goodreads-to-obsidian.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Enter urls to your goodreads rss feed below.
# You can find it by navigating to one of your goodreads shelves and
# clicking the "RSS" button at the bottom of the page.

# url for "Currently reading":
url="https://www.goodreads.com/url-to-your-rss-feed-shelf=currently-reading"
# url for "Read":
readurl="https://www.goodreads.com/url-to-your-rss-feed-shelf=read"

# Enter the path to your Vault
vaultpath="Path/to/your/vault"


# Assign times to variables
year=$(date +%Y)
nummonth=$(date +%m)
month=$(date +%B)

# This grabs the data from the currently reading rss feed and formats it
IFS=$'\n' feed=$(curl --silent "$url" | grep -E '(title>|book_large_image_url>|author_name>|book_published>|book_id>)' | \
sed -e 's/<!\[CDATA\[//' -e 's/\]\]>//' \
-e 's/Joschua.s bookshelf: currently-reading//' \
-e 's/<book_large_image_url>//' -e 's/<\/book_large_image_url>/ | /' \
-e 's/<title>//' -e 's/<\/title>/ | /' \
-e 's/<author_name>//' -e 's/<\/author_name>/ | /' \
-e 's/<book_published>//' -e 's/<\/book_published>/ | /' \
-e 's/<book_id>//' -e 's/<\/book_id>/ | /' \
-e 's/^[ \t]*//' -e 's/[ \t]*$//' | \
tail +3 | \
fmt
)


# Grab the bookid from READ data from the url and format it
IFS=$'\n' readfeed=$(curl --silent "$readurl" | grep -E '(book_id>)' | \
sed -e 's/<book_id>//' -e 's/<\/book_id>/ | /' \
-e 's/^[ \t]*//' -e 's/[ \t]*$//' | \
fmt
)

# Turn the data into an array
arr=($(echo $feed | tr "|" "\n")) # CURRENTLY-READING
readarr=($(echo $readfeed | tr "|" "\n")) # READ

# Remove whitespace on each element: CURRENTLY-READING
for (( i = 0 ; i < ${#arr[@]} ; i++ ))
do
  arr[$i]=$(echo "${arr[$i]}" | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' -e 's/[ \t]*$//')
done

# Remove whitespace on each element: READ
for (( i = 0 ; i < ${#readarr[@]} ; i++ ))
do
  readarr[$i]=$(echo "${readarr[$i]}" | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' -e 's/[ \t]*$//')
done


# Get the amount of books by dividing array by 5
bookamount=$( expr "${#arr[@]}" / 5)

for (( i = 0 ; i < ${bookamount} ; i++ ))
do
  # Create a temporary counter to loop through books
  counter=$( expr "$i" \* 5)

  # Set variables
  bookid=${arr[$( expr "$counter" + 1)]}

# Check if book already exists in note by bookid
    
    if grep -q "${bookid}" -r "${vaultpath}"
      then
        # code if found
          unset arr["$counter"]
          unset arr[$( expr "$counter" + 1)]
          unset arr[$( expr "$counter" + 2)]
          unset arr[$( expr "$counter" + 3)]
          unset arr[$( expr "$counter" + 4)]

       # code if not found

     fi
done

# Reindex array to take away gaps
for i in "${!arr[@]}"; do
    new_array+=( "${arr[i]}" )
done
arr=("${new_array[@]}")
unset new_array

# Get the amount of books by dividing array by 5
bookamount=$( expr "${#arr[@]}" / 5)

if (( "$bookamount" == 0 )); then
  osascript -e "display notification \"No new books found.\" with title \"Currently-reading: No update\""
fi

# Start the loop for each book
for (( i = 0 ; i < ${bookamount} ; i++ ))
do

  counter=$( expr "$i" \* 5)

  # Set variables
  title=${arr["$counter"]}
  bookid=${arr[$( expr "$counter" + 1)]}
  imglink=${arr[$( expr "$counter" + 2)]}
  author=${arr[$( expr "$counter" + 3)]}
  pub=${arr[$( expr "$counter" + 4)]}


# Delete illegal (':' and '/') and unwanted ('#') characters
cleantitle=$(echo "${title}" | sed -e 's/\///' -e 's/:/ –/' -e 's/#//')

  # Write the contents for the book file

  if [[ "$cleantitle" == "" ]];
  then
    osascript -e "display notification \"Failed to create note due to empty array.\" with title \"Error!\""
  else
    echo "---
bookid: ${bookid}
---

links: [[Books MOC]]
#currently-reading
# ${title}
![b|150](${imglink})
* Type: #book/
* Universe/Series: ADD SERIES
* Author: [[${author}]]
* Year published: [[${pub}]]" >> "${vaultpath}/${cleantitle}.md"

    # Display a notification when creating the file
    osascript -e "display notification \"Booknote created!\" with title \"${cleantitle//\"/\\\"}\""
  fi

done

ifbookid=$(find "${vaultpath}" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -li "${cbookid}")
ifcurrread=$(find "${vaultpath}" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -li "#currently-reading")

if find "${vaultpath}" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -li "${cbookid}"
then
  # Code if found: update read books
  fname=$(find "${vaultpath}" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -li "${cbookid}")
  sed -i '' "/Year published: \[\[[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\]\]/ a\\
  \* Year read: #read${year}" "$fname"
  sed -i '' "/Year read: #read${year}/ a\\
  \* Month read: [[${year}-${nummonth}-${month}|${month} ${year}]]" "$fname"
  sed -i '' -e 's/#currently-reading/#read/' "$fname"

  # Grab the name of the changed book
  fname=$(echo ${fname} | sed 's/^.*\///' | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
  osascript -e "display notification \"${fname}\" with title \"Updated read books\""
else
 # code if not found: No new books
 osascript -e "display notification \"No new read books.\" with title \"Read: No update\""
fi

for (( i = 0 ; i < ${#readarr[@]} ; i++ ))
do
  #circle through bookid array
  cbookid=${readarr["$i"]}

  # If in the path to the vault, there is a file with the current id, then …
  if find "${vaultpath}" -not -path "*/\.*" -type f \( -iname "*.md" \) -print0 | xargs -0 grep -li "${cbookid}"
  then
  # … set variable fname to that file
  fname=$(find "${vaultpath}" -not -path "*/\.*" -type f \( -iname "*.md" \) -print0 | xargs -0 grep -li "${cbookid}")
    # Check if it has tag "#currently-reading"
      if grep "#currently-reading" "${fname}"
      then
        # If yes, change the formatting, delete the "#currently-reading" tag
        sed -i '' "/Year published: \[\[[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\]\]/ a\\
        \* Year read: #read${year}" "$fname"
        sed -i '' "/Year read: #read${year}/ a\\
        \* Month read: [[${year}-${nummonth}-${month}|${month} ${year}]]" "$fname"
        sed -i '' -e 's/#currently-reading/#outline \/ #welcome/' "$fname"

        # Grab the name of the changed book
        declare -i updatedbooks; updatedbooks+=1
        fname=$(echo ${fname} | sed 's/^.*\///' | sed 's/\.[^.]*$//')
        # Show notification
        osascript -e "display notification \"${fname}\" with title \"Updated read books\""
      fi
  fi
done

# code if not found: No new books
if [[ ${updatedbooks} = "" ]]
then
osascript -e "display notification \"No new read books.\" with title \"Read: No update\""
fi