Plug-In: Append to Note

This action will append the provided text to the end of the note of the current task, and includes an option to preface the added text with a localized date/time stamp.

Append to Note
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/*{
	"type": "action",
	"targets": ["omnifocus"],
	"author": "Otto Automator",
	"identifier": "com.omni-automation.of.append-to-note",
	"version": "1.0",
	"description": "This action will append the provided text to the end of the note of the current task.",
	"label": "Append to Note",
	"shortLabel": "Append to Note"
}*/
(() => {
	var action = new PlugIn.Action(function(selection, sender){
		// action code
		// selection options: tasks, projects, folders, tags, allObjects
		var task = selection.tasks[0]
		
		var textInputField = new Form.Field.String(
			"textInput",
			null,
			null
		)
		
		var checkSwitchField1 = new Form.Field.Checkbox(
			"shouldIncludeTimeStamp",
			"Include date/time stamp",
			true
		)
				
		var menuItems = ["Nothing","Single Space", "Double Space","Single Line","Double Line"]
		var spacingItems = [""," ","  ","\n","\n\n"]
		var menuIndexes = [0,1,2,3,4]

		var menuElement = new Form.Field.Option(
			"spacingMethod", 
			"Prepend with", 
			menuIndexes, 
			menuItems, 
			4
		)
		menuElement.allowsNull = false
		
		var inputForm = new Form()
		inputForm.addField(textInputField)
		inputForm.addField(menuElement)
		inputForm.addField(checkSwitchField1)
		var formPrompt = "Enter the text to be appended to the note:"
		var buttonTitle = "Continue"
		var formPromise = inputForm.show(formPrompt,buttonTitle)

		inputForm.validate = function(formObject){
			inputText = formObject.values['textInput']
			return ((!inputText)?false:true)
		}

		formPromise.then(function(formObject){
			var textValue = formObject.values['textInput']
			var shouldIncludeTimeStamp = formObject.values['shouldIncludeTimeStamp']
			var spacingMethodIndex = formObject.values['spacingMethod']
			if(shouldIncludeTimeStamp){
				var timeStamp = new Date().toLocaleString()
				textValue = timeStamp + "\n" + textValue
			}
			var prependText = spacingItems[spacingMethodIndex]
			task.appendStringToNote(prependText + textValue)
		})

		formPromise.catch(function(err){
			console.error("form cancelled", err.message)
		})		
		
	});

	action.validate = function(selection, sender){
		// validation code
		// selection options: tasks, projects, folders, tags, allObjects
		return (selection.tasks.length === 1)
	};
	
	return action;
})();

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