waybar-todoist

This script uses the official Todoist API to indicate the number of tasks of each priority level.

By default, it considers the tasks with filter today | overdue | no due date, but you can easily change that.

The same module is available for polybar here.

Installation

0. Download waybar-todoist.py from this repo.
1. Install the official Todoist Python Module. (e.g. with pip install todoist-api-python)
2. Configure the API Token retrieval.
3. Copy-paste the following example configuration into your waybar config:

   "custom/todoist": {
     "exec": "python -u ~/Coding/waybar-todoist/waybar-todoist.py",
     "exec-on-even": false,
     "return-type": "json",
     "interval": 20,
     "on-click": "gtk-launch todoist",
     "tooltip": false
   }
   

Note that the Todoist API has request limits, so you shouldn't set the interval too low.

API Token retrieval

To get your Todoist tasks, the python module uses the Todoist API. This requires an API Token. You can get one in the Todoist Integrations Settings. (Todoist -> Settings -> Integrations)

Now the tricky part is how the waybar-todoist.py script gets access to your API token. For this, the script implements a api_token() function. You are required to implement this method, such that it returns your API token.

The simplest way would be to hard-code it into the script (i.e. return <YOUR_API_TOKEN>), but I don't recommend this. Rather, query it from your password manager / keyring, or read it from an external file.

By default, it asks GNOME Keyring for a password with the uuid todoist_api_token. So if you use GNOME Keyring anyway, you can just execute

secret-tool store --label='Todoist API Token' uuid todoist_api_token

and type in your API Token. Then it works out of the box.

Customization

The code is very short and simple. You can easily customize output style, task filter, and so on.