complete-tasks

ObjC.import('Cocoa');
ObjC.import('Foundation')

var args = $.NSProcessInfo.processInfo.arguments

var argv = []
var argc = args.count // -[NSArray count]

for (var i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
    argv.push( ObjC.unwrap( args.objectAtIndex(i) ) ) // -[NSArray objectAtIndex:]
}
delete args

var done = [];


var app = Application("OmniFocus");
var doc = app.defaultDocument;

var tasks = doc.flattenedTasks.whose({id: argv[2]});

var completedTasks = [];
for (var i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
	tasks[i].completed = true;
	completedTasks.push(tasks[i].name());
}

completedTasks;

	

put-task-on-hold

ObjC.import('Cocoa');
ObjC.import('Foundation')

var args = $.NSProcessInfo.processInfo.arguments

var argv = []
var argc = args.count // -[NSArray count]

for (var i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
    argv.push( ObjC.unwrap( args.objectAtIndex(i) ) ) // -[NSArray objectAtIndex:]
}
delete args

var done = [];


var app = Application("OmniFocus");
var doc = app.defaultDocument;

var tasks = doc.flattenedTasks.whose({id: argv[2]});
var contexts = doc.flattenedContexts;

var waiting;
for (var i = 0; i < contexts.length; i++) {
	if (contexts[i].name() == "Waiting") {
		waiting = contexts[i];
	}
}

if (! waiting) {
	throw "Unable to find the 'Waiting' context"
}

var movedTasks = [];
for (var i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
	tasks[i].context = waiting;
	tasks[i].note = argv[3];
	movedTasks.push(tasks[i].name());
}

movedTasks;

retrieve-tasks-from-omnifocus

var report = [];


var app = Application("OmniFocus");
var doc = app.defaultDocument;

var tasks = doc.flattenedTasks.whose({completed: false});
for (var i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
  report.push(toJson(tasks[i]));
}

JSON.stringify(report);

function toJson(task) {
	var note = task.note();
	var res = {};
	res.name = task.name();
	res.id = task.id();
	res.completed = task.completed();
	res.flagged = task.flagged();
	if (note) {
		res.note = note.text;
	} else {
		res.note = "";
	}
	res.project = task.container().name();
	if (res.project == "OmniFocus") {
		res.project = "Inbox";
	}
	res.inInbox = task.inInbox()
	if (task.context()) {
		res.context = task.context().name();
	}
	res.creationDate = task.creationDate();
	res.modificationDate = task.modificationDate();
	if (task.deferDate()) {
		res.deferDate = task.deferDate();
	}
	if (task.dueDate()) {
		res.dueDate = task.dueDate();
	}
	if (task.completionDate()) {
		res.completionDate = task.completionDate();
	}
	return res;	
}
	

3 examples of JavaScript automation tasks dealing with Omnifocus.

retrieve-tasks-from-omnifocus

Retrieve all tasks from Omnifocus and export them as JSON. The JSON output is written the "out" stream of the process, so it can be easily read by a Java program or whatever.

Be aware that the export take around 1 second per task.... Update the query to make it faster.

put-task-on-hold

This script is launched from the command line (osascript put-tasks-on-hold.scpt $task_id).
It searches for the Waiting context (to update if your on-hold context is named differently). Then it looks for the task with the given id (argument) and set the context to the found one.

complete-task

This script is launched from the command line (osascript put-tasks-on-hold.scpt $task_id).
Search for the task with the given id and mark it as completed.