Simplenote to Bear converter

simplenote-to-bear.py

from subprocess import run
import os
import json
from datetime import datetime

# path to input JSON
in_path = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], 'Downloads/notes/source/notes.json')

# path to output directory. it must exist.
out_path = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], 'Downloads/for-bear')

# read the data
with open(in_path) as f:
    note_data = json.load(f)

datetime_format = '%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S.%f'
def create_note_file(datum):
    # the note text
    content = datum['content']

    # if there are tags, append them as space-separated hashtags at the end of the text
    if 'tags' in datum:
        tags_string = '\n\n'
        tags_string += ' '.join(['#' + tag for tag in datum['tags']])
        content += tags_string

    # convert times to local timezone (Simplenote is in UTC) and format for SetFile
    creation_date = datetime.fromisoformat(datum['creationDate']).astimezone()
    creation_date_str = creation_date.strftime(datetime_format)

    modification_date = datetime.fromisoformat(datum['lastModified']).astimezone()
    modification_date_str = modification_date.strftime(datetime_format)

    # write out the file
    outfile_path = os.path.join(out_path, datum['id'] + '.md')
    with open(outfile_path, 'w+') as outfile:
        outfile.write(content)

    # set the creation and modification dates
    run(['SetFile', '-d', creation_date_str, outfile_path])
    run(['SetFile', '-m', modification_date_str, outfile_path])


# iterate through the notes
for note in note_data['activeNotes']:
    create_note_file(note)