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Important Note

This is an updated version of geeknote for Python 3 using evernote-sdk-python3 (which is also in beta). Even though things are not throughly tested, basic functionality works.

Geeknote for Evernote (or 印象笔记)

Geeknote is a command line client for Evernote that can be use on Linux, FreeBSD and OS X.

It allows you to:

• create notes in your Evernote account;
• create tags, notebooks;
• use Evernote search from the console using different filters;
• edit notes directly in the console using any editor, such as nano, vim or mcedit;
• synchronize your local files and directories with Evernote;
• use Evernote with cron or any scripts.

Geeknote is open source and written in Python. Geeknote can be used anywhere you have Python installed (even in Windows if you like).

In this document we'll show how to work with Evernote's notes, notebooks, and tags using Geeknote and how to use Geeknote sync.

Installation

You can install Geeknote using Homebrew/Linuxbrew, or from its source.

Homebrew installation

brew install --HEAD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jeffkowalski/geeknote/master/geeknote.rb

Downloading and installing from source

# Install dependencies. (This example for Debian-based systems):
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y install python-setuptools
pip install wheel

# Download the repository.
git clone git://github.com/jeffkowalski/geeknote.git

cd geeknote

# Installation

# - if you have only a python2 environment,
python setup.py build
pip install --upgrade .

# - or, to force python2 in python3 environments
python2 setup.py build
pip2 install --upgrade .

Testing

Geeknote has a non-destructive unit test suite with fair coverage.

Ensure pytest framework is installed

pip install --upgrade pytest

Execute the tests

py.test

Un-installation

If originally installed via homebrew,

brew remove geeknote

If originally installed from source,

pip uninstall geeknote

Geeknote Settings

Authorizing Geeknote

After installation, Geeknote must be authorized with Evernote prior to use. To authorize your Geeknote in Evernote launch the command login:

geeknote login

This will start the authorization process. Geeknote will ask you to enter your credentials just once to generate access token, which will be saved in local database. Re-authorization is not required, if you won't decide to change user. After authorization you can start to work with Geeknote.

Logging out and changing users

If you want to change Evernote user you should launch logout command:

geeknote logout

Afterward, you can repeat the authorization step.

(Yìnxiàng Bǐjì notes)

If you want to use Evernote's separate service in China Yìnxiàng Bǐjì (印象笔记), you need to set the environment variable GEEKNOTE_BASE to yinxiang.

GEEKNOTE_BASE=yinxiang geeknote login
# or
export GEEKNOTE_BASE=yinxiang
geeknote ...commands...

Yìnxiàng Bǐjì (印象笔记) is faster in China and it supports Chinese payment methods. Be aware that Yìnxiàng Bǐjì will not have support for sharing social features like Twitter or Facebook. Furthermore, since data are stored on servers in China, Chinese authorities have the right to access their data according to current regulations.

For more information, see: Evernote Launches Separate Chinese Service

Login with a developer token

Geeknote requires a Developer token after an unsuccessful OAuth request.

You can obtain one by following the next simple steps:

• Create an API key for SANDBOX environment
• Request your API key to be activated on production
• Convert it to a personal token

To do so, go to Evernote FAQ and refer to the section "How do I create an API key?". As directed, click on the "Get an API Key" button at the top of the page, and complete the revealed form. You'll then receive an e-mail with your key and secret.

When you receive your key and secret, activate your key by following the instructions on the "How do I copy my API key from Sandbox to www (production)?" section of the FAQ. Be sure to specify on the form that you're using the key for the "geeknote" application.

Once your API key activation is processed by Evernote Developer Support, they will send you an email with further instructions on obtaining the personal token.

Examining your settings

$ geeknote settings
Geeknote
******************************
Version: 3.0
App dir: /Users/username/.geeknote
Error log: /Users/username/.geeknote/error.log
Current editor: vim
Markdown2 Extras: None
Note extension: .markdown, .org
******************************
Username: username
Id: 11111111
Email: example@gmail.com

Setting up the default editor

You can edit notes within console editors in plain text or markdown format.

You can setup the default editor you want to use. To check which editor is now set up as a default call:

geeknote settings --editor

To change the default editor call:

geeknote settings --editor vim

To use gvim you need to prevent forking from the terminal with -f:

geeknote settings --editor 'gvim -f'

Example

$ geeknote settings --editor
Current editor is: nano
$ geeknote settings --editor vim
Editor successfully saved
$ geeknote settings --editor
Current editor is: vim

Enabling Markdown2 Extras

You can enable Markdown2 Extras you want to use while editing notes. To check which settings are currently enabled call:

geeknote settings --extras

To change the Markdown2 Extras call:

geeknote settings --extras "tables, footnotes"

Example

$ geeknote settings --extras
current markdown2 extras is : ['None']
$ geeknote settings --extras "tables, footnotes"
Changes saved.
$ geeknote settings --extras
current markdown2 extras is : ['tables', 'footnotes']

Working with Notes

Notes: Creating notes

The main functionality that we need is creating notes in Evernote.

Synopsis

geeknote create --title <title>
               [--content <content>]
               [--tag <tag>]
               [--created <date and time>]
               [--resource <attachment filename>]
               [--notebook <notebook where to save>]
               [--reminder <date and time>]
               [--url <url>]

Options

Description

This command allows us to create a new note in Evernote. Geeknote has designed for using in console, so we have some restrictions like inability to use double quotes in --content option. But there is a method to avoid it - use stdin stream or file synchronization, we show it later in documentation.

Examples

Creating a new note with a PDF attachment:

geeknote create --title "Shopping list"
                --content "Don't forget to buy milk, turkey and chips."
                --resource shoppinglist.pdf
                --notebook "Family"
                --tag "shop" --tag "holiday" --tag "important"

Creating a new note and editing content in editor (notice the lack of content argument):

geeknote create --title "Meeting with customer"
                --notebook "Meetings"
                --tag "projectA" --tag "important" --tag "report"
                --created "2015-10-23 14:30"

Notes: Searching for notes in Evernote

You can easily search notes in Evernote with Geeknote and output results in the console.

Synopsis

geeknote find --search <text to find>
             [--tag <tag>]
             [--notebook <notebook>]
             [--date <date or date range>]
             [--count <how many results to show>]
             [--exact-entry]
             [--content-search]
             [--url-only]
             [--reminders-only]
             [--deleted-only]
             [--ignore-completed]
             [--with-tags]
             [--with-notebook]
             [--guid]

Description

Use find to search through your Evernote notebooks, with options to search and print more detail. Geeknote remembers the result of the last search. So, you can use the ID number of the note's position for future actions. For example:

$ geeknote find --search "Shopping"

Total found: 2
  1 : 2006-06-02 2009-01-19 Grocery Shopping List
  2 : 2015-02-22 2015-02-24 Gift Shopping List

$ geeknote show 2
################### URL ###################
NoteLink: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/nl/2079/7aecf253-c0d9-407e-b4e2-54cd5510ead6
WebClientURL: https://www.evernote.com/Home.action?#n=7aecf253-c0d9-407e-b4e2-54cd5510ead6
################## TITLE ##################
Gift Shopping List
=================== META ==================
Notebook: EverNote
Created: 2015-02-22
Updated: 2012-02-24
|||||||||||||||| REMINDERS ||||||||||||||||
Order: None
Time: None
Done: None
----------------- CONTENT -----------------
Tags: shopping
Socks
Silly Putty
Furby

That will show you the note "Gift Shopping List".

Options

Examples

geeknote find --search "How to patch KDE2" --notebook "jokes" --date 2015-10-14/2015-10-28
geeknote find --search "apt-get install apache nginx" --content-search --notebook "manual"

Notes: Editing notes

With Geeknote you can edit your notes in Evernote using any editor you like (nano, vi, vim, emacs, etc.)

Synopsis

geeknote edit --note <title or GUID of note to edit>
             [--title <the new title>]
             [--content <new content or "WRITE">]
             [--resource <attachment filename>]
             [--tag <tag>]
             [--created <date and time>]
             [--notebook <new notebook>]
             [--reminder <date and time>]
             [--url <url>]

Options

Examples

Renaming the note:

geeknote edit --note "Naughty List" --title "Nice List"

Renaming the note and editing content in editor:

geeknote edit --note "Naughty List" --title "Nice List" --content "WRITE"

Notes: Showing note content

You can output any note in console using command show either independently or as a subsequent command to find. When you use show on a search made previously in which there was more than one result, Geeknote will ask you to make a choise.

Synopsis

geeknote show <text or GUID to search and show>

Examples

$ geeknote show "Shop*"

Total found: 2
  1 : Grocery Shopping List
  2 : Gift Shopping List
  0 : -Cancel-
: _

As we mentioned before, show can use the results of previous search, so if you have already done the search, just call show with number of previous search results.

$ geeknote find --search "Shop*"

Total found: 2
  1 : Grocery Shopping List
  2 : Gift Shopping List

$ geeknote show 2

Notes: Removing notes

You can remove notes with Geeknotes from Evernote.

Synopsis

geeknote remove --note <note name or GUID>
               [--force]

Options

Examples

geeknote remove --note "Shopping list"

Notes: De-duplicating notes

Geeknote can find and remove duplicate notes.

Synopsis

geeknote dedup [--notebook <notebook>]

Options

Description

Geeknote can locate notes that have the same title and content, and move duplicate notes to the trash. For large accounts, this process can take some time and might trigger the API rate limit. For that reason, it's possible to scope the de-duplication to a notebook at a time.

Examples

geeknote dedup --notebook Contacts

Working with Notebooks

Notebooks: show the list of notebooks

Geeknote can display the list of all notebooks you have in Evernote.

Synopsis

geeknote notebook-list [--guid]

Options

Notebooks: creating a notebook

With Geeknote you can create notebooks in Evernote right in console!

Synopsis

geeknote notebook-create --title <notebook title>

Options

Examples

geeknote notebook-create --title "Sport diets"

Notebooks: renaming a notebook

With Geeknote it's possible to rename existing notebooks in Evernote.

Synopsis

geeknote notebook-edit --notebook <old name>
                       --title <new name>

Options

Examples

geeknote notebook-edit --notebook "Sport diets" --title "Hangover"

Notebooks: removing a notebook

With Geeknote it's possible to remove existing notebooks in Evernote.

Synopsis

geeknote notebook-remove --notebook <notebook>
                         [--force]

Options

Examples

geeknote notebook-remove --notebook "Sport diets" --force

Working with Tags

Tags: showing the list of tags

You can get the list of all tags you have in Evernote.

Synopsis

geeknote tag-list [--guid]

Options

Tags: creating a new tag

Usually tags are created with publishing new note. But if you need, you can create a new tag with Geeknote.

Synopsis

geeknote tag-create --title <tag name to create>

Options

Examples

geeknote tag-create --title "Hobby"

Tags: renaming a tag

You can rename the tag:

Synopsis

geeknote tag-edit --tagname <old name>
                  --title <new name>

Options

Examples

geeknote tag-edit --tagname "Hobby" --title "Girls"

gnsync - synchronization app

Gnsync is an additional application installed with Geeknote. Gnsync allows synchronization of files in local directories with Evernote. It works with text data and html with picture attachment support.

Synopsis

gnsync --path <path to directory which to sync>
      [--mask <unix shell-style wildcards to select the files, like *.* or *.txt or *.log>]
      [--format <in what format to save the note - plain, markdown, or html>]
      [--notebook <notebook, which will be used>]
      [--all]
      [--logpath <path to logfile>]
      [--two-way]
      [--download]

Options

Description

The application gnsync is very useful in system administration, because you can syncronize you local logs, statuses and any other production information with Evernote.

Examples

gnsync --path /home/project/xmpp/logs/
       --mask "*.logs"
       --logpath /home/user/logs/xmpp2evernote.log
       --notebook "XMPP logs"

Original Contributors

• Vitaliy Rodnenko
• Simon Moiseenko
• Ivan Gureev
• Roman Gladkov
• Greg V
• Ilya Shmygol