Plug-in for Obsidian.md which will create Notes from JSON files

I'm loading TSV data and when I attempt to use match from Handlebar-Helpers I get errors. What I'm trying to do is process a field into an array using a regexp then process the element of the array into a list using #each. I get nothing but errors when I try to use the following code:

Stellar: 
{{#each (match (Stars) (toRegex "[OBAFGKM]\d\s\w+|D|BD|BH|NS|PSR")) ~}}
- {{this}}
{{/each ~}}

The field Stars contains data like:

G0 V D
F1 V D
M3 V
K6 II M2 V

The regex is to unstring the multiple stars in the data field and put them on separate lines.

Thanks for the importer, I've finally got time to work through creating a template to import spells from 5etools. I'm attempting to use the forEach helper from handlebars-helpers library. During the import, I get the above error in the console. I've included the relevant block from my template below, as well as the json. Any ideas or suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?

Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: utils.createFrame is not a function
    at Object.helpers.forEach (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:8078:24)
    at Object.wrapper2 (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:1351:23)
    at Object.eval [as main] (eval at createFunctionContext (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1)), <anonymous>:37:108)
    at main (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:1534:36)
    at ret (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:1537:16)
    at ret (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:3373:25)
    at JsonImport.eval (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:44334:20)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (eval at <anonymous> (app.js:1), <anonymous>:36:24)

{{#forEach entriesHigherLevel}}
## At Higher Levels

{{entriesHigherLevel.0.entries}}
{{/forEach}}

[
	{
		"name": "Intellect Fortress",
		"source": "TCE",
		"page": 107,
		"level": 3,
		"school": "A",
		"time": [
			{
				"number": 1,
				"unit": "action"
			}
		],
		"range": {
			"type": "point",
			"distance": {
				"type": "feet",
				"amount": 30
			}
		},
		"components": {
			"v": true
		},
		"duration": [
			{
				"type": "timed",
				"duration": {
					"type": "hour",
					"amount": 1
				},
				"concentration": true
			}
		],
		"entries": [
			"For the duration, you or one willing creature you can see within range has resistance to psychic damage, as well as advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws."
		],
		"entriesHigherLevel": [
			{
				"type": "entries",
				"name": "At Higher Levels",
				"entries": [
					"When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 3rd. The creatures must be within 30 feet of each other when you target them."
				]
			}
		],
		"damageResist": [
			"psychic"
		],
		"damageImmune": [
			"psychic"
		],
		"damageVulnerable": [
			"psychic"
		],
		"miscTags": [
			"SGT"
		],
		"classes": {
			"fromClassList": [
				{
					"name": "Artificer",
					"source": "TCE"
				}
			],
			"fromClassListVariant": [
				{
					"name": "Bard",
					"source": "PHB",
					"definedInSource": "TCE"
				},
				{
					"name": "Sorcerer",
					"source": "PHB",
					"definedInSource": "TCE"
				},
				{
					"name": "Warlock",
					"source": "PHB",
					"definedInSource": "TCE"
				},
				{
					"name": "Wizard",
					"source": "PHB",
					"definedInSource": "TCE"
				}
			]
		},
		"hasFluffImages": true
	}
]

Is it possible to support Tab Separated Values (TSV)? This would be a great help in my attempt to import Traveller RPG sector data from TravellerMap.com in the https://travellermap.com/doc/fileformats#t5-tab-delimited-format.

Thanks.

Thanks for the good work!

What about a command to import from clipboard? Or a dialog with a text area to paste JSON (instead of choosing the JSON file)? This would simplify some two-step "export-import" workflows to bring data from other tools (like MS Outlook) to Obsidian...

When opening the JSON CVS importer, I can define which field to use as Note name. However, how can I add @, for example, in front of the name?

The field in JSON is citationkey. But, I want the name of a note as @citationkey.

Hi, Thanks for developing such a nice plugin. I have a question about accessing the nested input objects in JSON file. I want to import "path" into a Obsidian template.

I have tired {{attachments.path}}. But it doesn't work. Could you please tell me how to import "path" correctly?

Thanks!

  "attachments": [
    {
      "dateAdded": "2022-06-25T16:22:45Z",
      "dateModified": "2022-06-25T16:23:05Z",
      "itemType": "attachment",
      "path": "C:\\folder\\file.pdf",
      "relations": [],
      "tags": [],
      "title": "file.pdf",
      "uri": "http://zotero.org/users/8045138/items/BSI5IT99"
    }

Sorry for opening an issue for my (simple) question/suggestion but the "discussion" module is not active for this repository. 🤷‍♂️

My suggestion is that you spend a sentence for the use case of your plugin in the README.md file. That's because I thought I could use this plugin for my use case but I think I can't.

My use case would be: I have a single JSON file which basically contains one array. The array contains dictionaries and inside these are key/value pairs I'd like to read and transform into one single markdown table in one single note (i.e. markdown file).

Alas, in the README.md file I read about notes (plural) that get created from your plugin?! So I was wondering what the initial use case for your plugin was and if my use case could make use of your plugin at all? 😳

Hello! :) I know very little about coding and could be making a pretty obvious mistake! I keep getting a list of empty folders as opposed to notes. Any ideas for me to try? Thank you so much! Leonie

I've been trying to work on some text replacement using regex in the body of an import, but I'm running into an issue. I've tried both of the below statements in my template, but neither of them works. They don't error, but the resulting text is not substituted. If I don't escape the single curly braces, I get an "incomplete quantifier" error in the console. Here is an example of the text as well as the regex find and substitute strings.

{{table this (toRegex "\{@spell.(.*?)\}") (toRegex "[[$1]]")}} {{table this "\{@spell.(.*?)\}" "[[$1]]"}}

Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks again for the importer!

Say my CSV file is:

name,value
Alice,a
Bob, "b,c,d" 

And my template:

{{name}}:: [[{{value}}]] 

In Alice.md it returns Alice:: a as expected. But in Bob.md it returns Bob:: [[ "b]]. Is it possible to have it return like this?

Bob:: b
Bob:: c
Bob:: d

Feature Request:

Could you add the "math" helper?

This StackOverflow seemed to have the same idea as I was thinking https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22103989/adding-offset-to-index-when-looping-through-items-in-handlebars

relevant post: Actual answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/46317662/1549191

Register a math handlebar and perform all mathematical operations.

app.engine('handlebars', exphbs({
  helpers:{
    // Function to do basic mathematical operation in handlebar
    math: function(lvalue, operator, rvalue) {lvalue = parseFloat(lvalue);
        rvalue = parseFloat(rvalue);
        return {
            "+": lvalue + rvalue,
            "-": lvalue - rvalue,
            "*": lvalue * rvalue,
            "/": lvalue / rvalue,
            "%": lvalue % rvalue
        }[operator];
    }
}}));
app.set('view engine', 'handlebars');

Then you can directly perform operation in your view.

    {{#each myArray}}
        <span>{{math @index "+" 1}}</span>
    {{/each}}

Hi, I am a fan of using this plugin. I use it frequently to import bibliography from Zotero. I wonder whether it is possible to add the following two features.

1. Is it possible to assign a hotkey for this plugin?
2. This is related to my routine of using Zotero in the following steps.
   • I export my new bibliography in BetterBibTeX JSON file
   • From this same JSON file source, I need to use two different TEMPLATE files to import into two kinds of Notes that I need.
   • Each kind of Note uses the respective Destination Folder in Vault. As you can see from this procedure, I need to indicate the respective TEMPLATE files and Destination Folder in Vault for each kind of Note that I need from the same JSON file. These needs lots of clicking and switch between windows.

A feature in my wish list for my point 2: Is it possible to indicate more than one template fileTEMPLATE files and its paired Destination Folder in Vault in order to import from the same JSON file?

I summarize my wish as the following:

1. Setup a "parallel import" workflow Same JSON file source ---> template 1 ----> Folder 1 ---> template 2 ----> Folder 2 ---> template N ---> Folder N
2. Save this workflow as a workflow file
3. can assign a HotKey for the indicated workflow

The outcome of my wish is that as long as I export a JSON file, I simply use a HotKey for a particular workflow and then I will have more than one Note imported in the indicated folder simultaneously.

Thanks again for considering this.