natelandau/obsidian-metadata

Bulk import of metadata

dxcore35 opened this issue · 4 comments

dxcore35 commented

Bulk import of the metadatas from CSV file:

file new_metadata
file1.md project
file2.md area
file3.md area
  • this will add new YAML field "new_metadata"
  • and for each file matching file name in column "file add string from column "new_metadata"

I have so many additional metadata to add via python.

natelandau commented

adding new metadata is definitely on the roadmap. I was thinking about doing so without needing a separate CSV file. My thoughts on the architecture was:

  1. A regex for filenames
  2. where to add metadata - ie. frontmatter or as an inline key:value
  3. the metadata key
  4. the metadata value (or values)

would this work for your use case?

dxcore35 commented

For me personaly:

  • I mass edit all data in excel with equations
  • the only missing thing for me right now is to import the property into relevant .md file
  • all data is ready to be read just from the file

I cannot image how your architecture will help in this case.

natelandau commented

Makes sense, this script is still in the earliest stages of development. I'll think through an architecture for CSV imports and hopefully include it soon.

really appreciate the feedback

natelandau commented

bulk edits of metadata via CSV are now available in v0.9.0. Could use some help kicking the tires