TodoFlow is Python module that provides functions to parse, filter, search, modify and save todo lists stored in plain text files with TaskPaper syntax.

• 2015-10-02 - 4.0.2
  • Removal of ply pickle file so TodoFlow can work with ply 3.6 with no errors
  • Release on PyPI
• 2015-04-24 - Removal of workflows
• 2014-10-24 - Release of version 4
  • this version removes some features and introduces breaking changes
  • new code base
  • queries are now parsed with ply
  • for now removes support for Editorial.app
  • workflows start from zero
  • new icons
  • setup.py
  • python3 compatiblity

pip install TodoFlow

Load and parse todos using one of this functions:

• todos = todoflow.from_text(text)
• todos = todoflow.from_path(path)
• todos = todoflow.from_paths(paths) - todos from several files are joined into one
• todos = todoflow.from_dir(path, extension='.taskpaper') - every todo file in given direcotry is joined into one todos

    todos = todoflow.from_text("""
    project 1:
        - task 1
        - task 2 @today
    """)

• todoflow.to_path(todos, path) - save todos to file
• todoflow.to_sources(todos) - when todos are loaded from file (using from_path, from_paths or from_dir) they store path to source file so they can be saved to it later

Todos - collection of todo items. Todos are immutable.

• todos.filter(query) - returns new Todos, with only those that match query or their parents, analogous to searching in Taskpaper.app
• todos.search(query) - returns iterator of Todoitems that match query (and only them).

    print(todos.filter('not @today'))

    >>> project 1:
    >>>     - task 1

    print(tuple(todos.search('task')))

    >>> (<Todoitem: 2 | "task 1" | task>, <Todoitem: 3 | "task 2 @done" | task>)

Subset with few additions of query syntax of Taskpaper.app is supported:

• searching by text
• searching by @tag
• searching by tag parameter: @tag op text
• searching by project: project op text
• searching by type: type = task, type = note, type = "project"
• including subitems: +d
• narrowing to only first items that match query: +f
• ops: =, <=, <, >, >=, !=, -> (in), <- (contains)
• logical operators: and, or, not
• parentheses: (, )...

Todo items are mutable, their changes are visible in all todos that contain them.

• tag(tag_to_use, param=None)
• remove_tag(tag_to_remove)
• has_tag(tag)
• get_tag_param(tag)
• edit(new_text)
• change_to_task()
• change_to_project()
• change_to_note()
• change_to_empty_line()

    for item in todos.search('@today'):
        item.tag('@done', '2014-10-24')
        item.remove_tag('@today')
    print(todos)

    >>> project 1:
    >>>    - task 1
    >>>    - task 2 @done(2014-10-24)

Module todoflow.textutils provides functions that operate on text and are used internally in todoflow but can be useful outside of it:

• is_task(text)
• is_project(text)
• is_note(text)
• has_tag(text, tag)
• get_tag_param(text, tag)
• remove_tag(text, tag)
• replace_tag(text, tag, replacement)
• add_tag(text, tag, param=None)
• enclose_tag(text, tag, prefix, suffix=None)
• get_all_tags(text, include_indicator=False)
• modify_tag_param(text, tag, modification)
• sort_by_tag_param(texts_collection, tag, reverse=False)