rb-dayone

A means to create DayOne entries in ruby.

Note: This gem is designed to work with DayOne Version 1 only. Once I have updated to DayOne Version 2 I will look at how to make this work with it. Until then, sorry Version 2 folks!

Examples

You can create an entry pretty simply:

e = DayOne::Entry.new "# Hello, world!"

You can also set up other values via a hash:

e = DayOne::Entry.new "I totally posted this an hour ago", creation_date: Time.now-3600

Otherwise, you can set values using simple accessor methods, as you'd expect:

e = DayOne::Entry.new "I need to remember this."
e.starred = true

When you're ready to save your entry, just run the create! method:

e.create!

Searching

You can now search your DayOne archives. Use the DayOne::Search object to start a search:

s = DayOne::Search.new do
    entry_text.include "Foo" # Entry must have "foo" in the entry text
    entry_text.exclude "Bar" # Entry cannot have "bar" in the entry text
    tag.include "baz"        # Entry must be tagged "baz"
    tag.exclude "caz"        # Entry cannot be tagged "caz"
    starred.is true          # Entry is starred
    starred.is false         # Entry is not starred
    creation_date.after t    # Entry created after +t+
    creation_date.before t   # Entry created before +t+
end

s.results # Retrieve an array of search results

Most of these methods can be combined, e.g.:

s = DayOne::Search.new do
    entry_text.include "Eggs"
    entry_text.include "Milk"
end

This will only find posts that contain both the words "Eggs" and "Milk" in the entry text.

Binary

Rb-dayone ships with a binary, dayone. Run dayone --help for instructions on how to use it.

Install

gem install rb-dayone

Author

Original author: Jan-Yves Ruzicka. Get in touch via email.