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I did this fork to fix blocking error - so it is the only fork of Geeknote that WORKS, on Python 3. Looks like nobody else is interested in Geeknote anymore, so I declare this repo as main. Feel free to contribute.

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Geeknote for Evernote (or 印象笔记)

Geeknote is a command line client for Evernote that can be use on Linux, FreeBSD and OS X.

It allows you to:

  • create notes in your Evernote account;
  • create tags, notebooks;
  • use Evernote search from the console using different filters;
  • edit notes directly in the console using any editor, such as nano, vim or mcedit;
  • synchronize your local files and directories with Evernote;
  • use Evernote with cron or any scripts.

Geeknote is free and open source and written in Python. Geeknote can be used anywhere you have Python installed (even in Windows if you like).

In this document we will show how to work with Evernote notes, notebooks, and tags using Geeknote and how to use Geeknote sync.

Installation

You can install Geeknote using Homebrew/Linuxbrew, or from its source.

(Generate formula by brew create --python --set-version 3.0.1 https://github.com/vitaly-zdanevich/geeknote/archive/refs/tags/v3.0.1.tar.gz)

Homebrew installation TODO publish to public cask
brew install --HEAD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vitaly-zdanevich/geeknote/master/geeknote.rb

Gentoo Guru

https://github.com/gentoo/guru/tree/master/app-doc/geeknote

emerge -a geeknote
Downloading and installing from source
# Install dependencies. (This example for Debian-based systems):
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y install python-setuptools
pip install wheel

# Download the repository.
git clone git@github.com:vitaly-zdanevich/geeknote.git

cd geeknote

# Installation

python setup.py build
pip install --upgrade .

##### Testing
Geeknote has a non-destructive unit test suite with fair coverage.

Ensure pytest framework is installed
``` sh
pip install --upgrade pytest

Execute the tests

py.test
Un-installation

If originally installed via homebrew,

brew remove geeknote

If originally installed from source,

pip uninstall geeknote

Geeknote Settings

Authorizing Geeknote

After installation, Geeknote must be authorized with Evernote prior to use. To authorize your Geeknote in Evernote launch the command login:

geeknote login

This will start the authorization process. Geeknote will ask you to enter your credentials just once to generate access token, which will be saved in local database. Re-authorization is not required, if you won't decide to change user. After authorization you can start to work with Geeknote.

Logging out and changing users

If you want to change Evernote user you should launch logout command:

geeknote logout

Afterward, you can repeat the authorization step.

(Yìnxiàng Bǐjì notes)

If you want to use Evernote's separate service in China Yìnxiàng Bǐjì (印象笔记), you need to set the environment variable GEEKNOTE_BASE to yinxiang.

GEEKNOTE_BASE=yinxiang geeknote login
# or
export GEEKNOTE_BASE=yinxiang
geeknote ...commands...

Yìnxiàng Bǐjì (印象笔记) is faster in China and it supports Chinese payment methods. Be aware that Yìnxiàng Bǐjì will not have support for sharing social features like Twitter or Facebook. Furthermore, since data are stored on servers in China, Chinese authorities have the right to access their data according to current regulations.

For more information, see: Evernote Launches Separate Chinese Service

Login with a developer token

Geeknote requires a Developer token after an unsuccessful OAuth request.

You can obtain one by following the next simple steps:

  • Create an API key for SANDBOX environment
  • Request your API key to be activated on production
  • Convert it to a personal token

To do so, go to Evernote FAQ and refer to the section "How do I create an API key?". As directed, click on the "Get an API Key" button at the top of the page, and complete the revealed form. You'll then receive an e-mail with your key and secret.

When you receive your key and secret, activate your key by following the instructions on the "How do I copy my API key from Sandbox to www (production)?" section of the FAQ. Be sure to specify on the form that you're using the key for the "geeknote" application.

Once your API key activation is processed by Evernote Developer Support, they will send you an email with further instructions on obtaining the personal token.

Examining your settings
$ geeknote settings
Geeknote
******************************
Version: 3.0
App dir: /Users/username/.geeknote
Error log: /Users/username/.geeknote/error.log
Current editor: vim
Markdown2 Extras: None
Note extension: .markdown, .org
******************************
Username: username
Id: 11111111
Email: example@gmail.com
Setting up the default editor

You can edit notes within console editors in plain text or markdown format.

You can setup the default editor you want to use. To check which editor is now set up as a default call:

geeknote settings --editor

To change the default editor call:

geeknote settings --editor vim

To use gvim you need to prevent forking from the terminal with -f:

geeknote settings --editor 'gvim -f'
Example
$ geeknote settings --editor
Current editor is: nano
$ geeknote settings --editor vim
Editor successfully saved
$ geeknote settings --editor
Current editor is: vim
Enabling Markdown2 Extras

You can enable Markdown2 Extras you want to use while editing notes. To check which settings are currently enabled call:

geeknote settings --extras

To change the Markdown2 Extras call:

geeknote settings --extras "tables, footnotes"
Example
$ geeknote settings --extras
current markdown2 extras is : ['None']
$ geeknote settings --extras "tables, footnotes"
Changes saved.
$ geeknote settings --extras
current markdown2 extras is : ['tables', 'footnotes']

Working with Notes

Notes: Creating notes

The main functionality that we need is creating notes in Evernote.

Synopsis
geeknote create --title <title>
               [--content <content>]
               [--tag <tag>]
               [--created <date and time>]
               [--resource <attachment filename>]
               [--notebook <notebook where to save>]
               [--reminder <date and time>]
               [--url <url>]
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑title title With this option we specify the title of new note we want to create.
‑‑content content Specify the content of new note. The content must not contain double quotes.
‑‑tag tag Specify tag that our note will have. May be repeated.
‑‑created date Set note creation date and time in either 'yyyy-mm-dd' or 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM' format.
‑‑resource attachment filename, like: document.pdf Specify file to be attached to the note. May be repeated.
‑‑notebook notebook where to save Specify the notebook where new note should be saved. This option is not required. If it isn't given, the note will be saved in default notebook. If notebook doesn't exist Geeknote will create it automatically.
‑‑reminder date Set reminder date and time in either 'yyyy-mm-dd' or 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM' format. Alternatively use TOMORROW and WEEK for 24 hours and a week ahead respectively, NONE for a reminder without a time. Use DONE to mark a reminder as completed.
--urls url Set the URL for the note.
--raw A flag signifying the content is in raw ENML format.
--rawmd A flag signifying the content is in raw markdown format.
Description

This command allows us to create a new note in Evernote. Geeknote has designed for using in console, so we have some restrictions like inability to use double quotes in --content option. But there is a method to avoid it - use stdin stream or file synchronization, we show it later in documentation.

Examples

Creating a new note with a PDF attachment:

geeknote create --title "Shopping list"
                --content "Don't forget to buy milk, turkey and chips."
                --resource shoppinglist.pdf
                --notebook "Family"
                --tag "shop" --tag "holiday" --tag "important"

Creating a new note and editing content in editor (notice the lack of content argument):

geeknote create --title "Meeting with customer"
                --notebook "Meetings"
                --tag "projectA" --tag "important" --tag "report"
                --created "2015-10-23 14:30"

Notes: Searching for notes in Evernote

You can easily search notes in Evernote with Geeknote and output results in the console.

Synopsis
geeknote find --search <text to find>
             [--tag <tag>]
             [--notebook <notebook>]
             [--date <date or date range>]
             [--count <how many results to show>]
             [--exact-entry]
             [--content-search]
             [--url-only]
             [--reminders-only]
             [--deleted-only]
             [--ignore-completed]
             [--with-tags]
             [--with-notebook]
             [--guid]
Description

Use find to search through your Evernote notebooks, with options to search and print more detail. Geeknote remembers the result of the last search. So, you can use the ID number of the note's position for future actions. For example:

$ geeknote find --search "Shopping"

Total found: 2
  1 : 2006-06-02 2009-01-19 Grocery Shopping List
  2 : 2015-02-22 2015-02-24 Gift Shopping List

$ geeknote show 2
################### URL ###################
NoteLink: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/nl/2079/7aecf253-c0d9-407e-b4e2-54cd5510ead6
WebClientURL: https://www.evernote.com/Home.action?#n=7aecf253-c0d9-407e-b4e2-54cd5510ead6
################## TITLE ##################
Gift Shopping List
=================== META ==================
Notebook: EverNote
Created: 2015-02-22
Updated: 2012-02-24
|||||||||||||||| REMINDERS ||||||||||||||||
Order: None
Time: None
Done: None
----------------- CONTENT -----------------
Tags: shopping
Socks
Silly Putty
Furby

That will show you the note "Gift Shopping List".

Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑search text to find Set the text to find. You can use "*" like this: --search "Shop*"
‑‑tag tag Filter by tag. May be repeated.
‑‑notebook notebook Filter by notebook.
‑‑date date or range Filter by date. You can set a single date in 'yyyy-mm-dd' format or a range with 'yyyy-mm-dd/yyyy-mm-dd'
‑‑count how many results to show Limits the number of displayed results.
‑‑content-search find command searches by note's title. If you want to search by note's content - set this flag.
‑‑exact-entry By default Geeknote has a smart search, so it searches fuzzy entries. But if you need exact entry, you can set this flag.
‑‑guid Show GUID of the note as substitute for result index.
‑‑ignore-completed Include only unfinished reminders.
‑‑reminders-only Include only notes with a reminder.
‑‑deleted-only Include only notes that have been deleted/trashed.
‑‑with-notebook Show notebook containing the note.
‑‑with-tags Show tags of the note after note title.
‑‑with-url Show results as a list of URLs to each note in Evernote's web-client.
Examples
geeknote find --search "How to patch KDE2" --notebook "jokes" --date 2015-10-14/2015-10-28
geeknote find --search "apt-get install apache nginx" --content-search --notebook "manual"

Notes: Editing notes

With Geeknote you can edit your notes in Evernote using any editor you like (nano, vi, vim, emacs, etc.)

Synopsis
geeknote edit --note <title or GUID of note to edit>
             [--title <the new title>]
             [--content <new content or "WRITE">]
             [--resource <attachment filename>]
             [--tag <tag>]
             [--created <date and time>]
             [--notebook <new notebook>]
             [--reminder <date and time>]
             [--url <url>]
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑note title of note which to edit Tells Geeknote which note we want to edit. Geeknote searches by that name to locate a note. If Geeknote finds more than one note with such name, it will ask you to make a choice.
‑‑title a new title Use this option if you want to rename your note. Just set a new title, and Geeknote will rename the old one.
‑‑content new content or "WRITE" Enter the new content of your notes in text, or write instead the option "WRITE". In the first case the old content of the note will be replaced with the new content. In the second case Geeknote will get the current content and open it in Markdown in a text editor.
‑‑resource attachment filename, like: document.pdf Specify file to be attached to the note. May be repeated. Will replace existing resources.
‑‑tag tag Tag to be assigned to the note. May be repeated. Will replace existing tags.
‑‑created date Set note creation date date and time in either 'yyyy-mm-dd' or 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM' format.
‑‑notebook target notebook With this option you can change the notebook which contains your note.
‑‑reminder date Set reminder date and time in either 'yyyy-mm-dd' or 'yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM' format. Alternatively use TOMORROW and WEEK for 24 hours and a week ahead respectively, NONE for a reminder without a time. Use DONE to mark a reminder as completed. Use DELETE to remove reminder from a note.
--urls url Set the URL for the note.
--raw A flag signifying the content is in raw ENML format.
--rawmd A flag signifying the content is in raw markdown format.
Examples

Renaming the note:

geeknote edit --note "Naughty List" --title "Nice List"

Renaming the note and editing content in editor:

geeknote edit --note "Naughty List" --title "Nice List" --content "WRITE"

Notes: Showing note content

You can output any note in console using command show either independently or as a subsequent command to find. When you use show on a search made previously in which there was more than one result, Geeknote will ask you to make a choice.

Synopsis
geeknote show <text or GUID to search and show>
Examples
$ geeknote show "Shop*"

Total found: 2
  1 : Grocery Shopping List
  2 : Gift Shopping List
  0 : -Cancel-
: _

As we mentioned before, show can use the results of previous search, so if you have already done the search, just call show with number of previous search results.

$ geeknote find --search "Shop*"

Total found: 2
  1 : Grocery Shopping List
  2 : Gift Shopping List

$ geeknote show 2

Notes: Removing notes

You can remove notes with Geeknotes from Evernote.

Synopsis
geeknote remove --note <note name or GUID>
               [--force]
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑note note name Name of the note you want to delete. If Geeknote will find more than one note, it will ask you to make a choice.
‑‑force A flag that says that Geeknote shouldn't ask for confirmation to remove note.
Examples
geeknote remove --note "Shopping list"

Notes: De-duplicating notes

Geeknote can find and remove duplicate notes.

Synopsis
geeknote dedup [--notebook <notebook>]
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑notebook notebook Filter by notebook.
Description

Geeknote can locate notes that have the same title and content, and move duplicate notes to the trash. For large accounts, this process can take some time and might trigger the API rate limit. For that reason, it's possible to scope the de-duplication to a notebook at a time.

Examples
geeknote dedup --notebook Contacts

Working with Notebooks

Notebooks: show the list of notebooks

Geeknote can display the list of all notebooks you have in Evernote.

Synopsis
geeknote notebook-list [--guid]
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑guid Show GUID of the notebook as substitute for result index.

Notebooks: creating a notebook

With Geeknote you can create notebooks in Evernote right in console!

Synopsis
geeknote notebook-create --title <notebook title>
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑title notebook title With this option we specify the title of new note we want to create.
Examples
geeknote notebook-create --title "Sport diets"

Notebooks: renaming a notebook

With Geeknote it's possible to rename existing notebooks in Evernote.

Synopsis
geeknote notebook-edit --notebook <old name>
                       --title <new name>
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑notebook old name Name of existing notebook you want to rename.
‑‑title new name New title for notebook
Examples
geeknote notebook-edit --notebook "Sport diets" --title "Hangover"

Notebooks: removing a notebook

With Geeknote it's possible to remove existing notebooks in Evernote.

Synopsis
geeknote notebook-remove --notebook <notebook>
                         [--force]
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑notebook notebook Name of existing notebook you want to delete.
‑‑force A flag that says that Geeknote shouldn't ask for confirmation to remove notebook.
Examples
geeknote notebook-remove --notebook "Sport diets" --force

Working with Tags

Tags: showing the list of tags

You can get the list of all tags you have in Evernote.

Synopsis
geeknote tag-list [--guid]
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑guid Show GUID of the tag as substitute for result index.

Tags: creating a new tag

Usually tags are created with publishing new note. But if you need, you can create a new tag with Geeknote.

Synopsis
geeknote tag-create --title <tag name to create>
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑title tag name to create Set the name of tag you want to create.
Examples
geeknote tag-create --title "Hobby"

Tags: renaming a tag

You can rename the tag:

Synopsis
geeknote tag-edit --tagname <old name>
                  --title <new name>
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑tagname old name Name of existing tag you want to rename.
‑‑title new name New name for tag.
Examples
geeknote tag-edit --tagname "Hobby" --title "Girls"

gnsync - synchronization app

Gnsync is an additional application installed with Geeknote. Gnsync allows synchronization of files in local directories with Evernote. It works with text data and html with picture attachment support.

Synopsis
gnsync --path <path to directory which to sync>
      [--mask <unix shell-style wildcards to select the files, like *.* or *.txt or *.log>]
      [--format <in what format to save the note - plain, markdown, or html>]
      [--notebook <notebook, which will be used>]
      [--all]
      [--logpath <path to logfile>]
      [--two-way]
      [--download]
Options
Option Argument Description
‑‑path directory to sync The directory you want to sync with Evernote. It should be the directory with text content files.
‑‑mask unix shell-style wildcards to select the files You can tell gnsync what filetypes to sync. By default gnsync tries to open every file in the directory. But you can set the mask like: *.txt, *.log, *.md, *.markdown.
‑‑format in what format to save the note - plain or markdown Set the engine which to use while files uploading. gnsync supports markdown and plain text formats. By default it uses plain text engine.
‑‑notebook notebook where to save You can set the notebook which will be synchronized with local directory. But if you won't set this option, gnsync will create new notebook with the name of the directory that you want to sync.
‑‑all You can specify to synchronize all notebooks already on the server, into subdirectories of the path. Useful with --download to do a backup of all notes.
‑‑logpath path to logfile gnsync can log information about syncing and with that option you can set the logfile.
‑‑two-way Normally gnsync will only upload files. Adding this flag will also make it download any notes not present as files in the notebook directory (after uploading any files not present as notes)
‑‑download-only Normally gnsync will only upload files. Adding this flag will make it download notes, but not upload any files
Description

The application gnsync is very useful in system administration, because you can synchronize you local logs, statuses and any other production information with Evernote.

Examples
gnsync --path /home/project/xmpp/logs/
       --mask "*.logs"
       --logpath /home/user/logs/xmpp2evernote.log
       --notebook "XMPP logs"

Original Contributors

  • Vitaliy Rodnenko
  • Simon Moiseenko
  • Ivan Gureev
  • Roman Gladkov
  • Greg V
  • Ilya Shmygol

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