QOwnNotesQOwnNotes
Getting started
Installation
  • Ask question
  • Ask for feature
  • Report bug
  • Telegram Channel
  • Matrix/Element.io Room
  • Gitter Chat
  • IRC Channel
  • Mastodon
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Donate
  • English
  • Deutsch
  • Italiano
  • Français
  • Español
  • فارسی
  • Nederlands
  • Magyar
  • العربية
  • Polski
  • 한국어
GitHub
Getting started
Installation
  • Ask question
  • Ask for feature
  • Report bug
  • Telegram Channel
  • Matrix/Element.io Room
  • Gitter Chat
  • IRC Channel
  • Mastodon
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Donate
  • English
  • Deutsch
  • Italiano
  • Français
  • Español
  • فارسی
  • Nederlands
  • Magyar
  • العربية
  • Polski
  • 한국어
GitHub
  • Getting started

    • Overview
    • Concept
    • QOwnNotes Demo
    • Markdown
    • Importing notes
    • Command line interface parameters
    • QOwnNotes Web Companion browser extension
    • Command-line Snippet Manager
    • QOwnNotes Web App
    • QOwnNotesAPI Nextcloud App
    • Note relations panel
    • Searching for notes
    • Shortcuts
    • Git versioning
  • Installation

    • Installation
    • Install on Ubuntu Linux, elementary OS and Linux Mint
    • Install on Microsoft Windows™
    • Install on macOS™
    • Install on Debian Linux
    • Install on openSUSE Linux
    • Install on Fedora Linux
    • Install as Snap
    • Install as Flatpak
    • Install as AppImage
    • Install via Nix
    • Install on Arch Linux
    • Install on Solus
    • Install on KaOS Linux
    • Install on CentOS Linux
    • Install on Raspberry Pi OS
    • Install on Gentoo Linux
    • Install on Funtoo Linux
    • Install on Void Linux
    • Install on Slackware Linux
    • Install on FreeBSD
    • Building QOwnNotes
  • Editor

    • Spellchecking
    • AI support
    • Time formats
  • Scripting

    • QOwnNotes Scripting
    • Methods and objects QOwnNotes provides
    • Hooks
    • Exposed classes
  • Contributing

    • Getting involved
    • Code of Conduct
    • Maintainers
    • Translation
    • Donate
    • Sponsors
  • FAQ

    • How can I just show the preview panel without the note edit panel?
    • Where can I find what other people said about QOwnNotes?
    • Why metrics?
  • Blog

    • Overview
    • Universal binary for macOS
    • Note relations panel
    • AI support was added to QOwnNotes
    • Source Archive switched from TuxFamily to GitHub Releases
    • Nextcloud Deck integration in QOwnNotes
    • QOwnNotes UI End2End Tests with the help of NixOS
    • Please test Qt6 version of QOwnNotes from a new PPA for Ubuntu Linux
    • Evernote import for huge files
    • Happy 1000th release of QOwnNotes
    • Polish website translation
    • Working with multiple notes
    • QOwnNotes command-line snippet manager
    • Nextcloud note versions
    • Manage orphaned image files and attachments
    • Linking of note headings
    • Tor Hidden Service Webpage
    • Use workspaces to manage different layouts of the user interface
    • Auto-complete text in note editor
    • Open links in the note editor
    • Solve simple equations in the note editor
    • Auto-format Markdown tables
    • QOwnNotes Mastodon page
    • Repository for Debian 11
    • Joplin import
    • Send photos from your mobile phone to QOwnNotes on the desktop
    • Four new languages added to the website
    • QOwnNotes Demo
    • Markdown explanation
    • Webpage translation
    • QOwnNotes for Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo
    • QOwnNotes for Fedora 33
    • Release and blog posting automation
    • Legacy update service up again
    • RSS Feeds are back in place
    • Time Flies Podcast episode with interview about QOwnNotes
    • Bookmark management with QOwnNotes and Web Companion browser extension
    • Firefox extension on Firefox Add-ons page
    • Chrome extension in Chrome Web Store
    • QOwnNotes Web Companion Chrome extension
    • 500th release of QOwnNotes
    • QOwnNotes Telegram Group
    • Vim mode
    • QOwnNotes for openSUSE Leap 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3
    • QOwnNotes featured on LINUX Unplugged podcast and by Ubuntu
    • Interview for ownCloud
    • QOwnNotes for Fedora 27
    • QOwnNotes reviewed in German magazine c't
    • QOwnNotesAPI in the ownCloud Marketplace
    • QOwnNotes as AppImage
    • QOwnNotes for Debian 9.0, Fedora 26 and openSUSE Leap 42.3
    • Script repository and script settings variables
    • Fedora 25 release and new documentation page
    • Solus package for QOwnNotes
    • Automatic updates in Windows and macOS
    • Note encryption with keybase.io or directly with PGP
    • Evernote import
    • Portable mode
    • QOwnNotes on webupd8.org
    • QOwnNotes featured on the Linux Voice Podcast
    • QOwnNotes snap
    • QOwnNotes review in British magazine Linux Format
    • QOwnNotes Slackware Linux Repository
    • QOwnNotes review
    • QOwnNotes IRC
    • QOwnNotes now has scripting support
    • QOwnNotes is the Desktop App Pick on the Linux Action Show
    • QOwnNotes got featured in Linux Voice 25
    • QOwnNotes Gentoo Linux Overlay
    • Translate QOwnNotes on Crowdin
    • QOwnNotes 1.0 out now in 6 languages and with Freedesktop theme icons support
    • QOwnNotes software repository for Debian Linux
    • QOwnNotes package on the Arch User Repository
    • QOwnNotes software repository for Arch Linux
    • Webpage redesign
    • Qt widget QMarkdownTextEdit now a separate project for developer's pleasure
    • New release version RSS feed
    • New Linux software repositories and todo list support
    • QOwnNotes on Linux Unplugged
    • Build and release systems for QOwnNotes for Linux, macOS and Windows!
    • Links to other notes or files are now possible in QOwnNotes
  • Changelog

    • QOwnNotes Changelog

Exposed classes

Note

Properties and methods

class NoteApi {
    Q_PROPERTY(int id)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString name)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString fileName)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString fullNoteFilePath)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString fullNoteFileDirPath)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString relativeNoteFileDirPath)
    Q_PROPERTY(int noteSubFolderId)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString noteText)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString decryptedNoteText)
    Q_PROPERTY(bool hasDirtyData)
    Q_PROPERTY(QQmlListProperty<TagApi> tags)
    Q_PROPERTY(QDateTime fileCreated)
    Q_PROPERTY(QDateTime fileLastModified)
    Q_INVOKABLE QStringList tagNames()
    Q_INVOKABLE bool addTag(QString tagName)
    Q_INVOKABLE bool removeTag(QString tagName)
    Q_INVOKABLE bool renameNoteFile(QString newName)
    Q_INVOKABLE QString toMarkdownHtml(bool forExport = true)
    Q_INVOKABLE QString getFileURLFromFileName(QString localFileName)
    Q_INVOKABLE bool allowDifferentFileName()
    // Returns the Markdown note url for linking to the note with noteId
    Q_INVOKABLE QString getNoteUrlForLinkingToNoteId(int noteId)
};

You can use the methods from Date to work with fileCreated or fileLastModified.

Example

script.log(note.fileCreated.toISOString());
script.log(note.fileLastModified.getFullYear());

// renames a note to "new name.md"
note.renameNoteFile("new name");

// check if it is allowed to have a different note file name than the headline
script.log(note.allowDifferentFileName());

NoteSubFolder

Properties and methods

class NoteSubFolderApi {
    Q_PROPERTY(int id)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString name)
    Q_PROPERTY(QQmlListProperty<NoteApi> notes)
    Q_INVOKABLE static NoteSubFolderApi *fetchNoteSubFolderById(int id);
    Q_INVOKABLE static NoteSubFolderApi *activeNoteSubFolder();
    Q_INVOKABLE static QList<QObject*> fetchNoteSubFoldersByParentId(int parentId);
    Q_INVOKABLE QString relativePath();
    Q_INVOKABLE QString fullPath();
};

Example

var noteSubFolderQmlObj = Qt.createQmlObject(
  "import QOwnNotesTypes 1.0; NoteSubFolder{}",
  mainWindow,
  "noteSubFolder",
);

// print all subfolder names
noteSubFolderQmlObj
  .fetchNoteSubFoldersByParentId(parentId)
  .forEach(function (nsf) {
    script.log(nsf.name);
  });

// get the active note subfolder
var noteSubFolder = noteSubFolderQmlObj.activeNoteSubFolder();

// print the full and relative path of the active note subfolder
script.log(noteSubFolder.fullPath());
script.log(noteSubFolder.relativePath());

script.log(noteSubFolder.id);
script.log(noteSubFolder.name);

// iterate through notes in note subfolder
for (var idx in noteSubFolder.notes) {
  var note = noteSubFolder.notes[idx];
}

Tag

Properties and methods

class TagApi {
    Q_PROPERTY(int id)
    Q_PROPERTY(QString name)
    Q_PROPERTY(int parentId)
    Q_PROPERTY(QQmlListProperty<NoteApi> notes)
    Q_INVOKABLE TagApi fetchByName(const QString &name, int parentId = 0)
    Q_INVOKABLE QStringList getParentTagNames()
};

Example

// Don't forget to use "import QOwnNotesTypes 1.0" at the top of your script!

// Fetch tag "home"
var tag = script.getTagByNameBreadcrumbList(["home"]);
// Fetch all notes tagged with the tag
var notes = tag.notes;

// Iterate through notes of the tag
for (var idx in notes) {
  var note = notes[idx];
  script.log(note.name);
}

You'll find more examples where TagApi is used in note-tagging-by-object.qml.

MainWindow

Properties and methods

class MainWindow {
    Q_INVOKABLE void reloadTagTree();
    Q_INVOKABLE void reloadNoteSubFolderTree();
    Q_INVOKABLE void buildNotesIndexAndLoadNoteDirectoryList(
            bool forceBuild = false, bool forceLoad = false);
    Q_INVOKABLE void focusNoteTextEdit();
    // Creates a new note subfolder in the current subfolder
    Q_INVOKABLE bool createNewNoteSubFolder(QString folderName = "");
    // Inserts html in the current note as markdown
    // This method also downloads remote images and transforms "data:image"
    // urls to local images stored in the media directory
    Q_INVOKABLE void insertHtmlAsMarkdownIntoCurrentNote(QString html);
    // Reloads the current note by id
    // This is useful when the path or filename of the current note changed
    Q_INVOKABLE void reloadCurrentNoteByNoteId();
    // Returns the list of workspace UUIDs
    Q_INVOKABLE QStringList getWorkspaceUuidList();
    // Returns the UUID of a workspace, passing in the workspace name
    Q_INVOKABLE QString getWorkspaceUuid(const QString &workspaceName);
    // Sets the current workspace by UUID
    Q_INVOKABLE void setCurrentWorkspace(const QString &uuid);
    // Closes a note tab on a specific index (returns true if successful)
    Q_INVOKABLE bool removeNoteTab(int index);
    // Returns a list of note ids that are opened in tabs
    Q_INVOKABLE QList<int> getNoteTabNoteIdList();
    // Jumps to a tag in the tag tree
    Q_INVOKABLE bool jumpToTag(int tagId);
};

Example

// Force a reload of the note list
mainWindow.buildNotesIndexAndLoadNoteDirectoryList(true, true);

// Creates a new note subfolder "My fancy folder" in the current subfolder
mainWindow.createNewNoteSubFolder("My fancy folder");

// Inserts html in the current note as markdown
mainWindow.insertHtmlAsMarkdownIntoCurrentNote("<h2>my headline</h2>some text");

// Set 'Edit' workspace as current workspace
mainWindow.setCurrentWorkspace(mainWindow.getWorkspaceUuid("Edit"));

// Jump to the tag "test" in the tag tree
// There is an example in https://github.com/pbek/QOwnNotes/blob/main/docs/scripting/examples/custom-actions.qml
var tag = script.getTagByNameBreadcrumbList(["test"]);
mainWindow.jumpToTag(tag.id);

// Get all notes that are opened in tabs
var noteIds = mainWindow.getNoteTabNoteIdList();
noteIds.forEach(function (noteId) {
  var note = script.fetchNoteById(noteId);

  // do something with the note
});
Help us improve this page!
Prev
Hooks