Jevernote

Console client for evernote written in Java, with git-like usage.

What?

Jevernote is the bridge between evernote and your file system (but can be simply used with some other "services"). Evernote notebooks are represented by so-called "packages", each note is in jevernote called simply "item". On the other hand, package is represented by folder in file system as well as the item is just simply text file.

Jevernote implements sychronisation between theese two "storages". And, to be familliar with developpers, uses mechanism simillar to git. So, there are init and clone commands to initialize and push, pull, synchronize and status to transfer data between your "local storage" (file system) and "remote one" (evernote servers).

Build

To build, simply clone, build (using maven) and, set up an alias (not required, but preferred).

$ clone https://github.com/martlin2cz/Jevernote
$ cd jevernote
$ mvn clean package
$ alias jevernote="java -jar target/Jevernote-0.4-jar-with-dependencies.jar"

Sample usage

To run jevernote you need evernote authorisation token. It is some string containing key-valued informations and can be found (generated) (for production use) here. More reading about developper tokens is avaible here.

Once you have generated token, you can clone your notebooks (assuming having notebooks foo and bar and note Lorem Ipsum in foo):

$ mkdir jevernote-test
$ cd jevernote-test
$ jevernote --verbose clone "<AUTH TOKEN GOES HERE>"
INFO  Has to be done (at local):
	create foo
	create bar
	create foo/Lorem Ipsum
 
INFO  Created package foo 
INFO  Created package bar 
INFO  Created item Lorem Ipsum 

When you create new item (note), you can push it to the evernote:

$ echo "Hello, world!" > foo/Hello
$ jevernote --verbose status
WARN  No record for item foo/Hello in index file 
INFO  Changes between local and remote:
	create foo/Hello
$ jevernote --verbose push
WARN  No record for item foo/Hello in index file 
INFO  Has to be done (at remote):
	create foo/Hello

INFO  Created item Hello 

And the note Hello with text "Hello world!" should occur in notebook "foo" online. When you modify note "Hello" online, use pull do download it back:

$ jevernote pull
$ cat foo/Hello
Lorem ipsum!

Other features

• --verbose and --debug run
• --dry-run and --interactive
• --weak and --force operations
• alike the git, .jevernoteignore file
• --save (with backup before override)

To see other possibilities of jevernote, run with --help flag.

For developpers

By implementing your custom BaseStorage (take a look into some existing base implementations for help) class you can create your own storage (i.e. to Dropbox, to SQL DB, to single XML file, ...). Just particullary modify the ConsoleDataProcessor#createLocal or ConsoleDataProcessor#createRemote methods to use it.

Anything?

Well, exactly. There is still lot of work to be done. For example

• more precise logging, dry run and save
• add more commands (alike local one's)
• SOLVE epicfail with items pulled from remote (no ID assigned to them, looks like mysteriously created whole new items)
• make it more familliar (error messages)
• production release (add OAuth)
• conflict resolver?
• avoid using index in FileSystem...
• TEST IT!!!