/${currFolder}-stream${i}-notes.md`,noteTemplate);
            fs.writeFileSync(`${folderPath}-notes/${currFolder}-stream${i}-additional-notes.md`,additionalNoteTemplate)
        }
    }
}