jgplane/clippings-pluck

Feed it Kindle 'My Clippings' data and get back an array of hashes

clippings-pluck's Issues

CSV parsing should not fail if the user doesn't open the file in Excel

Currently we separate meta data from clippings by splitting on this pattern:
AMZN_DIVIDER = "----------------------------------------------\t\t\t\r\t\t\t\r"

That pattern only exists if the user opens the csv file in excel and saves. Otherwise, I believe it is just ----------------------------------------------.

To do:

• First check for the excel pattern, if the text doesn't split into two, fall back to the normal one
• Add a test file that captures the state of the file as it is sent from Amazon. Get tests to green

Check for clippings format before parsing

Need to check that the string is really a My Clippings file before attempting a parse. Throw an error if not.

Book titles have extra spaces at the end

Many times, the strings passed back for book_title have an extra padding. For example:
"Two Years Before the Mast "

Note assigned incorrectly. Text paser

Note: "define bitts"

clippings (copy).txt

TxtParser needs smarter note attachment

Need smart note attaching for the TxtParser. There are several issues currently:

• Notes added to a previous highlight aren't added after that highlight. Instead amazon attaches annotations in the order they are made (location independent). The parser needs to be smart enough to attach itself to the correct highlight. Right now, it is just attaching to the last highlight parsed.

• If you note a highlight once, and then note it later, there may be multiple notes per highlight. The parser needs to be smart enough to append a note if one already exists for the located highlight.