Quick little CLI to make Reminders.app reminders

remind.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Quick little CLI to make Reminders.app reminders
# Requires 'amatch' and 'chronic' gems
#
# Pipe text in to create an attached note
# First text in note is the title
# An @ separates title from time, if there's no @, no date is set
# use @\d[hmd] to add time from the current date/time
# use "@tomorrow" or "@wednesday 3pm" to parse natural language
# use ! at the end to set high priority

require 'date'
require 'rubygems'
require 'appscript';include Appscript
require 'amatch';include Amatch
require 'chronic'

def parse_date(datestring)
  days = 0
  if datestring =~ /^\+?(\d+)([hmd])?$/ # defaults to minutes without [hmd]
	case $2
	when "h" then inc = (60 * 60 * 1 * $1.to_i)
	when "d" then inc = (60 * 60 * 24 * $1.to_i)
	else inc = (60 * $1.to_i)
	end
	newdate = Time.now + inc
  else
    newdate = Chronic.parse(datestring, {:context => :future, :ambiguous_time_range => 8})
  end
  newdate
end

if STDIN.stat.size > 0
	note = STDIN.read
else
	note = false
end
titlestring = ARGV.join(' ')

# check for trailing ! (flagged task)
flagged = titlestring.match(/\s*!$/).nil? ? 0 : 1
titlestring.sub!(/\s*!$/,'') if flagged

name, date = titlestring.split("@")
name.strip!
date = date.nil? ? false : date.chomp!


remind_date = date.nil? ? false : parse_date(date)

rm = app('Reminders')

props = {}
props[:name] = name

props[:remind_me_date] = remind_date if remind_date
props[:priority] = flagged
props[:body] = note if note
list = rm.lists['Reminders']
list.make(:new => :reminder, :with_properties => props)