apple-notes-recover/recover-notes.py
2023-03-29 14:18:29 -07:00

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import os
import re
import sqlite3
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
# open connection to database
conn = sqlite3.connect('notes-backup.db')
cursor = conn.cursor()
# execute query to fetch note data
cursor.execute('SELECT title, body FROM notes')
# save each note as a file
for title, body in cursor:
# Remove any special characters that could cause problems in a Unix filename
safe_title = re.sub(r'[^\w_.)( -]', '', title)
filename = 'data/{}.txt'.format(safe_title)
with open(filename, 'w') as f:
Text = BeautifulSoup(body, 'html.parser').get_text()
PlainText = Text.encode('mac-roman').decode("utf-8")
f.write(PlainText)
# close the database connection
conn.close()