Evernote AppleScript

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1

Hello,

I am trying to modify this script to mimic an iOS action for Evernote that uses Line 1 for the note title, Line 2 for notebook, Line 3 for tags, and Line 5 and beyond as the body of the note.

I have no scripting knowledge, and by trial and error I got as far as this:

let method = "execute";
let script = `on execute(titleText, tagList, htmlContent)
	tell application id "com.evernote.evernote"
		set theNote to create note with text titleText title titleText tags tagList notebook notebook
		set HTML content of theNote to htmlContent
	end tell
end execute`;

let title = draft.processTemplate("[[line|1]]");
let notebook = draft.processTemplate("[[line|2]]");
let tags = draft.processTemplate("[[line|3]]");
let html = draft.processTemplate(`%%[[draft]]%%`);

let runner = AppleScript.create(script);
if (runner.execute(method, [title, tags, notebook, html])) {
	//
}
else {
	console.log(runner.lastError);
	context.fail();
}

This is able to create a note in Evernote that uses line 3 of the draft as tags. My questions are:

  • Line 2 does not translate into the notebook of the note in Evernote. I think I got the variable for notebook wrong in set theNote to create note with text titleText title titleText tags tagList notebook notebook. What should I put instead?

  • How can I make [[Line|5…]] as the body of the note (in Evernote)? I tried substituting %%[[draft]]%% with [[Line|5..]] but it didn’t work

Thanks in advance!

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2

I was under the impression Evernote dropped AppleScript support in their app a couple of years ago with their major upgrade. I just looked, and I’m not seeing any AppleScript dictionary for the Evernote app.

Are you using an old version or something?

3

Yes, I’m using Evernote Legacy.

This page states that:

For a full description of each command and its syntax, view the Evernote AppleScript dictionary in Apple’s Script Editor application. The Script Editor can be found in /Applications/AppleScript/Script/Editor.app. To open the Evernote dictionary, choose "File > Open Dictionary… " and then select Evernote from the displayed list of applications.

4

Interesting. I didn’t know they still let you download that version…though it appears it comes with a caveat that it’s not supported or updated…so, I’d be ready for it to just stop working one day.

If you are fine with that, notes on your script:

The execute method does not take a notebook param, it takes three params, and you are passing in four when you call it with the runner. I think you need to modify the parameter signature to something like the below:

let script = `on execute(titleText, tagList, theNotebook, htmlContent)
	tell application id "com.evernote.evernote"
		set theNote to create note with text titleText title titleText tags tagList notebook theNotebook
		set HTML content of theNote to htmlContent
	end tell
end execute`;

I don’t know if that works, I don’t have the Evernote app to look at, it’s possible it wants a notebook object, not just the name of a notebook. :man_shrugging:

As for getting the fifth line on, %%[[line|5..]]%% should work. The %% part is converting Markdown to HTML, which is important since you are setting the HTML content of the note, not plain text, that that ensures it’s encoded properly.

5

Thank you! That worked.

For reference for other readers, this is what I use:

let method = "execute";
let script = `on execute(titleText, tagList, theNotebook, htmlContent)
	tell application id "com.evernote.evernote"
		set theNote to create note with text titleText title titleText tags tagList notebook theNotebook
		set HTML content of theNote to htmlContent
	end tell
end execute`;

let title = draft.processTemplate("[[line|1]]");
let notebook = draft.processTemplate("[[line|2]]");
let tags = draft.processTemplate("[[line|3]]");
let html = draft.processTemplate(`%%[[line|5..]]%%`);

let runner = AppleScript.create(script);
if (runner.execute(method, [title, tags, notebook, html])) {
	//
}
else {
	console.log(runner.lastError);
	context.fail();
}
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