Hi All,
Im currently working on a plugin, it will import dendron notes and is based on import-quiver. dendron uses file names folder.folder.folder.notename.md each dot represents a new folder. I have written the below which splits the filename, then loops through each element, if a notebook is found, the id is saved in inkNotebook then when the next element is checked, if a notebook is not found it should create a new one with parentBookId: inkNotebook.
For some reason, when I do this if multiple notebooks are created in a row, they are all created under the same parent even though the inkNotebook variable appears to be updated. Its like the database isnt updating fast enough or something.
I also noticed that when looking at the console.log they don’t appear in the order I would expect them to.
there may be a more elegant way to do this, however i’m new to react so still learning.
async function findOrCreateNotebook(noteName) {
// split the noteName into folders
const splitName = noteName.split(".");
// remove last 2 elements as this is the file name
const notebookNames = splitName.slice(0, splitName.length - 2);
// names should only contain folders log to check
console.log(notebookNames);
// used to save parent notebook ID
let inkNotebook;
// loop through each folder
notebookNames.forEach(async (name, index) => {
console.log(`processing folder ${name} id: ${index}`);
// get local DB store
const db = inkdrop.main.dataStore.getLocalDB();
console.log(`all books`, await db.books.all());
// find if notebook already exists
return await db.books.findWithName(name).then(async foundNotebook => {
console.log(`found notebook`, foundNotebook);
// notebook found, return ID
if (foundNotebook) {
inkNotebook = foundNotebook._id;
return foundNotebook._id;
}
// Or, create new note.
const createdAt = new Date().getTime();
const updatedAt = new Date().getTime();
let book
// if its the first element, no need for a parent id
if (index === 0) {
book = new Book({
name: name,
createdAt: createdAt,
updatedAt: updatedAt
});
} else {
console.log(`index: ${index}, parent: ${inkNotebook}`);
book = new Book({
name: name,
createdAt: createdAt,
updatedAt: updatedAt,
parentBookId: inkNotebook
});
}
// put the book into the DB and return its ID
return await db.books.put(book).then(response => {
console.log(`Created notebook`, response);
inkNotebook = response.id
return response.id;
});
});
});
}
I have tried multiple ways to do this, but this one is the closest I have managed.
