kindle-clipping is a minimalist JavaScript library to parse kindle clippings.txt to json, manage your note and highlight.

• 2kb mini library
• 简体中文 / English language support
• find clipping.txt automatically
• note & highlight merge
• clipping string parse

Getting Started

Installation

npm install kindle-clipping --save

Import

import kindleClipping from 'kindle-clipping'

const kindleClipping = require('kindle-clipping')

API

init

// get kindle clippings.txt by default path
kindleClipping()

// get kindle clippings.txt by custom path, customPath must be an absolute path.
kindleClipping(customPath)// eg. kindleClipping(Path.resolve([path]))

getJson()

get an array of unprocessed notes and highlight objects

// eg.
kindleClipping().getJson()
// [
//   {
//     bookName: 'a book',
//     content: 'excellence—whose greatness',       
//     type: 'Note',
//     page: '37',
//     location: '565',
//     date: 'Friday, February 19, 2021 6:06:48 PM',
//   }
// ]

getMergedJson()

getMergedJson returns an array of combined notes and annotation objects

// eg.
kindleClipping().getMergedJson()
// [
//   {
//     bookName: 'Mindset (Carol Dweck)',
//     content: 'excellence—whose greatness',       
//     type: 'Note',
//     page: '37',
//     location: '565',
//     date: 'Friday, February 19, 2021 6:06:48 PM',
//     note: 'is a note',
//     content: 'highlight content'
//   }
// ]

clippingParser(clippingString)

parses clipping string to a nested array of note and highlight

// eg.
let clippingString =  `Mindset (Carol Dweck)
      - Your Highlight on page 37 | Location 565-565 | Added on Friday, February 19, 2021 6:06:48 PM
      
      As a contrast, let’s look
      ==========
      Mindset (Carol Dweck)
      - Your Note on page 37 | Location 565-565 | Added on Friday, February 19, 2021 6:06:48 PM
      
      excellence—whose greatness
      ==========`

kindleClipping.clippingParser(clippingString)
// [
//   {
//     bookName: 'Mindset (Carol Dweck)',
//     content: 'As a contrast, let’s look',
//     type: 'Highlight',
//     page: '37',
//     location: '565',
//     date: 'Friday, February 19, 2021 6:06:48 PM'
//   },
//   {
//     bookName: 'Mindset (Carol Dweck)',
//     content: 'excellence—whose greatness',
//     type: 'Note',
//     page: '37',
//     location: '565',
//     date: 'Friday, February 19, 2021 6:06:48 PM'
//   }
// ]

License

kindle-clipping is licensed under a MIT License.