[Share] Use Zotero.BetterNotes.api.editor.del to modify Notes and make the journal metadata content refreshable!

[ramonmi]

Description

• After changing the journal data in the BetterNotes template to refreshable content, we can use this script to update the old section to match the new template. Especially for the users who have numerous old Notes.
  • Old Template [Item] item_Flow_Notes zotero-better-notes#1016
  • New Template [Item] item_Flow_Notes with refreshable Journal Metadata zotero-better-notes#1256
• Moreover, the script can also be a reference for using the Zotero.BetterNotes.api.editor.del API of the Better Notes plugin. https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-better-notes?tab=readme-ov-file#-api

Event

None

Operation

Script

Data

/**
 * Delete an old section and Insert a new section to the previous note using the default Better Notes template
 * @author windingwind, ramonmi
 * @usage Trigger with shortcuts
 * @link https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/448
 * @see https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/448
 * @ref https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-better-notes/discussions/1255
 * @ref https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-actions-tags/discussions/341
 * @ref https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-better-notes/discussions/1016
 * @ref https://github.com/windingwind/zotero-better-notes/discussions/1256
 */

if (!Zotero.BetterNotes?.api.note?.insert) {
	return "[Action:Insert-Template] Better Notes for Zotero > 1.1.4-21 is not installed or disabled.";
}
if (!item) {
	return "[Action:Insert-Template] Target item is empty";
}

const parentItem = Zotero.Items.getTopLevel([item])[0];

if (parentItem.isRegularItem()&&item.isNote()) {
	let html = "";
	html = await Zotero.BetterNotes.api.template.runItemTemplate("[item]Journal_Data", {
		itemIds: [parentItem.id],
		targetNoteId: item.id,
	});
	let pos = Zotero.BetterNotes.api.editor.getEditorInstance(item.id);
	let linestart = Zotero.BetterNotes.api.editor.getPositionAtLine(pos, 1, "start"); // Must set the line number according to your Note
	let lineend = Zotero.BetterNotes.api.editor.getPositionAtLine(pos, 4, "end"); // Must set the line number according to your Note
	await Zotero.BetterNotes.api.editor.del(pos, linestart, lineend);
	await Zotero.BetterNotes.api.note.insert(
		item,
		html,
		1, // Must set the line number according to your Note
	);
	return `[Action:Insert-Template] Note is inserted to the note ${item.getNoteTitle()}`;
} else {
	return `[Action:Insert-Template] Please check if the selected item is a Childnote item!`
}

Anything else

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