Run Snippets plugin

📌 Note: Looking for a more up-to-date and actively maintained plugin with similar functionality? Check out obsidian-execute-code.

This plugin allows you to run Python, Javascript etc, snippets from inside obsidian.md

It's intended for simple uses, like starting a service, running a program, etc. I've tested this only in Linux, and is experimental.

The plugin reads your 'snippet plugin settings' that contain the configuration for each language.

Usage

Preview mode

The plugin shows a 'run' button for a recognized (shell) snippet.

If you click, firefox opens.

Edit mode

1. Place your cursor on top of a code snippet.

2. press Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Enter, or select the Snippets: Run command from the palette

The code will (hopefully) run, and any outputs will be appended after the snippet.

You can also invoke some python!

Vars

The following placeholders are recognized:

{{vault_path}}	path of the vault
{{folder}}	name of the folder
{{file_name}}	Name of the file
{{file_path}}	absolute path of the file

Example

echo {{vault_path}} 
echo {{folder}} 
echo {{file_name}} 
echo {{file_path}}

/home/cvasquez/obsidian
snippets-plugin
readme.md
/home/cvasquez/obsidian/snippets-plugin/readme.md
    

Config

This is the config by default. It contains one entry for each language.

{
  "python": {
    "template": "python3 -c \"{{src}}\"",
    "showModal": true,
    "appendOutputContents": true,
    "showRunButtonInPreview": true
  },
  "javascript": {
    "template": "node -e \"{{src}}\"",
    "showModal": true,
    "appendOutputContents": true,
    "showRunButtonInPreview": true
  },
  "sh": {
    "template": "{{src}}",
    "showModal": true,
    "appendOutputContents": true,
    "showRunButtonInPreview": true
  }
}

Attributes

Template	{{src}} will be replaced
showModal	shows the output in a modal
appendOutputContents	writes the output after the code fence
showRunButtonInPreview	shows the button in the preview mode
options	additional options such as shell or encoding

Default shell

The default shell is '/bin/sh' on Unix and process.env.ComSpec on Windows. Other shells can be configured using the 'options' attribute.

Example that uses powershell:

  "sh": {
    "template": "{{src}}",
    "options": {"shell":"powershell.exe"},
    "showModal": true,
    "appendOutputContents": true,
    "showRunButtonInPreview": true
  }

Manual installation

Install dependencies

npm install

Generate main.js bundle

npm run build

Copy main.js, manifest.json and styles.css to your vault's plugins folder, under [YourVaultFolder]/.obsidian/plugins/review-obsidian/.

Observations

This prototype is super experimental; I've written it because I wanted to use python inside obsidian.

Developers

Pull requests are both welcome and appreciated. :)

Version

0.0.4

• Added javascript option.
• Added shell options.
• No errors when markdown view is not present.

Thanks to:

• catworld
• mgmeyers