dreamboard-md.js

/** Format Dreamboard dreams as Markdown (and copy to clipboard);
 *
 *  To use this file, navigate to https://dreamboard.com/dreams/ and open the
 *  Chrome or Firefox dev console. Paste in the whole file and your dreams
 *  will be copied to the clipboard in Markdown format (which can be processed
 *  any number of ways to make a printable document or presentable email).
 */

function Dream(title, timestamp, text) {
  if (title instanceof HTMLElement) {
    var $el = $(title);
    var header = $el.find(".panel-title a div");
    var bodyMarker = $el.find("span.listdreamstitle:contains('NARRATION')");
    this.title = Dreams.topLevelText(header);
    this.timestamp = header.find("span:first").text().split(",").join(" ");
    this.text = Dreams.topLevelText(bodyMarker.parent());
  } else {
    this.title = title;
    this.timestamp = timestamp;
    this.text = text;
  }
  this.markdown = function () {
    return [
      "# `" + this.timestamp + "` _" + this.title + "_",
      this.text // We assume the body text is legit Markdown
    ].join("\n");
  }
}

var Dreams = {
  all: function () {
    return Dreams.allDivs().map(function (i, e) { return new Dream(e) ;} )
                           .sort(Dreams.dreamSort);
  },

  formatted: function (dreams) {
    var dreams = typeof(dreams) !== "undefined" ? dreams : Dreams.all();
    var text = $(dreams).map(function (i, dream) { return dream.markdown(); });
    return $.makeArray(text).join("\n\n\n\n");
  },

  allDivs: function () {
    return $("#listdreams > .panel-group:first > .panel");
  },

  // Remove all child-nodes and return remaining text (the text directly
  // contained in the element; thus no <span/>s, <em/>s, &c.
  topLevelText: function(jq) {
    return jq.clone().children().remove().end().text();
  },

  dreamSort: function (a, b) {
    if (a.timestamp < b.timestamp) return -1;
    if (a.timestamp > b.timestamp) return  1;
    return 0;
  }
}

copy(Dreams.formatted()); // Undocumented function, available in dev console.