Script Launcher

This is an Obsidian plugin that allows you to easily run script written in any language directly from the app.

How to use it

Adding a new script

Go in the plugin settings and click the + icon You will have to fill in some information about the script you want to add:

1. Script name → the name of the script you want to add (has no influnence on the script itself)
2. Script path → absolute path to the script you want to launch (it can be anything: binary, executable, python script,shell script, bash script ecc...)
3. Show on bottom bar → this is a checkbox, if selected the script will be shown on the bottom bar and clicking it will launch it
4. Run on startup → this is a checkbox, if selected the script will run automatically once Obsidian start up
5. Show exit code → this is a checkbox, if selected the script show the exit code when terminated
6. Icon → is the icon displayed on the bottom bar, if left empty the name will be shown instead

Deleting a script

Click the Delete button on the script's settings you want to delete

Launching a script

Click the scipt icon on the bottom bar of the Obsidian app. If the script does not show up as an icon go in the settings and select Show on bottom bar

You can also run the script using the Run script Obsidian command, you will be prompted with a list of scripts with a searchbar, selecting a script will run it.

The output of the script will be shown as notices in the Obsidian app.

Examples

Google Drive backup

This script for example syncs on demand files from all you vaults at the click of a button

 (cd $path_to_vaults && grive -s $vaults_folder)

if you want to write a script to backup only the files in your vault you can use the $1 argument: The plugin passes the path to your vault as the first parameter to the script

 (cd $path_to_script && grive -s $1)

The second parameter passed to the script ($2) is the path to the currently open file, if there is no open file an empty string will be returned ("")

How to install it

Remember to enable Commpunity Plugins in the Obsidian settings.

From the Community plugins

The best way to install the plugin is through the Obsidian community plugins, just search for script launcher and you will immediately find it.

Build from source

First clone the repo, then in the repo's folder run

    make build_and_copy vault_path=path_to_your_vault

This will build the plugin and move the files in the correct folder in your vault to allow you to test it

From a tag

Go to the most recent tag and download the script-launcher zip, unzip it and extract the script-launcher folder (it should contain 3 files: main.js manifest.json and styles.css)

Move this folder into path_to_your_vault/.obsidian/plugins/ (if the plugins folder is not already there create it)