Import from Roam Research

[raineorshine]

Part I

• Import thoughts from Roam's JSON format (see below)
• Convert to Blocks JSON format then use importJSON

Part II

• Save create-time as created property
• Save edit-time as lastUpdated property
• Save create-email as =create-email subthought
• Save edit-email as =edit-email subthought

Part III

• Autodetect Roam JSON in importText

JSON:

[
{
    "title": "September 4th, 2020",
    "children": [
    {
        "string": "A",
        "create-email": "[email protected]",
        "create-time": 1600111381583,
        "children": [
        {
            "string": "B",
            "create-email": "[email protected]",
            "create-time": 1600111383054,
            "children": [
            {
                "string": "C",
                "create-email": "[email protected]",
                "create-time": 1600111383911,
                "uid": "HMN_YQtZZ",
                "edit-time": 1600111385719,
                "edit-email": "[email protected]"
            }],
            "uid": "JBXKlMcxh",
            "edit-time": 1600111383918,
            "edit-email": "[email protected]"
        }],
        "uid": "0VQBPmUiy",
        "edit-time": 1600111383064,
        "edit-email": "[email protected]"
    }],
    "edit-time": 1599270696877,
    "edit-email": "[email protected]"
},
{
    "title": "September 5th, 2020",
    "children": [
    {
        "string": "X",
        "create-email": "[email protected]",
        "create-time": 1600111456859,
        "children": [
        {
            "string": "Y",
            "create-email": "[email protected]",
            "create-time": 1600111457621,
            "children": [
            {
                "string": "[[September 4th, 2020]]",
                "create-email": "[email protected]",
                "create-time": 1600111458385,
                "uid": "Wt5NR3b56",
                "edit-time": 1600111478479,
                "edit-email": "[email protected]"
            }],
            "uid": "obXRTMWqJ",
            "edit-time": 1600111458396,
            "edit-email": "[email protected]"
        }],
        "uid": "Pu444IoIi",
        "edit-time": 1600111457625,
        "edit-email": "[email protected]"
    }],
    "edit-time": 1599290307051,
    "edit-email": "[email protected]"
}

Thought structure:

• September 4th, 2020
  • A
    • B
      • C
• September 5th, 2020
  • X
    • Y
      • [[September 4th, 2020]]

[anmolarora1]

@raineorshine I'm not quite sure about this part

• Save create-email as =create-email subthought
• Save edit-email as =edit-email subthought

Can you please look at the example below, and confirm if this is what we're expecting?

JSON -

const testData = [
  {
    title: 'Fruits',
    children: [
      {
        string: 'Apple',
        'create-email': '[email protected]',
        'create-time': 1600111381583,
        'edit-time': 1600111381580,
        uid: 'UK11200',
      },
      {
        string: 'Orange',
        'create-email': '[email protected]',
        'create-time': 1600111383054,
        'edit-time': 1600111383050,
        uid: 'UK11233',
      }
    ],
  },
  {
    title: 'Veggies',
    children: [
      {
        string: 'Broccoli',
        'create-email': '[email protected]',
        'create-time': 1600111381600,
        'edit-time': 1600111381599,
        uid: 'BK11200',
      },
      {
        string: 'Spinach',
        'create-email': '[email protected]',
        'create-time': 1600111389054,
        'edit-time': 1600111389050,
        uid: 'BK11233',
      }
    ],
  }
]

Thought Structure

• Fruits
  • Apple
    • =create-email
  • Orange
    • =create-email
• Veggies
  • Broccoli
    • =create-email
  • Spinach
    • =create-email

[raineorshine]

Thought Structure

• Fruits
  • Apple
    • =create-email
      • [email protected]
  • Orange
    • =create-email
      • [email protected]
• Veggies
  • Broccoli
    • =create-email
      • [email protected]
  • Spinach
    • =create-email
      • [email protected]

[anmolarora1]

@raineorshine
I'm currently working on Autodetect Roam JSON in importText and came across this library that seems pretty useful for validating object schema/structure. Though the code for the Roam validation is pretty straightforward, this library could be potentially valuable for other use cases as well.
What are your thoughts?

[raineorshine]

Looks cool, but too heavy for our current needs. If we end up having more validation requirements we can refactor and pull it in.