Integrating Inkdrop

to use it as a CMS for my blog posts

Connecting this was a bit challenging, but I received excellent support from the developer, Takuya Matsuyama, who is the owner of this app. Find out more on Inkdrops forum support.

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CleanShot 2024-03-10 at 10 .14.59@2x

I’ve compiled a list of valuable notes for initiating and enabling logging, helpful tips to address similar challenges should you encounter them.

Start localhost:3000

yarn start

To link inkdrop db

yarn run live-import

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Before setting up anything I was running into an errors

Local HTTP server not working

not-iterable

—enable-logging

/Applications/Inkdrop.app/Contents/MacOS/Inkdrop --enable-logging

CleanShot 2023-10-04 at 8 .55.28@2x Enable debug logs: https://github.com/inkdropapp/inkdrop-live-export#debugging 2

Connect/Test

curl -v http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@localhost:19840

username How to specify book ID: GitHub - inkdropapp/inkdrop-live-export: A library for programmatically exporting notes to local filesystem from Inkdrop 1

Live Export installation

npm i -D @inkdropapp/live-export
yarn add -D @inkdropapp/live-export dotenv

ipm-beta

ipm-beta install dev-tools

What is CSON

~/Library/Application Support/inkdrop/

Inkdrop Desktop v5.6.0 beta.3 is released.

Installation on Inkdrop This needs to included in .env file in the project

DEBUG="inkdrop:export:info,inkdrop:export:error"
DEBUG='*'
INKDROP_USERNAME="username"
INKDROP_PASSWORD="password"
INKDROP_PORT=19840
INKDROP_BOOKID="book:bookID"

This needs to be added in the below file

   "server": {
        "auth": {
          "password": "password",
          "username": "username"
        },
        "bindAddress": "127.0.0.1",
        "enabled": true,
        "port": 19840
      }

Inkdrop Application Support Json File

{
  "*": {
    "core": {
      "db": {
         "machineId": "machineID"
      },
      "lastNavigationState": {
        "editingNoteId": "note:noteID",
        "queryContext": {
          "bookId": "book:bookID",
          "filterKeyword": "",
          "includeChildren": false,
          "mode": "book",
          "sort": [
            {
              "pinned": "desc"
            },
            {
              "updatedAt": "desc"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sidebar": {
          "workspace": {
            "visible": false
          }
        }
      },
      "mainWindow": {
        "fullscreen": false,
        "maximized": false,
        "position": {
          "x": 193,
          "y": -1232
        },
        "sideBar": {
          "collapsedBooks": [
            "book:4ulSioEn-"
          ]
        },
        "size": {
          "h": 964,
          "w": 1372
        }
      },
      "server": {
        "auth": {
          "password": "password",
          "username": "username"
        },
        "bindAddress": "127.0.0.1",
        "enabled": true,
        "port": 19840
      }
    },
    "editor": {
      "fontSize": 11,
      "viewMode": "edit"
    }
  }
}

Configurations

core.server.enabled - Specify true to enable the HTTP server. Default is false.
core.server.port - Defines the port number to listen. Default is 19840.
core.server.bindAddress - Defines the IP address to listen. Default is 127.0.0.1.
core.server.auth.{username,password} - Defines Basic auth credentials.