com.apple.mail.scpt

(*

  The Hit List Mail Import

	Copyright © 2012 Potion Factory LLC.
	Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


	To customize this script, copy it first to:

		Your Home Folder/Library/Application Support/The Hit List/Import Scripts/

	If The Hit List is running inside a sandbox copy it to:

		Your Home Folder/Library/Containers/com.potionfactory.TheHitList/Data/Library/Application Support/The Hit List/Import Scripts/

	Modified 2013 by Tyler Wayne. No rights reserved.
*)

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# Change to specify any tags that should be added to the imported task
property TaskTags : ""

# Set start date of the task to n days from the date the email was received. Set to -1 to not set a start date.
property TaskStartInDays : 0

# Set due date of the task to n days from the date the email was received. Set to -1 to not set a due date.
property TaskDueInDays : -1

# The priority of the task. 1 to 9, 0 being no priority.
property TaskPriority : 0

# Estimated time of the task. Example values: 5m, 1h, 1d.
property TaskEstimatedTime : ""

# Number of characters from the email body to include in the task notes
property NoteMessageBodyLength : 500

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on import()
	try
		tell application "Mail"
			set theResult to {}
			set selectedMessages to the selection
			
			repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages
				-- Configure the task title
				set taskTitle to "Handle email \"" & (subject of theMessage) & "\" from " & my name_extract(sender of theMessage)
				if length of TaskTags > 0 then
					set taskTitle to taskTitle & " " & TaskTags
				end if
				
				-- Configure the email URL
				set messageURL to "message:%3c" & my url_escape(message id of theMessage) & "%3e"
				set urlTitle to "Link to Email"
				
				-- Calculate start and due dates
				set msgDate to date received of theMessage
				
				if TaskStartInDays ≥ 0 then
					set taskStartDate to msgDate + TaskStartInDays * days
				else
					set taskStartDate to null
				end if
				if TaskDueInDays ≥ 0 then
					set taskDueDate to msgDate + TaskDueInDays * days
				else
					set taskDueDate to null
				end if
				
				-- Create the record that will be passed on to The Hit List
				set taskDict to {title:taskTitle, |url|:messageURL, urlTitle:urlTitle, startDate:taskStartDate, dueDate:taskDueDate, priority:TaskPriority, estimatedTime:TaskEstimatedTime}
				
				copy taskDict to the end of theResult
			end repeat
			
			return theResult
		end tell
	on error
		return {}
	end try
end import


# Handler to percent escape encode text
on encode_char(this_char)
	set the ASCII_num to (the ASCII number this_char)
	set the hex_list to {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"}
	set x to item ((ASCII_num div 16) + 1) of the hex_list
	set y to item ((ASCII_num mod 16) + 1) of the hex_list
	return ("%" & x & y) as string
end encode_char


# URL Escape
on url_escape(this_text)
	set the acceptable_characters to "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789$+!/?;&@=#~.-_"
	set the encoded_text to ""
	repeat with this_char in this_text
		if this_char is in the acceptable_characters then
			set the encoded_text to (the encoded_text & this_char)
		else
			set the encoded_text to (the encoded_text & encode_char(this_char)) as string
		end if
	end repeat
	return the encoded_text
end url_escape

# Extract name from sender string
# Expected form: Name <[email protected]>
on name_extract(sender_string)
	set address_start to offset of "<" in sender_string
	if address_start is not less than 3 then
		return text 1 thru (address_start - 2) of sender_string
	else
		return sender_string
	end if
end name_extract

# For testing in AppleScript Editor
on run
	import()
end run