Obsidian to Org

This small script allows you to convert an entire Obsidian (or any other markdown-centered) directory to an org-roam centered directory.

Before using

To use this script, your notes need to have a specific format. This format can be enforced with the Obsidian plugin linter. These are the options needed to get the desired format:

• General
  • Default escape character: =”=
  • Number of dollar signs to indicate math block: 2
• YAML
  • Remove Hashtags from tags in the YAML frontmatter, as they make the tags there invalid: true
  • Format yaml aliases section: true
  • Default yaml array section style: multi-line
  • Inserts the given YAML attributes into the YAML frontmatter. Put each attribute on a single line: true
  • Text to insert:

aliases:
tags:

• YAML
  • Move all tags to Yaml frontmatter of the document: true
  • Keep track of the date the file was last edited in the YAML front matter. Gets dates from file metadata: true
  • Date Created: true
  • Date Created Key: created
  • Date Modified: true
  • Date Modified Key: modified
  • Format: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Inserts the title of the file into the YAML frontmatter. Gets the title form the first H1 or filename if there is no H1: true
  • Title Key: title
• Spacing
  • Removes leading and trailing blank lines in the YAML front matter: true

When these options have been changed, run Linter: Lint all files in the vault, and you can run this script afterwards.

Usage

python main.py [-h] [--math] input_folder output_folder

The files in the input folder will be converted and put in the output folder. I would advise against making the input folder your Obsidian vault, instead of making a copy which you just delete after the program has run. The converted files will all be put in the output folder. The --math flag adds #+PROPERTY: latexpreview to all the converted files, such that they automatically preview Latex equations.

Todo

• Implement tags properly
  • Currently the tags don’t convert to anything.