Plug-In: Export Contents to Drafts TaskPaper

This plug-in creates a new note in the Drafts app with the displayed contents expressed in TaskPaper format.

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Export Contents to Drafts TaskPaper
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/*{
	"type": "action",
	"targets": ["omnifocus"],
	"author": "Otto Automator",
	"identifier": "com.omni-automation.of.contents-to-drafts-taskpaper",
	"version": "1.0",
	"description": "Creates a new note in the Drafts app with the displayed contents in TaskPaper format.",
	"label": "Export Contents to Drafts",
	"shortLabel": "Export to Drafts"
}*/
(() => {
	var action = new PlugIn.Action(function(selection, sender){
		// action code
		// selection options: tasks, projects, folders, tags, allObjects

		var date = new Date()
		var dc = Calendar.current.dateComponentsFromDate(date)
		var delimiter = "-"
		var dateSlug = dc.month + delimiter + dc.day + delimiter + dc.year + " " + dc.hour + ":" + dc.minute

		var textInputField = new Form.Field.String(
			"noteTitle",
			null,
			"OmniFocus " + dateSlug
		)

		var inputForm = new Form()
		inputForm.addField(textInputField)
		var formPrompt = "Title for new draft:"
		var buttonTitle = "Continue"
		var formPromise = inputForm.show(formPrompt,buttonTitle)

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

		formPromise.then(function(formObject){
			try {
				var noteTitle = formObject.values['noteTitle']
				noteTitle = encodeURIComponent(noteTitle)
				
				var fileTypeID = "com.omnigroup.omnifocus2.export-filetype.plain-text"
				var baseName = "Plain Text"
				var wrapperPromise = document.makeFileWrapper(baseName, fileTypeID)
				
				wrapperPromise.then(wrapper => {
					var wrapperContent = wrapper.contents.toString()
					console.log(wrapperContent)
					var encodedContent = encodeURIComponent(wrapperContent)
					var DraftsURLStr = `drafts5://x-callback-url/create?text=${noteTitle}%0A%0A${encodedContent}`
					URL.fromString(DraftsURLStr).call(result => {
						console.log(result)
						//--> "790A478C-66D9-4C8D-857D-5910D058C417"
						var openDraftURLStr = `drafts5://x-callback-url/open?uuid=${result}`
						URL.fromString(openDraftURLStr).open()
					}, err => {
						new Alert("SCRIPT ERROR", err.errorMessage).show()
						console.error(err)
					})
				})

				wrapperPromise.catch(err => {
					console.error(err.message)
				})				
			}
			catch (err){console.error(err)}
		})

		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 true
	};
	
	return action;
})();