obsidian-api VS fleeting-notes-quartz

I really like that you commit to keep this stable and open.

Do you plan to make the TypeScript definition part of this new site?

https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api/blob/master/canva...

For me it's easier to read TS format.

The Canvas feature is a custom file format, but they published the format here: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api/blob/master/canva...

If Obsidian goes under or you want to migrate at least your data isn't lost.

Obsidian is closed source so you won't be infringing their copyright by incorrectly getting/copying their code within your code. I don't believe they have any software patents (too small a company), and the canvas data format is available under MIT license (https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api/blob/master/canvas.d.ts). Even if you decided to reproduce their plugin APIs (so that existing Obsidian plugins could be reused with your software), you'd be fine per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America,_Inc. (but their API definition is under MIT license anyway: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-api/tree/master)

I would start with with the obsidian api docs and the obsidian plugin docs then feed it into a gpt document loader and ask gpt the same thing you asked here. Obsidian offers a couple different “talk to your notes” plugins using gpt (all you need is an open ai api key) if you’re looking for a streamlined “ai document loader” you could just copy and paste the info into a new note once you have the plugin installed.

In any event, there are no CLI flags to do that at the moment. The canvas format is very new, and not part of the standard markdown format. There is a public specification for it, but it's up to developers to make applications supporting it.

Canvas has been an open standard since its release.

As far as I know, any API that can be used by end users and plugin developers (as described in the previous post) is considered public. You can find the API repo here and definitions in this file.

The .canvas format is a simple JSON-based format that is designed to be easy to parse. We've already seen several plugins leverage this and hope to see even more tools outside of Obsidian. You can see the spec here.

Try Fleeting Notes - Google Keep with wikilinks & Obsidian integration. It sounds like it might fit your needs. That being said, I'm the creator of this app so I'm a bit biased.

I use git to sync windows and macos but I find the iOS sync gets a bit more confusing. So I use the Fleeting Notes app to sync a couple of notes directly. https://fleetingnotes.app/

As I've hinted to, I use it mainly for university. I am a History and Archaeology student an I'm currently in my first masters year. I use Obsidian to take notes in class, make summaries, study the material, annotating books and articles, and everything else that comes with studying. Besides this, I also use Obsidian as my personal journal or diary. I've long been interested in keep some kind of daily log but I never got into because I didn't have the right tools at my disposal. Now I try to make some sort of recollection of my day, everyday, but of course in practice I do it around 20 days a month, not every day. I also use Obsidian for personal projects or things I would like to look into more. For example I am currently working on researching the most well known celestial constellations, knowing their mythologies, recognizing their individual stars in the night sky etc. Another of my (growing number) of projects has as a goal to recognize edible or otherwise useful plants. Obsidian also became my place where I store my 'fleeting notes' or ideas. For this I've used multiple apps on my phone, which include (but are not limited to) Markor, Zettel Notes, Google Keep, the stock note app that comes on my Oneplus phone. But the app that I am now most happy with is called 'Fleeting Notes' made by Matthew Wong. I use it as follows: An idea pops in my head, this can be whatever it is, I write it down in the app, I add a title if possible, done. When I open my pc the next time I use a shortcut to import the notes made and they get placed in my 'Inbox' folder. From here I can decide to move them to my general notes that I can easily look up when I need them, or I can link and move them where they belong. So to summarize: I use Obsidian as my personal Wiki, everything in my life could be stored in here, in practice this is usually university stuff and personal projects.

This is how I came to create Fleeting Notes a note-taking application that combines the speed of Google Keep with the connections within Obsidian. It’s still a work in progress, but I hope to listen to customer feedback and continue to develop the application to eventually become a one-stop shop to quickly capture and connect notes with the option to extend to other note-taking tools.

As of plugin v0.3.6 of the Fleeting Notes app:

I had the same question myself. This is why I created Fleeting Notes. A way to capture quickly create highlights/annotations and categorize them through wikilinks. Combined with the Fleeting Notes sync Obsidian plugin, notes are seamlessly synced to Obsidian. If you’re interested in seeing how the browser extension works, check out my video showcasing the Fleeting Notes browser extension.

Feel free to check out the website for more information, and I hope it can help reduce the friction in your knowledge workflow ;)

Right now, taking notes from Youtube (YT) to Obsidian sucks. To take YT notes, I need to manually copy the timestamp of the video, annotate the video with the correct timestamp, and put all of this in Obsidian. If I don’t keep track of the timestamp, coming back to the video requires me to sift through the video to find where my note is referencing. I don’t like this manual work so I decided to add a better way in Fleeting Notes (FN).

I say this with all the respect to the developers of both Obsidian and helper apps, but something like Fleeting Notes shouldn't have to exist. When someone can build a business model out of a missing feature of your product, something is wrong with your roadmap.