Yesterday I posted some details around using Shortcuts to send a new note to Obsidian. Today, I’m going to look at a different and also popular capture option for Obsidian; using one of my favourite applications, Drafts.
Example actions and other extensions for Drafts, the quick-capture notes app.
let inputNumber = editor.getSelectedText();
// Remove non-numeric characters
const strippedInput = inputNumber.replace(/[^\d]/g, '');
// Check if the input is empty
if (strippedInput === '') {
console.log('Input must contain numerical characters');
context.cancel();
}
else {
// Remove leading '1' if present
let formattedNumber = strippedInput;
if (formattedNumber.startsWith('1')) {
formattedNumber = formattedNumber.slice(1);
}
// Format the number
const regex = /^(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d+)$/;
formattedNumber = formattedNumber.replace(regex, '$1.$2.$3');
editor.setSelectedText(formattedNumber);
}
Last summer I created a Drafts action for a user to allow them to mark some text in IA writer’s Markdown syntax for a highlight. Now my solution was not the first solution offered, but it was a little different to the others, and I have been meaning to write it up for quite some time now to go into a bit more detail about how it works and the benefits it provides over other, existing solutions.