Kindle Highlights -> Jekll Collection

generate-highlights.rb

require 'kindle_highlights'
require 'active_support/inflector'

kindle = KindleHighlights::Client.new(ARGV[0], ARGV[1])
books  = kindle.books
bsins  = books.keys.select { |key| books[key] =~ Regexp.new(ARGV[2], 'i') }

bsins.each {|bsin| puts "#{bsin} #{books[bsin]}\n" }

puts "\nChoose a BSIN:"
bsin = $stdin.gets.chomp
book = books[bsin]

highlights = kindle.highlights_for(bsin).sort! {|a,b| a['startLocation'] <=> b['startLocation'] }.map {|highlight| highlight['highlight']}

filename = ActiveSupport::Inflector.underscore(book).titleize.tr('^A-Za-z0-9', '').underscore.dasherize
File.open("_book-reviews/#{filename}.md", 'w') do |file|
  file.write("---\nlayout: post\ntitle: \"#{book}\"\n---\n\n")
  highlights.each do |highlight|
    file.write("> #{highlight}\n\n")
  end
  file.close
end

system( "vim _book-reviews/#{filename}.md" )