A script that generates a gtd worlist from your backpack pages.

bp_worklist.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Creates a weekly gtd report from your backpack account
# Based on the sample wrapper script from 
# David Heinemeier Hansson, 37signals and
# Gmail sample script from shunsuk
# Requires that XmlSimple, RedCloth, tlsmail, and time
# are installed.
# Assumptions:
# ** All personal/home pages start with a space ' '
# ** All closed projects start with zzc
# ** All waiting projects start with zw
# Author: Ed Botzum

require 'net/https'
require 'rexml/document'
require 'yaml'
require 'rubygems'
require 'RedCloth'
require 'XmlSimple'
require 'tlsmail'
require 'time'

include REXML

class Gmail
  attr_accessor :username, :password
  
  def initialize(username, password)
    @username, @password = username, password
  end
  
  def send_mail(recepient, subject, content)
    msg = <<EOF
From: #{@username}
To: #{recepient}
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/html
Subject: #{subject}
Date: #{Time.now.rfc2822}

#{content}
EOF

    Net::SMTP.enable_tls(OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE)
    Net::SMTP.start('smtp.gmail.com', 587, 'gmail.com', @username, @password, :login) do |smtp|
      smtp.send_message(msg, @username, recepient)
    end
  end
end

class Backpack
  attr_accessor :username, :token, :ignore_pages

  def initialize(username, token)
    @username, @token = username, token
    connect
  end
  
  def generate_gtd_report
    report = <<EOF
<style type='text/css' media='screen'>
  li {font-size: .8em;}
  h1 {border-bottom: solid thick black;padding-left: .3em;}
  h2 {border-bottom: solid thin black}
  h3 {border-bottom: solid thin black}
  #active_projects h4 {border-bottom: solid thin black}
</style>
EOF
    
    report << "h1. My Worklist\n" <<
      "\nThis is your weekly GTD wrklist report.\n"
    
    # List all reminders for the upcoming week
    report << "\nh2. Reminders\n\n"
    list_reminders.each do |reminder|
      report << "* #{reminder['remind_at']}:  #{reminder['content']}\n"
    end
    
    # Get the list of pages
    projects = { :home => [], :work => [], :waiting => [], :closed => [] }
    list_pages.each do |page|
      page_info = {:title => page['title'], :id => page['id']}
      # Split into groups of home, work, closed, and waiting
      if page['title'][0,1] == ' ' then
        projects[:home] << page_info
      elsif page['title'][0,3] == 'zzc'
        projects[:closed] << page_info
      elsif page['title'][0,2] == 'zw'
        projects[:waiting] << page_info
      else
        projects[:work] << page_info
      end
    end
    
    report << "\nh2. Projects\n"
    
    # List all work projects
    report << "\n<div id=\"active_projects\">\n"
    report << list_projects('work', 'Work Projects', projects[:work])
    report << list_projects('home', 'Home Projects', projects[:home])
    report << "\n</div>\n"
    report << list_projects('waiting', 'Projects on Hold', projects[:waiting])
    report << list_projects('closed', 'Completed Projects', projects[:closed])
    
    # Generate the report
    return RedCloth.new(report).to_html
  end

  private
  
  # Backpack API Methods
  
  def connect(use_ssl = false)
    @connection = Net::HTTP.new("#{@username}.backpackit.com", use_ssl ? 443 : 80)
    @connection.use_ssl = use_ssl
    @connection.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE if use_ssl
  end

  def request(path, parameters = {}, second_try = false)
    parameters = { "token" => @token }.merge(parameters)
    response = @connection.post("/ws/#{path}", parameters.to_yaml, "X-POST_DATA_FORMAT" => "yaml")
    
    if response.code == "200"
      result = XmlSimple.xml_in(response.body)
      result.delete "success"
      result.empty? ? true : result
    elsif response.code == "302" && !second_try
      connect(true)
      request(path, parameters, true)
    else
      raise "Error occured (#{response.code}): #{response.body}"
    end
  end

  def list_page_lists(page_id)
    request("page/#{page_id}/lists/list")['lists'][0]['list']
  end
  
  def last_item_completed(page_id, list_id)
    xs = request "page/#{page_id}/lists/#{list_id}/items/list"
    items = Document.new XmlSimple.xml_out(xs)
    completed_items = XPath.match( items, "//item[@completed='true']" )
    return completed_items[completed_items.size-1]
  end
  
  def list_open_items(page_id, list_id)
    xs = request "page/#{page_id}/lists/#{list_id}/items/list"
    items = Document.new XmlSimple.xml_out(xs)
    completed_items = XPath.match( items, "//item[@completed='false']" ) 
  end

  def list_pages
    return request("pages/all")['pages'][0]['page']
  end

  def list_reminders
    return request("reminders")['reminder']
  end
  
  # Reporting Methods
  
  def list_items(page)
    list = ''
    # Get the lists on each page
    begin
      list_page_lists(page[:id]).each do |page_list|
        list << "\nh5. #{page_list['name']}\n\n"
        
        last_one = last_item_completed(page[:id], page_list['id'])
        list <<"* [-#{last_one.text}-]\n" unless last_one == nil
        
        count = 0
        list_open_items(page[:id], page_list['id']).each do |item|
          if count == 0 then
            list << "* *%{color:green}#{item.text}%*\n"
          elsif count < 3
            list << "* #{item.text}\n"
          end
          count += 1
        end
      end
    rescue
      # There are no valid 
      list = "\n* No valid to-do exist for this project.\n"
    end
    
    return list     
  end
  
  def list_projects(category, title, pages)
    list = "\nh3. #{title}\n"
    pages.each do |page|
      unless @ignore_pages.include?(page[:title])
        list << "\nh4. #{page[:title]}\n"
        list << list_items(page) if category == 'work' or category == 'home'
      end
    end
    
    return list
  end
end

bp = Backpack.new 'user_name', 'token'
bp.ignore_pages = ['Ignore Works', ' Ignore Home', 'zw - Ignore Waiting']
report = bp.generate_gtd_report
gmail = Gmail.new '[email protected]', 'your_password'
gmail.send_mail '[email protected]', 'Test Report', report

com.edbotz.gtd.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>  
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.edbotz.gtd.plist</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array> 
      <string>/Users/[your_user_name_here]/Library/Scripts/bp_worklist.rb</string>
      <string>daily</string>
    </array>
    <key>LowPriorityIO</key>
    <true/>
    <key>Nice</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>  
      <key>Hour</key>
      <integer>2</integer>
      <key>Minute</key>
    <integer>15</integer>
    </dict>
  </dict>
</plist>

gistfile3.sh

# bash commands
# Create a directory named Scripts in your ~/Library directory.
# Put the ruby files in the Scripts directory
# Create a directory named LaunchAgents in your ~/Library directory.
# Open a bash prompt and navigate to ~/
# Load the service into launchd with the following command:
launchctl load Library/LaunchAgents/com.edbotz.gtd.plist
# Verify that it was loaded with this command:
launchctl list | grep gtd
# You can unload it at any time with:
launchctl unload Library/LaunchAgents/com.edbotz.gtd.plist