IMPORTANT as of May 17, 2020 the Instructions and information below do NOT reflect the updated capabilities of this tool with regards to the JSON conversion which was used to Import the KJV Bible into Roam.
The Roam-csv-importer.ps1 script file is all you need. The script itself has some prompts that make it pretty self explanatory and if you select the wrong option it will tell/warn you. So until I update this Readme feel free to play around with it. Also checkout the Resources folder for some examples and all the source data / results used in the KJV import.
Converting CSV files to Markdown for Roam Tables
Very early stages. Script is working great but non-windows folks have to figure out how to run PowerShell on their computer.
Rob Haisfield is on a MAC and said he found a source for running PowerShell. Will wait and see when he tests it, but hopefully he can explain how it can be done.
Quick GIF Demo
New Demo with CRM type import working
https://www.screencast.com/t/xEq45WGWkl
Brief Video Demo
https://www.screencast.com/t/ak2DEaml2HYK
How to Download the Script
I know everyone is used to GitHub, but the nice thing about Bitbucket is you do NOT have to signup for an account to access a Public repository like mine.
- Go to Downloads tab
- Click Download repository
- Save the .zip package on your computer.
- Unzip the package.
How to Run the Script
This is a brand new script and I haven't spent much time on it but wanted to get it out. The ReadMe is lacking as well but I plan to spend some time later this week. Watch the Demo Video linked above which shows the script in action.
- Move the CSV-to-Roam-table-md.ps1 PowerShell script into the same folder as whatever .CSV file you are trying to convert.
- Right-click the script and select Run with PowerShell.
- Press ENTER if you are converting a file with the Default "," (comma) separated values.
- If you want to use another delimiter like ; or | or TAB then press 'n' and ENTER
- Enter the delimiter you want to use. NOTE: If your file is Tab delimited then enter 'TAB'.
- Press ENTER again at the next prompt if you want to use the Default path which is set to whatever folder you are running the script from.
- If you want to use another folder path then press 'n' and ENTER
- Enter the folder path where your .CSV file is that you want to convert.
- Enter the name of the file... do NOT include the path (For Example: locations.csv)
- Open the resulting .md file and simply copy the entire file contents and then paste into any block in Roam and it should auto format/create the table.
A lot more to come!
License
This project is licensed under the MIT license - see the LICENSE file for details