/notion-clippings

Import Kindle clippings to a Notion's collection

Primary LanguagePythonGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

notion-clippings

Import Kindle clippings into a Notion's database.

When would you like to use this tool

In case you would like to import your Kindle highlights collection into Notion for further use.

Getting started

First you have to create a database in Notion with at least the following columns (order is not important):

  • Status of type Select
  • Text of type Text
  • Title of type Title (you can rename the initial column Name)
  • Authors of type Text
  • Date of type Date
  • Location of type Text

Next find path to your Kindle 'My Clippings.txt' file (you can put it into the app folder below)

Then follow these steps for pipenv:

  1. Download/clone this python app
  2. Open virtualenv: pipenv shell
  3. Install referenced libraries: pipenv install
  4. Copy config.ini.example to config.ini
  5. Edit config.ini (your api_token and collection_page_url are mandatory)
  6. Run application: python start.py

Disclaimer

This tool can, and probably will modify your Notion data! It was not extensivelly tested, so any errors may occur and you may lost your data. For the first time run it on a simple demo collection to avoid any unwanted data modifications. I'm not responsible for any damages it may cause. You have been warned