reminders to todoist

reminders to todoist.md

inspiration taken from: https://github.com/FirePanther/Apple-Reminders-to-Todoist

what gets transferred

1. your lists in Reminders will become projects in Todoist
2. the reminders within those lists will become items within those newly created projects
   1. priority of these items will be transferred
   2. any notes will be transferred (Todoist premium)

what won't get transferred

1. reminders by location
2. an item's repetition

caveats

1. the due date and remind me date are the same in Apple Reminders (when fetched through AppleScript)

dependencies

1. your Todoist API token (found in Todoist Settings > Account > API token)

how to run:

1. open the file in Script Editor.
2. run dat file (CMD + R).

remindersToTodoist.js

// todoist api config
var todoistToken = '...';

// get the current application and set it up for scripting
var app = Application.currentApplication();
app.includeStandardAdditions = true;

// get the application object for Reminders and its lists
var reminders = Application('Reminders');
var lists = reminders.lists;

// collect commands in this array
var commands = [];

for (var list in lists) {
	var project = lists[list];
	
	var projectId = guid();

	// create a Todoist project with the name of the list 
	commands.push(todoistItemInfo('project_add', {
		name: project.name(),
		color: list % 11
	}, projectId));


	for (var x in project.reminders) {
		var reminder = project.reminders[x];

		// just transfer uncompleted items
		if (!reminder.completed()) {
	
			var reminderId = guid();

			var args = {
				content: reminder.name(),
				priority: convertPriority(reminder.priority()),
				project_id: projectId // associate the reminder with the new project
			};

			// create a Todoist item with the reminder info
			if (reminder.dueDate()) args.date_string = dateStr(reminder.dueDate());
			commands.push(todoistItemInfo('item_add', args, reminderId));

			// transfer over reminder note
			if (reminder.body()) {
				commands.push(todoistItemInfo('note_add', {
					item_id: reminderId,
					content: reminder.body()
				}));
			}

			// mark as completed
			// list.reminders[x].completed.set(true);
		}
	}

	// execute commands (create todoist project + items) with one request, then clean up
	if (commands.length) todoistCmd(commands);
	commands = [];
}


/**
 * converts Reminders priority (9, 5, 1, 0) to Todoist priority (4, 3, 2, 1)
 */
function convertPriority(priority) {
	return priority == 1 ? 4 : (priority == 5 ? 3 : (priority == 9 ? 2 : 1));
}

/**
 * generate an object to be sent up to the todoist sync API
 */
function todoistItemInfo(type, args, tempId) {
	return {
		type: type,
		uuid: guid(),
		temp_id: tempId ? tempId : guid(),
		args: args
	};
}

/**
 * execute todoist commands (todoist api)
 */
function todoistCmd(commands) {
	app.doShellScript("curl https://todoist.com/API/v7/sync -d token=" + todoistToken +
            " --data-urlencode commands='" + JSON.stringify(commands) + "'");
}

/**
 * generate unique random string: http://stackoverflow.com/a/105074/2284993
 */
function guid() {
  function s4() {
    return Math.floor((1 + Math.random()) * 0x10000)
      .toString(16)
      .substring(1);
  }
  return `${s4()}${s4()}-${s4()}-${s4()}-${s4()}-${s4()}${s4()}${s4()}`;
}

/**
 * format date object to string (yyyy-mm-ddThh:ii)
 */
function dateStr(date) {
	var year = date.getFullYear();
	var month = (date.getMonth() < 9 ? '0' : '')+(date.getMonth()+1);
	var day = date.getDate();
	var hour = (date.getHours() < 10 ? '0' : '')+date.getHours();
	var min = (date.getMinutes() < 10 ? '0' : '')+date.getMinutes();

	return year+'-'+month+'-'+day+'T'+hour+':'+min;
}