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Bear template expander for Mac, iPhone and iPad
2024-11-01 at 10:47 EDT
Make templates as Bear notes with tag: #.template
See sample template text at bottom of this shortcut.
{{date}} in templates will expand to today’s date/time (yyyy-MM-dd, HH:mm)
{{datetag}} in templates will become a tag: #yyyy/MM
(or change date/time format in code below to suit your needs)
{{key}} tags in template will be expanded to values,
set values in Dictionary below to suit your needs.
DICTIONARY
Dictionary
TEXT
#.template
Text
VARIABLES
Set variable
templateTag
to
Text
COMMENT
Get list of templates to choose (lists all notes containing ‘templateTag’):
MISSING
Under Construction
SCRIPTING
Chosen Item
DOCUMENTS
Replace
bear://x-callback-url/open-note?id=
with
World
in
Selected Item
Updated Text
VARIABLES
Set variable
noteID
to
Updated Text
COMMENT
Get chosen template note text from Bear:
BEAR
Under Construction
VARIABLES
Set variable
noteText
to
Note
COMMENT
Remove template tag (and line break above it):
DOCUMENTS
Replace
templateTag
with
World
in
noteText
Updated Text
VARIABLES
Set variable
noteText
to
Updated Text
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Insert date/time if {{date}} is used in template:
DOCUMENTS
Replace
{{date}}
with
Current Date
in
noteText
Updated Text
VARIABLES
Set variable
noteText
to
Updated Text
DOCUMENTS
Replace
{{datetag}}
with
#
Current Date
in
noteText
Updated Text
VARIABLES
Set variable
noteText
to
Updated Text
COMMENT
Remove \ from \#tags to unhide tags in template:
DOCUMENTS
Replace
\#
with
#
in
noteText
Updated Text
VARIABLES
Set variable
noteText
to
Updated Text
COMMENT
Parse ‘my-dict’ and replace {{keys}} in template with key value pairs (from dictionary at top of shortcut):
SCRIPTING
Repeat with each item in
my-dict
Repeat Results
SCRIPTING
Get
Value
for
Repeat Item
in
my-dict
Dictionary Value
DOCUMENTS
Replace
{{
Repeat Item
}}
with
Dictionary Value
in
noteText
Updated Text
VARIABLES
Set variable
noteText
to
Updated Text
SCRIPTING
End Repeat
Repeat Results
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Create new note in Bear based on chosen template:
BEAR
Under Construction
SAFARI
Open
Note
SCRIPTING
Exit shortcut with
Result
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# Sample Template
#.template
Notes with this tag will appear in template list, but tag will be removed from new notes. Important! This tag should be placed on it’s own line!
## if you want to include a tag with current month or date, include:
{{datetag}}
(Set date format in shortcut)
## Current Date
Today: {{date}} (place anywhere in note)
(Set date format in shortcut)
## Expandable Keys
Keys will be expanded to corresponding values if they appear in dictionary at top of shortcut (place anywhere in note).
{{name}}
{{email}}
{{addres}}
{{phone}}
{{anything)
If dictionary keys do not appear in template they are just ignored.
## Hidden (escaped) tags in template, that will be revealed in new notes after running this shortcut:
\#my-tag1 \#my new tag2#
