https://github.com/dogsheep/evernote-to-sqlite

Tools for converting Evernote content to SQLite
https://github.com/dogsheep/evernote-to-sqlite

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Tools for converting Evernote content to SQLite

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dogsheep/evernote-to-sqlite
• Owner: dogsheep
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2020-10-11T21:45:49.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-11-02T20:04:32.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-25T09:47:44.685Z (21 days ago)
• Topics: datasette-io, datasette-tool, dogsheep, evernote, sqlite
• Language: Python
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• Size: 49.8 KB
• Stars: 37
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 6
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# evernote-to-sqlite

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Tools for converting Evernote content to SQLite. See [Building an Evernote to SQLite exporter](https://simonwillison.net/2020/Oct/16/building-evernote-sqlite-exporter/) for background on this project.

## Installation

Install this tool using `pip`:

    $ pip install evernote-to-sqlite

## Usage

Currently the only available command is `evernote-to-sqlite enex`, which converts Evernote's ENEX export files into a SQLite database.

You can create [an ENEX export](https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/209005557-Export-notes-and-notebooks-as-ENEX-or-HTML) in the Evernote desktop application by selecting some notes (or all of your notes) and using the `File -> Export Notes...` menu option.

This used to be able to export everything in one go, but it looks like more recent Evernote versions only allow exporting up to fifty notes at a time, or let you export an entire notebook by right-clicking on the notebook and selecting "Export notebook...".

You can convert that file to SQLite like so:

    $ evernote-to-sqlite enex evernote.db MyNotes.enex

This will display a progress bar and create a SQLite database file called `evernote.db`.

### Limitations

Unfortunately the ENEX export format does not include a unique identifier for each note. This means you cannot use this tool to re-import notes after they have been updated - you should consider this tool to be a one-time transformation of an ENEX file into an equivalent SQLite database.

ENEX exports also do not include details of which notebook a note belongs to.

## Development

To contribute to this tool, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

    cd evernote-to-sqlite

    python -mvenv venv

    source venv/bin/activate

Or if you are using `pipenv`:

    pipenv shell

Now install the dependencies and tests:

    pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

    pytest