Feature request: Import notes from json

[pykong]

I would really like to import the batch of snippets from the json file I have exported from GistBox. If there were any API documentation I could do it myself via a self-written script probably. Yet, as there is now this CLI tool for cacher.io in the making, maybe it could implement such import feature.

[jookyboi]

@pykong That is a great point and a snippets:import feature is slated for the next release.

[jookyboi]

In the meantime, you can do the following:

1. Write a script to parse the exported JSON file.
2. Import it into your Cacher personal library using a command like:

   cacher snippets:add [path_to_file] -t=[title] -d=[description] -q

[pykong]

@jookyboi Thanks for your suggestion. I will try that out. Keep on the good work with cacher! IMHO by far the best snippet manager I have found.

[pykong]

Here is such quick and dirty script written in python, in case anyone in use comes across it.

How to use: 1.) Install and Setup Cacher-Cli as explained. 2.) Save below snippet to gist_imp.py 3.) Run like: python3 gist_imp.py path/to/my/gist_box_export_file.json 4.) Enjoy, see the magic happen...

Limitations:

• Title of snippet is not exported, hence a shortened description will be used as a placeholder
• Files of a multi-file gists are saved independently
• Group is not respected
• By default all snippets are tried to be saved as private, this may collide with limits on free acconts

import json
import os
import subprocess
import sys
from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory

with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as f:
    js = json.load(f)
    groups = js["groups"]

    with TemporaryDirectory() as dirpath:        
        for group in groups:
            gists = group["gists"]
            for g in gists:
                description = g["description"]
                files = g["files"]
                for f in files:
                    content = f["content"]
                    filename = f["filename"]
                    title = description[:20]

                    with open(filename, "w") as target:
                        target.write(content)
                    cmd = (f"cacher snippets:add {filename}"
                           f" -d '{description}' -t '{title}'")
                    print(cmd)
                    subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, cwd=dirpath)