Tidbyt integration with Things app (Things3)
I am on macOS and use the very popular Things app to help me stay on task through the day. I wanted to put my "Today" todo list on my tidbyt. Unfortunately, Things doesn't have an API for their cloud service, so I went a different route and used AppleScript to grab the data from Things, write to a .star file, and then set up a cron to render and push to the tidbyt. Here is the general way it works...
- AppleScript
- pull todo data from Things app
- overwrite existing .star file with updated list items (current limit 3 items)
- option to write todo list to file
- things.star (or whatever you want to name it)
- renders large app image with crossed circle for 0 items
- renders small icon top center for 1 and 2 items
- renders small icon left center for 3 items
- option for vertical scroll with 1 item layout as seen below for Upcoming List
Upcoming List with vertical scroll layout - cron
- shell script to run AppleScript and pixlet render webp
- shell script to push webp to tidbyt
- shell scripts set to run on certain hour intervals and 10 seconds apart
Things is on my tidbyt! The pictures do not do it justice, it looks great!
| Today List None | Upcoming List None |
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| Today List 1 Item | Upcoming List 1 Item |
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