QOwnNotes/doc/scripting

QOwnNotes Scripting

• if you need access to a certain functionality in QOwnNotes or have questions or ideas please open an issue on the QOwnNotes issue page
• since debug output is disabled in the releases of QOwnNotes, so you might want to use console.warn() instead of console.log() to actually see an output
  • additionally you can also use the script.log() command to log to the log dialog

Methods and objects QOwnNotes provides

Starting an external program in the background

Parameters

/**
 * QML wrapper to start a detached process
 *
 * @param executablePath the path of the executable
 * @param parameters a list of parameter strings
 * @return true on success, false otherwise
 */
bool startDetachedProcess(QString executablePath, QStringList parameters);

Usage in QML

script.startDetachedProcess("/path/to/my/program", ["my parameter"]);

Getting the path of the current note folder

Parameters

/**
 * QML wrapper to get the current note folder path
 *
 * @return the path of the current note folder
 */
QString currentNoteFolderPath();

Usage in QML

var path = script.currentNoteFolderPath();

Getting the current note

Parameters

/**
 * QML wrapper to get the current note
 *
 * @returns {NoteApi} the the current note object
 */
NoteApi currentNote();

Usage in QML

var note = script.currentNote();

Logging to the log dialog

Parameters

/**
 * QML wrapper to log to the log dialog
 *
 * @param text
 */
void log(QString text);

Usage in QML

script.log("my text");

Downloading an url to a string

Parameters

/**
 * QML wrapper to download an url and returning it as text
 *
 * @param url
 * @return {QString} the content of the downloaded url
 */
QString downloadUrlToString(QUrl url);

Usage in QML

script.downloadUrlToString("http://www.qownnotes.org");

Exposed classes

Note

class NoteApi {
    Q_PROPERTY(int id)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString name)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString fileName)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString noteText)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString decryptedNoteText)
    Q_PROPERTY(bool hasDirtyData)
    Q_PROPERTY(QQmlListProperty<TagApi> tags)
    Q_INVOKABLE QStringList tagNames();
};

Tag

class TagApi {
    Q_PROPERTY(int id)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString name)
    Q_PROPERTY(int parentId)
};