Todoist workflow

[Guest warmcocoas]

Hey,

I have found 3 different Todoist workflows. But none of the

 

https://github.com/JamesMowery/todoistify

https://github.com/jinhuang/alfred-todoist-workflow

https://github.com/jinhuang/alfred-todoist-workflow

 

But they are all basic with limited functionality. There is no one that you can easily apply reminders, due dates, project, priorities, sub tasks, view todo's for different projects.

 

https://github.com/jinhuang/alfred-todoist-workflow is the most complete but is buggy.

 

There are 1.3 million Todoist users so i'm sure there is a cross over with people on the forums and that use Alfred.

 

If I knew how to code I would totally create one. So if anyone out there wants to create one, I'm sure many people would appreciate it.

 

Thanks!

[Guest warmcocoas]

Bump

[xilopaint]

+1 for this request.

[Carlos-Sz]

I’ve installed Todoist but it seems it does not have an AppleScript dictionary so there is no easy way to make a good workflow for it, unfortunately...

[bnmnetp]

@Carlos,

 

Luckily you don't need a applescript at all, because todoist has its own api (https://todoist.com/API/)%C2'> and modules that wrap the API for programming languages like Python that allow you to create workflows.

 

Brad

[Carlos-Sz]

@Carlos,

 

Luckily you don't need a applescript at all, because todoist has its own api ( and modules that wrap the API for programming languages like Python that allow you to create workflows.

 

Brad

Thank you. I'm sure there are users here that can make a Python workflow but I need AppleScript.

[Chancho]

Alright i took the third link you posted and fixed some major bugs, mainly with adding task with multiple words. https://github.com/SenorChancho/alfred-todoist-workflow

[Chancho]

Already found an issue, but still works way better than before. So it supports things like

"td a go to store" - no due

"td a go to store monday" - due on monday

"td a go to store tomorrow" - due tomorrow

 

does not support

"td a go to store may 15"

 

ill update the read me in the link and try to fix this problem when i have time.

[Chancho]

Fixed! Check it out and let me know what you think. Also where is a better spot for this workflow?

[bk161124]

unfortunately  this workflow is not working for me… I configured the wf with my Todoist API token but I always get the follwoing message: 

 

[jarhead]

Workflow works great except for `td t`... I would submit the workflow at Packal.

[rice.shawn]

unfortunately  this workflow is not working for me… I configured the wf with my Todoist API token but I always get the follwoing message: 

 

 

 

This is a problem with character encoding. It's receiving a unicode character but wants an ascii character, so you have to convert the charset. Pretty much each scripting langauge has a way to do this, so just look for the relevant docs on it.

[deanishe]

Adding "from __future__ import unicode_literals" at the top of the script should fix most of the encoding issues.

[aberlee]

I made a workflow that makes use of todoist's email task function : 

I've just copied mine, which has another function as well; because sometimes I just want to add an open tab in Safari URL to Todoist. You can simply delete that part if you don't like it. I've used two different Icons, so I know what's what, again you can change that if you want.

 

Make sure to alter the part where it says : "INSERT TODOIST EMAIL HERE" | in both scripts

 

It has two functions 

(1) open up alfred and type : td your query becomes your task. You can add a @tag but that's about it. It will use Mail, to send an email. 

(2) open up alfred and type : td link and then whatever is your active URL in Safari will be a link saved, add a query text, that will be the task name. It will be clickable like any other link in Todoist. 

 

You can download the workflow here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lohtlm56wcmtvsa/Email%20to%20Todoist%20with%20Alfred.alfredworkflow?dl=0 

 

Hope that helps!

[starjay]

Why not just use the built in hotkey quick-add feature? It already has everything you need.

[JAnderton]

The Keyboard Shortcuts only work inside the app. Alfred would provide the ability to do this globally.

 

Update: I take that back, it does have 2 global shortcuts. On Mac, Cmd+Shift+A to add a task and Cmd+Shift+T to open Todoist. Works quite well

Edited December 16, 2015 by JAnderton