Check if item is in DevonThink

DEVONthink Automation
1

@korm

Hi again Korm, is there away to modify your script to check if URL is already in the “Reading list” ? Currently this script doesn’t check in the Reading list.

Thank you.

tell application id "com.apple.Safari" to tell window 1 to set theURL to current tab's URL

tell application id "DNtp"
	try
		set theDatabases to databases
		set theResults to {}
		repeat with thisDatabase in theDatabases
			set thisDatabasesResults to lookup records with URL theURL in thisDatabase
			set theResults to theResults & thisDatabasesResults
		end repeat
		
		set ResultCount to (count of theResults)
		
		if ResultCount = 0 then
			display notification "No item found" with title "DEVONthink"
			return
		end if
		
		if ResultCount = 1 then
			open window for record (item 1 of theResults)
			activate
			return
		end if
		
		if ResultCount > 1 then
			set theSearchURL to "x-devonthink://search?query=" & theURL
			open location theSearchURL
		end if
		
	end try
end tell
2

Here’s a small example:

tell application "Safari" to tell window 1 to set theURL to current tab's URL

tell application id "DNtp"
	try
		set theReadinglist to reading list
		repeat with theItem in theReadinglist
			if theURL is equal to (|url| of theItem) then
				display dialog "In reading list"
				exit repeat
			end if
		end repeat
	end try
end tell
3

Thanks Chris, this works.

I wonder if the script can be merge into one. Look in “databases and Reading List” Right now these are two separate scripts.

4

The scripts could be merged but it’s not possible to open reading list items or to find them via the search like in the first script.

5

ok, perhaps in the future.

Thank you.