gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'xml'
   
class Tasks
end

class Things
  def initialize(filename = "/Users/" + `whoami`.strip + "/Library/Application\ Support/Cultured\ Code/Things/Database.xml")
    @doc = LibXML::XML::Document.file filename if File.exists? filename
  end
  
  def get_inbox
    @doc.find("//object[@type='TODO'][relationship/@idrefs='z118']/attribute[@name='title'][@type='string']/text()").to_a.reverse
  end
  
  def get_next_actions
    @doc.find("//object[@type='TODO'][relationship/@idrefs='z108']/attribute[@name='title'][@type='string']/text()").to_a.reverse
  end
  
  def add(string)
    objectid = @doc.find("//nextObjectID")[0]
    objectid.content = (objectid.children[0].to_s.to_i + 1).to_s
    objectref = "z" + objectid.content.to_s
    
    # now get the focus object and append a reference
    focusobject = @doc.find("//object[@type='FOCUS'][@id='z118']/relationship[@name='focustodos']/@idrefs")[0]
    focusobject.value = focusobject.value + " " + objectref
    
    database = @doc.find("/database")[0]
    objectnode = LibXML::XML::Node.new("object")
    objectnode['type'] = "TODO"
    objectnode['id'] = objectref.to_s
    
    focustype = LibXML::XML::Node.new("attribute")
    focustype['name'] = "focustype"
    focustype['type'] = "int32"
    focustype.content = "1"
    objectnode.child_add focustype
    
    focuslevel = LibXML::XML::Node.new("attribute")
    focuslevel['name'] = "focuslevel"
    focuslevel['type'] = "int16"
    focuslevel.content = "0"
    objectnode.child_add focuslevel
    
    # datemodified
    # datecreated
    # title
    # index
    # identifier
    # compact
    # rel-parent
    # rel-author
    # rel-delegate
    # rel-focus
    # rel-recurrenceinstance
    # rel-recurrencetemplate
    # rel-scheduler
    # rel-syncdata
    # rel-children
    # rel-tags
    # rel-reminderdates
    
    database.child_add objectnode
    
    return @doc.to_s
  end
end

qry = nil
unless ARGV[0].nil?
  qry = ARGV[0].strip
end
things = Things.new
if qry.class != NilClass
  if qry == "--inbox" or qry == "-i"
    things.get_inbox.each { |val| puts "> #{val}" }
  elsif qry.length != 0
    things.add ARGV.join
  end
else
  things.get_next_actions.each { |val| puts "> #{val}" }
end