jrnl-parse

Parses jrnl files in Node.js or the browser.

npm install jrnl-parse

import parse from "jrnl-parse";

const jrnl = `2023-08-21 09:01 What is jrnl?

jrnl is a simple journal application for your command line.
Journals are stored as human readable plain text files.

2023-08-22 14:42 Some jrnl features*

* Tagging and filtering
* DayOne Integration
* Optional encryption

@jrnl and @gettingstarted
`;

const result = parse(jrnl);

console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
// [
//   {
//     "starred": false,
//     "date": "2023-08-21T13:01:00.000Z",
//     "title": "What is jrnl?",
//     "body": "\njrnl is a simple journal application for your command line.\nJournals are stored as human readable plain text files.\n\n"
//     "tags": [],
//   },
//   {
//     "starred": true,
//     "date": "2023-08-22T18:42:00.000Z",
//     "title": "Some jrnl features",
//     "body": "\n* Tagging and filtering\n* DayOne Integration\n* Optional encryption\n"
//     "tags": ["jrnl", "gettingstarted"],
//   }
// ]

API

parse(input, [config])

• input: Input string to parse
• config:
  • timeformat: Format for timestamps. Default: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"
  • tagsymbols: Symbols to use for tags. Default: "@"

Developing

• npm install
• To run tests: npm test
• To run tests in watch mode: npm test -- --watch

Related

• jrnl-render - Render a jrnl file as a webpage.

License

MIT Licensed.