Plugin: Send to Readwise

Published by Derek Thurber May 23, 2024

Last changed 4 months ago

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name	Send to Readwise
icon	outbox
setting	API Key
description	Send a text selection to Readwise as a highlight to review using spaced repetition.
instructions	This plugin sends a section of text from a note in Amplenote TO Readwise under a new book called "My Amplenote". This allows you to then use Readwise's spaced repetition algorithm to review your highlight. If you are looking for a way to pull your highlights (from books/articles) FROM Readwise into Amplenote, then you will want to use this plugin. --- To use this plugin, you must have a Readwise account. Start by adding your Readwise API key (retrieved here) to the plugin settings. To send a text selection to Readwise, highlight the text you want to send and choose the option for "Send to Readwise" under the extract selection menu. open_in_new Note: Readwise will de-dupe highlights, So if you send two highlights with the same text, then it will do nothing.

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{
  async replaceText(app, text) {
    // Replace with your Readwise access token
    const readwiseToken = app.settings["API Key"];
 
    // Highlight data
    const highlightData = {
      highlights: [
        {
          text: text,
          title: "My Amplenote"
        }
      ]
    };
 
    // Function to send highlight to Readwise
    async function sendHighlightToReadwise(data) {
      const url = 'https://readwise.io/api/v2/highlights/';
 
      try {
        const response = await fetch(url, {
          method: 'POST',
          headers: {
            'Authorization': `Token ${readwiseToken}`,
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
          },
          body: JSON.stringify(data)
        });
 
        if (!response.ok) {
          throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
 
        const result = await response.json();
        console.log('Highlight sent successfully:', result);
        // Get the current date and time
        const now = new Date();
        const formattedDate = now.toLocaleDateString();
        const formattedTime = now.toLocaleTimeString();
        app.alert("Success! Selection sent to Readwise.");
        return `${text}`;
      } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error sending highlight:', error);
        app.alert('Error sending highlight:', error);
        throw error; // Re-throw the error to be caught in replaceText
      }
    }
 
    // Call the function to send the highlight and await its result
    try {
      const result = await sendHighlightToReadwise(highlightData);
      return result;
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Error in replaceText:', error);
      app.alert("Failed to sync with Readwise");
    }
  }
}

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