todoist-schedule-lad

Schedule Todoist tasks by label and date

This script schedules Todoist tasks in a specified Todoist project to a new date, calculated using a label and a project date.

• The project ID must be provided as a command-line parameter.
• The project date is obtained in YYYY-MM-DD format from the project name, or can optionally be provided as a command-line parameter.
• The label is in the format eg. -3w, representing minus 3 weeks.

I'm a novice coder, so please help improve this script if you can.

Worked example

I have a project called "2021-11-05: Bonfire Night". The project ID number is 1122334455.

Inside are 4 tasks:

• Collect wood (label -1w)
• Build bonfire (label -1d)
• Light bonfire (label +0d)
• Clean up (label +1d)

I run the script using the following command line...

python todoist-schedule-lad.py 1122334455

The script checks the project name for a date in YYYY-MM-DD format and finds that the "project date" is 5 November 2021.

The script calculates the date offsets for each task and schedules them as follows:

• Collect wood (minus 1 week) 30 October 2021
• Build bonfire (minus 1 day) 4 November 2021
• Light bonfire (plus 0 days ie. on the day) 5 November 2021
• Clean up (plus 1 day) 6 November 2021

Setup

You will need to obtain your own Todoist API key. Copy and paste this key into apikey.conf (see apikey_template.conf for the correct format)

Project ID numbers

To find your project ID number, access your project in the web app and it will be at the end of the URL.

eg. https://todoist.com/app/project/2265853802

Labels

• The first character must be a + or -
• The last character must be a d (for days) or w (for weeks)
• The middle characters must be digits.

The label format is defined as a regular expression in the regex_label_name variable.

-12w represents 12 weeks before the project date

+3d represents 3 days after the project date