A Hazel script for converting IFTTT-saved Pocket favorites to nvALT notes

ifttt-pocket_to_nvalt.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Works with IFTTT recipe https://ifttt.com/recipes/125999
#
# Set Hazel to watch the folder you specify in the recipe.
# Make sure nvALT is set to store its notes as individual files.
# Edit the $target_folder variable below to point to your nvALT
# ntoes folder.
require 'date'
require 'open-uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'fileutils'
require 'cgi'

$target_folder = "~/Dropbox/nvALT2.2/"

def url_to_markdown(url)
	res = Net::HTTP.post_form(URI.parse("http://heckyesmarkdown.com/go/"),{'u'=>url,'read'=>'1'})
	if res.code.to_i == 200
		res.body
	else
		false
	end
end

file = ARGV[0]

begin
	input = IO.read(file).force_encoding('utf-8')

	headers = {}
	input.each_line {|line|
		key, value = line.split(/: /)
		headers[key] = value.strip || ""
	}

	outfile = File.join(File.expand_path($target_folder), headers['Title'].gsub(/["!*?'|]/,'') + ".md")

	date = Time.now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
	date_added = Date.parse(headers['Date']).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
	content = "Title: #{headers['Title']}\nDate: #{date}\nDate Added: #{date_added}\nSource: #{headers['URL']}\n"

	tags = false
	if headers['Tags'].length > 0
		tag_arr = headers['Tags'].split(", ")
		tag_arr.map! {|tag|
			%Q{"#{tag.strip}"}
		}
		tags = tag_arr.join(" ")
		content += "Keywords: #{tags}\n"
	end

	markdown = url_to_markdown(headers['URL']).force_encoding('utf-8')

	if markdown
		content += headers['Image'].length > 0 ? "\n\n![](#{headers['Image']})\n\n#{markdown}\n" : "\n\n"+markdown
	else
		content += headers['Image'].length > 0 ? "\n\n![](#{headers['Image']})\n\n#{headers['Excerpt']}\n" : "\n\n"+headers['Excerpt']
	end

	File.open(outfile,'w') {|f|
		f.puts content
	}

	if tags && File.exists?("/usr/local/bin/openmeta")
		%x{/usr/local/bin/openmeta -a #{tags} -p "#{outfile}"}
	end
	FileUtils.rm(file)
rescue Exception => e
	puts e
end