I developed the script myself and was unable to extract the "todo" information.

[ZangXincz]

I would like to obtain all unfinished to-do items under the root directory. Is there a way to do this through an API or some other means?

[ZangXincz]

I want to develop a task script to automatically extract the to-do items from the content and perform operations such as grouping, display, and filtering.

[dosubot[bot]]

@ZangXincz You can extract todo items using a backend script. Todo checkboxes are stored as HTML with this structure:

<ul class="todo-list">
  <li>
    <label class="todo-list__label">
      <input type="checkbox" disabled="disabled"> 
      <span class="todo-list__label__description">Task text</span>
    </label>
  </li>
</ul>

Here's a script to extract all unchecked todos under a root note:

const notes = api.searchForNotes('note.type = "text" AND ancestors.noteId = "YOUR_ROOT_NOTE_ID"');
const todos = [];

for (const note of notes) {
    const content = note.getContent();
    const $ = api.cheerio.load(content);  // cheerio is built-in
    
    $('ul.todo-list li').each((i, elem) => {
        const $elem = $(elem);
        const checkbox = $elem.find('input[type="checkbox"]');
        const description = $elem.find('.todo-list__label__description').text();
        const isChecked = checkbox.attr('checked') === 'checked';
        
        if (!isChecked) {
            todos.push({
                noteId: note.noteId,
                noteTitle: note.title,
                taskText: description
            });
        }
    });
}

return todos;

Key points:

• api.searchForNotes() finds notes under your root using the ancestors query
• note.getContent() gets the HTML content
• api.cheerio (built-in) parses the HTML

For grouping and filtering, you could extend this script to add properties like dates or categories, then group the todos array as needed. You might also check out the Task Manager example in the Trilium Demo notes for inspiration.

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[dosubot[bot]]

@ZangXincz You can extract todo items from Trilium using the backend script API. Todo checkboxes are stored as HTML with a specific structure:

<ul class="todo-list">
  <li>
    <label class="todo-list__label">
      <input type="checkbox" disabled="disabled"> <!-- unchecked -->
      <span class="todo-list__label__description">Task text</span>
    </label>
  </li>
</ul>

Here's a backend script example to extract all unchecked todos under a root note:

// Create as a code note, run manually or with #run=backendStartup
const notes = api.searchForNotes('note.type = "text" AND ancestors.noteId = "YOUR_ROOT_NOTE_ID"');

const todos = [];

for (const note of notes) {
    const content = note.getContent();
    const $ = api.cheerio.load(content);  // cheerio is built-in
    
    $('ul.todo-list li').each((i, elem) => {
        const $elem = $(elem);
        const checkbox = $elem.find('input[type="checkbox"]');
        const description = $elem.find('.todo-list__label__description').text();
        const isChecked = checkbox.attr('checked') === 'checked';
        
        if (!isChecked) {
            todos.push({
                noteId: note.noteId,
                noteTitle: note.title,
                taskText: description
            });
        }
    });
}

return todos;

Key points:

• Use api.searchForNotes() to find notes under your root using the ancestors query
• Use note.getContent() to get HTML content
• Use api.cheerio (built-in) to parse the HTML
• Unchecked items won't have the checked="checked" attribute

You might also want to check out the Task Manager example in Trilium Demo notes for inspiration on organizing and filtering tasks.

To reply, just mention @dosu.

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[ZangXincz]

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