Taskbutler enriches your Todoist tasks by adding progress bars, Office365 Files and Dropbox Paper papers directly to your tasks.
add progress bars to task-lists in Todoist (unicode, cross-plattform)
- Create a new task list and add the label "progressbar". Now you always know the progress without scrolling to your entire list.
add and link a Word/Office365 template to tasks (with help of your Dropbox)
- Upload your favorite Word template by adding a label to your Todoist task. Taskbutler uploads the template to your Dropbox and the task get liked to Microsoft Office365. Now, by clicking the task in Todoist, Microsoft Word online opens in your browser and you can start writing.
add and link Dropbox Paper papers to tasks
- Tired of the missing task-note feature in Todoist? Add the label "paper" to a task. Now, with a click on the title, you'll get a new Dropbox Paper with all its features just for this task.
Taskbutler is not associated or connected with Todoist, Dropbox, Github or Microsoft.
- You'll need a Todoist premium account
- The Dropbox Paper and Github features require a free account at Dropbox. The Microsoft Office365 feature requires a paid Office365 subscription(or a free Microsoft Office 365 Education subscription).
- Taskbutler is tested on Ubuntu
- For optimal use, Taskbutler should run periodical on a server/computer to continuously update your tasks
Even though I never experienced any data loss, it's nice to know that Todoist provides a daily backup of your data.
- Ubuntu 16 and up
- tested with Python 3.5 and up
To install the latest taskbutler in your home directory, run this commands in your terminal:
cd ~
mkdir taskbutler && cd taskbutler
sudo apt-get install python3
python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade pip
python3 -m venv venv
pip install --upgrade pip
~/taskbutler/source venv/bin/activate
pip install taskbutlerThe configuration is stored in your home directory: /home/$YourUsername/.taskbutler/config/config.ini
Each feature can be disabled by leaving the corresponding labelname in the config.ini emtpy. Each feature is configured in the config.ini. Open, edit and save the file to configure Taskbutler.
If you used Taskbutler before and want to change a setting: Remember to stop Taskbutler before changing any setting and always update your existing Todoist tasks manually according to your changes before starting Taskbutler again.
Taskbutler is not aware of your changes and will mix and mess up your tasks. Changes can easily be tested by using a different labelname.
Edit the config section in config.ini:
[todoist]
apikey =
label_progress = progressbar
progress_seperator=‣
progress_bar_0=⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
progress_bar_20=⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜
progress_bar_40=⬛⬛⬜⬜⬜
progress_bar_60=⬛⬛⬛⬜⬜
progress_bar_80=⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜
progress_bar_100=⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛The bar is implemented by adding unicode charaters to the existing text. e.g. ⬛⬛⬜⬜⬜ 33 %
[todoist]
progress_bar_0=⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
progress_bar_20=⬛⬜⬜⬜⬜
progress_bar_40=⬛⬛⬜⬜⬜
progress_bar_60=⬛⬛⬛⬜⬜
progress_bar_80=⬛⬛⬛⬛⬜
progress_bar_100=⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛To change the bar to bullets, just overwrite the characters with other characters ''⚫⚫⚫⚪⚪''.
To separate the task-text from the progressbar, a rare unicode character is used. Just replace the seperator in the ''config.ini'' file.
[todoist]
progress_seperator=‣Remember to rename the separator manually in Todoist before running Taskbutler again!
The bar added to every task with the label ''progressbar''. The label-name can be changed in the ''config.ini'' file:
label_progress=progressbarRemember to rename the label in Todoist when renaming labels!
To use any Dropbox feature you need to create a Dropbox API token. You need to create an Dropbox app for that. Don't worry, you only need to setup it once and it is only accessible for you.
Get a API key for your Dropbox(by creating a Dropbox app):
- Go to https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create
- Select Dropbox API
- Select Full Dropbox- Access to all files and folders in a user's Dropbox.
- Give it a name (doesn't matter)
- Click Create app
- On the app settings page click Generated access token and copy the token
You need:
- an Dropbox account
- an Microsoft Office365/office.com account
- an .docx template you want to add by the label
- create a new folder in your Dropbox. All files will be saved here
- connect Microsoft Office Online to 'your Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/account/connected_apps
Edit the config section in config.ini:
[dropbox]
apikey =
[dropboxoffice]
labelname = letter
templatefile = ./templates/
folder=todoist
dropbox_prepart_files = https://www.dropbox.com/ow/msft/edit/home/- apikey: add the Dropbox API key you created above
- labelame: add the Todoist label you want to use for this feature
- templatefile: add the path to your .docx file you want to add to your tasks (Linux style, full or relative from /tasbutler)
- folder: add the Dropbox folder you created above
- dropbox_prepart_files: don't change. Needed to create the Office365 direct link
- create a new folder in your Dropbox Paper. All papers will be saved here
- Create an empty paper in this folder(Taskbutler only recognises folders once a paper is placed in it)
- Edit your config.ini:
Edit the config section in config.ini:
[dropbox]
apikey =
[dropboxpaper]
todoistfolderid =
url = https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/
labelname = paper
foldername = todoist
sharing = false- apikey: add the Dropbox API key you created above
- todoistfolderid: don't change. Will get set automatically by Taskbutler. ID of the Dropbox Paper folder you created above
- url: don't change. Needed to create the Dropbox Paper direct link
- labelame: add the Todoist label you want to use for this feature
- foldername: add the Dropbox Paper folder you created above
- sharing: don't change. Sets the created papers to "private only" (so only you, once logged into Dropbox, will be able to access it)
source ~/taskbutler/venv/bin/activate
taskbutlerTo continuously update your tasks run Taskbutler periodical on a server or your computer
TODO: This section is not complete yet.
run programm every 20Min via crontab (see crontab.guru for setting time):
#! /bin/bash
# add the full path to your venv at PATH_VENV_TASKBUTLER
# ~/taskbutler/
cd PATH_VENV_TASKBUTLER
#activate taskbutler venv
source bin/activate
# run taskbutler
taskbutler- save the script above on your computer
- adjust the PATH_VENV_TASKBUTLER
- remember the full path to the saved scriped
- type:
crontab -e - add a line:
*/20 * * * * ADD_THE_REMEMBERED_PATH_HERE
Taskbutler doesn't need to run on a server. It is also possible to run Taskbutler on your running computer. Just start Taskbutler manually or add it to your scheduled tasks.
Taskbutler checks for updates by checking the 'releases page'_ and leaves a message in the console.
To update:
- See releasenotes at releases page and check for compatibility.
- Backup your current configuration/setup-folder
- Download release from 'releases page'_ and overwrite files or "git pull origin" when you cloned this repository
- Check and set all configurations. Use a different label name for testing (set ''label_progress'' and create a task with the test label)
If a logfile is specified, Taskbutler logs into this file. If not, Taskbutler logs to the console only.
To activate dev-mode add to ini file:
[config]
devmode = trueDevmode doesn't submit changes to Todoist, Dropbox or Github. Set the logging level to DEBUG to get all messages.
[log]
loglevel=DEBUG
logfile = ./todoist.log- Doist/todoist-python - The official Todoist Python API library
- dropbox/dropbox-sdk-python - The official Python SDK for Dropbox API v2
- PyGithub python sdk - Unofficial Python SDK for Github API
- Cookiecutter template for a Python package
Contributing
Please open a issue in the 'Github issue tracker https://github.com/6uhrmittag/taskbutler/issues.
Marvin Heimbrodt - github.com/6uhrmittag