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.
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
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)
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
- The first character must be a
+or- - The last character must be a
d(for days) orw(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