Plugin: Find and replace

Published by Lucian September 28, 2023

Last changed about 1 year ago

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Name	Find and replace
Icon	find_replace
Instructions	open_in_new open_in_new

{
  noteOption: {
    "🔎": async function findAndReplace(app, noteUUID) {
      try {
        let results = await app.prompt(
          "What would you like to replace?",
          {
            inputs: [
              {
                label: "Text to find",
                type: "text",
              },
              {
                label: "Text to replace",
                type: "text",
              },
            ],
          }
        );
        let textToFind = results[0];
        let textToReplace = results[1];
 
        let noteHandle = await app.findNote({uuid: noteUUID});
        // let noteContents = await noteHandle.content();
        let noteContents = await app.getNoteContent({ uuid: noteUUID });
        console.log(noteHandle.uuid);
        // await app.alert(noteContents);
        let replaceRegex = new RegExp(textToFind, 'g');
 
        let newNoteContents = noteContents.replace(replaceRegex, textToReplace);
        await app.replaceNoteContent(noteHandle, newNoteContents);
 
      } catch (err) {
        await app.alert(err);
      }
    }
  }
} 