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Public Sub SendToJoplin()
Dim sToken As String, sURL As String
Dim sURLNotes, sURLResources, sEscapedBody, sJSONString, sFolderID As String
Dim objItem As Outlook.MailItem
sToken = "REPLACE ME WITH YOUR TOKEN"
sURL = "http://127.0.0.1:41184"
sURLNotes = sURL & "/notes?token=" & sToken
sURLResources = sURL & "/resources?token=" & sToken
For Each objItem In ActiveExplorer.Selection
sEscapedBody = EscapeBody( _
"Date: " & objItem.ReceivedTime & "<br>" _
& "To: " & objItem.To & "<br>" _
& objItem.HTMLBody)
sFolderID = GetFoldersFromJoplin(sToken, sURL)
With CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
.Open "POST", sURLNotes, False
.Send "{ ""title"": """ & objItem.ConversationTopic & """" _
& ", ""parent_id"": """ & sFolderID & """" _
& ", ""body_html"": """ & sEscapedBody & """" _
& " }"
Do Until .ReadyState = 4: DoEvents: Loop
sJSONString = .ResponseText
End With
Next
'Debug.Print sJSONString 'Uncomment to see joplin response
End Sub
Private Function EscapeBody(sText As String)
EscapeBody = sText
EscapeBody = Replace(EscapeBody, "\", "\\") 'Backslash is replaced with \\
EscapeBody = Replace(EscapeBody, Chr(34), "\" & Chr(34)) 'Double quote is replaced with \"
EscapeBody = Replace(EscapeBody, vbCr, "\r") 'Carriage return is replaced with \r
EscapeBody = Replace(EscapeBody, vbLf, "\n") 'Newline is replaced with \n
EscapeBody = Replace(EscapeBody, Chr(8), "\b") 'Backspace is replaced with \b
EscapeBody = Replace(EscapeBody, Chr(12), "\f") 'Form feed is replaced with \f
EscapeBody = Replace(EscapeBody, vbTab, "\t") 'Tab is replaced with \t
End Function
Private Function GetFoldersFromJoplin(sToken As String, sURL As String)
'Input token, url
'Output folder id
Dim sJSONString, sMessage, sTitle, sDefault, sMyChoice As String
Dim vJSON As Variant
Dim sState As String
Dim aData(), aHeader()
Dim i As Integer
sURL = sURL & "/folders?token=" & sToken
'Get folders list
With CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
.Open "GET", sURL, False
.Send
Do Until .ReadyState = 4: DoEvents: Loop
sJSONString = .ResponseText
End With
'Parse JSON response
JSON.Parse sJSONString, vJSON, sState
JSON.ToArray vJSON, aData(), aHeader()
'Dsiplay a choices of folders
'Set prompt
sMessage = "Enter a value between " & LBound(aData) & " To " & UBound(aData)
For i = LBound(aData) To UBound(aData)
sMessage = sMessage & Chr(10) & i & " " & aData(i, 2)
Next i
sTitle = "Choose Joplin folder..." 'Set title
sDefault = "1" 'Set default
sMyChoice = InputBox(sMessage, sTitle, sDefault)
GetFoldersFromJoplin = aData(sMyChoice, 0)
End Function
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busseyl commented Jun 29, 2023

Notes:

  • You need REPLACE ME WITH YOUR TOKEN,
  • For this code to work, you need to download and import this JSON.bas to your Outlook,
  • Make sure below References are enabled (Tools > References):

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