Create markdown files based on your ticktick notes

ticktick-notes-to-markdown.py

"""
Create markdown files based on your ticktick notes

You need to export your data from ticktick and use as input:
* Export from: Setting -> Account -> Generate Backup

Usage:
> python main.py -f ticktick.csv -d output_dir/ [--flatten]

"""
from argparse import ArgumentParser, FileType
from csv import DictReader
from io import StringIO
from pathlib import Path
import os

FIRST_LINE = 6

parser = ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument(
    "--file",
    "-f",
    type=FileType("r"),
    required=True,
    help="Path to exported file",
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--dest",
    "-d",
    type=Path,
    required=True,
    help="Destination directory",
)
parser.add_argument(
    "--flatten",
    action="store_true",
    help="Create a flatten output"
)
args = parser.parse_args()

dest_path = args.dest.absolute()
os.makedirs(dest_path, exist_ok=True)
# Remove first few metadata lines
data = args.file.readlines()
data = "".join(data[FIRST_LINE:])

# For multi line tasks or notes
csv_stream = StringIO(data)

# process data and write
rows = DictReader(csv_stream)
for row in rows:
    if row["Kind"] == "NOTE":
        task_title = row["Title"]
        task_list = row["List Name"]
        task_content = row["Content"]

        if args.flatten:
            list_dir = dest_path
            task_title = f"{task_list} - {task_title}"
        else:
            list_dir = os.path.join(dest_path, task_list)
            os.makedirs(list_dir, exist_ok=True)

        md_file_path = os.path.join(list_dir, f"{task_title}.md")

        counter = 0
        while os.path.exists(md_file_path):
            md_file_path = os.path.join(list_dir, f"{task_title} - {counter:03}.md")
            counter += 1

        with open(md_file_path, "w") as md_file:
            md_file.write(task_content)