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https://github.com/entorb/rememberthemilk
access to https://www.rememberthemilk.com tasks via their API, written in Python 3
https://github.com/entorb/rememberthemilk
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access to https://www.rememberthemilk.com tasks via their API, written in Python 3
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/entorb/rememberthemilk
- Owner: entorb
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2020-01-19T20:55:40.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-08-19T17:59:47.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-08-19T21:08:41.531Z (5 months ago)
- Topics: api, python, rememberthemilk, rest, rtm
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 73.2 KB
- Stars: 5
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# RememberTheMilk
* access to todo lists via their API
* analyze done and pending tasks
* caching to reduce API usage
Disclaimer: This code uses the Remember The Milk API but is not endorsed or certified by Remember The Milk.
## Setup
### Register for API usage
register for using the Remember The Milk API here: and obtain
* `api_key`
* `shared_secret`
store these info in [rememberthemilk.ini](src/rememberthemilk.ini) (see [rememberthemilk.ini.example](src/rememberthemilk.ini.example))
### Install required Python packages
```sh
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
optionally:
```sh
pip install ruff pre-commit
```
### Obtain API token
run [auth.py](src/auth.py) once and add the resulting `token` to [rememberthemilk.ini](src/rememberthemilk.ini)
## Playing with the API
### Analyze tasks completed
[tasks_completed.py](src/tasks_completed.py)
* HTML table of completed tasks
* appreciate what you have achieved
* count and sums per calendar week
### Analyze tasks overdue
[tasks_overdue.py](src/tasks_overdue.py)
* HTML table of overdue tasks
* ranked by product of overdue days x priority, to focus on most urgent ones
* display time estimation in minutes to motivate you for solving the minor ones right away
## My RTM lifehacks
see original post at
I use RTM for several years now, mostly for keeping track of periodic todos, e.g. maintenance, backups, doc appointments, cleaning my home, ... and also for one-timers I tend to postpone.
See the [RTM forum](https://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/) for other tips.
### My RTM setup for tasks
* I use some different lists to group tasks
* I use only few tags, mostly lists instead
* I do not set locations, lists instead
* I set date, prio and estimate to all tasks, especially to periodic tasks, to empower nice smart lists
* for most repetitive tasks I use *after* instead of *each* (e.g. watering the flowers)
* for once-a-year tasks I add notes for the details I tend to forget until its due next time
### Smart list examples
What I love most of RTM are the dynamic smart lists. Here some examples:
* big Projects -> `timeEstimate:">1 hour"`
* high Prio -> `priority:1`
* one-timers -> `isRepeating:false`
* series -> `isRepeating:true AND NOT list:MyListToExclude`
* minor (low handing fruits) -> `dueBefore:"1 week" and timeEstimate:"<15 minutes" AND NOT list:MyListToExclude`
* done 7d (to celebrate what I accomplished) -> `completedWithin:"7 day of today"`
* created more than a week ago -> `NOT addedWithin:"1 week of today"`
Smart lists that remind me of adding missing date, prio and estimate
* no Date -> `due:never AND NOT addedWithin:"1 week of today"`
* no Prio -> `priority:none AND NOT addedWithin:"1 week of today"`
* no Estimate -> `hasTimeEstimate:false AND NOT addedWithin:"1 week of today"`
* no List -> `list:Inbox`
* no Tag -> `isTagged:false`
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### Goal setting and tracking
* I use one list for my goals
* each goal has a prio (= short, medium, far)
* I do not use tags to categorize, but simple prefix in the title, e.g. "JOB", "SPORT"
* to sort the goals by category, I just sort the list by task name (thanks to prefix)
* I usually sort the list by prio
* once a month I check the medium prio goals
* once a quarter I check the low prio goals
* to work towards a goal, I create small repetitive tasks (using after, not every), that use the url field to link to the goal.