Plug-In: Project with Tasks

An example of using a plug-in as a project template. This plug-in will prompt for titles and status of the project and any tasks (up to five), and use that to construct a new parent project placed at the top of the Projects list.

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New Project with Tasks
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/*{
	"type": "action",
	"targets": ["omnifocus"],
	"author": "Otto Automator",
	"identifier": "com.omni-automation.of.project-with-tasks",
	"version": "1.1",
	"description": "This plug-in creates a new project containing the specified tasks.",
	"label": "New Project with Tasks",
	"shortLabel": "Project with Tasks",
	"paletteLabel": "Project with Tasks",
	"image": "list.bullet.rectangle"
}*/
(() => {
	const action = new PlugIn.Action(async function(selection, sender){
		try {
			textInputField01 = new Form.Field.String(
				"main-project",
				"Project",
				null
			)
	
			textInputField02 = new Form.Field.String(
				"sub-task-1",
				"Task",
				null
			)
	
			textInputField03 = new Form.Field.String(
				"sub-task-2",
				"Task",
				null
			)
			
			textInputField04 = new Form.Field.String(
				"sub-task-3",
				"Task",
				null
			)
	
			textInputField05 = new Form.Field.String(
				"sub-task-4",
				"Task",
				null
			)
			
			textInputField06 = new Form.Field.String(
				"sub-task-5",
				"Task",
				null
			)
			
			shouldBeSequentialCheckbox = new Form.Field.Checkbox(
				"shouldBeSequential",
				"Project is sequential",
				false
			)
			
			shouldBeCompletedByChildrenCheckbox = new Form.Field.Checkbox(
				"shouldBeCompletedByChildren",
				"Complete with last action",
				false
			)
	
			inputForm = new Form()
			inputForm.addField(textInputField01)
			inputForm.addField(shouldBeSequentialCheckbox)
			inputForm.addField(shouldBeCompletedByChildrenCheckbox)
			inputForm.addField(textInputField02)
			inputForm.addField(textInputField03)
			inputForm.addField(textInputField04)
			inputForm.addField(textInputField05)
			inputForm.addField(textInputField06)
			
			inputForm.validate = function(formObject){
				var inputText01 = formObject.values['main-project']
				var inputText01Status = (!inputText01)?false:true
				var validation = (inputText01Status) ? true:false
				return validation
			}
			
			formPrompt = "Enter titles for project and tasks:"
			buttonTitle = "Continue"
			formObject = await inputForm.show(formPrompt,buttonTitle)
	
			mainProjectTitle = formObject.values['main-project']
			subTask1Title = formObject.values['sub-task-1']
			subTask2Title = formObject.values['sub-task-2']
			subTask3Title = formObject.values['sub-task-3']
			subTask4Title = formObject.values['sub-task-4']
			subTask5Title = formObject.values['sub-task-5']
			shouldBeSequential = formObject.values['shouldBeSequential']
			shouldBeCompletedByChildren = formObject.values['shouldBeCompletedByChildren']
			
			project = new Project(mainProjectTitle,library.beginning)
			projectID = project.id.primaryKey
			if(shouldBeSequential === true){project.sequential = true}
			if(shouldBeCompletedByChildren === true){project.completedByChildren = true}
			if(subTask1Title){
				new Task(subTask1Title, project)
				console.log(subTask1Title)
			}
			if(subTask2Title){
				new Task(subTask2Title, project)
				console.log(subTask2Title)
			}
			if(subTask3Title){
				new Task(subTask3Title, project)
				console.log(subTask3Title)
			}
			if(subTask4Title){
				new Task(subTask4Title, project)
				console.log(subTask4Title)
			}
			if(subTask5Title){
				new Task(subTask5Title, project)
				console.log(subTask5Title)
			}
			
			URL.fromString(`omnifocus:///task/${projectID}`).open()
		}
		catch(err){
			console.error(err)
		}
	});

	action.validate = function(selection, sender){
		return true
	};
	
	return action;
})();