Obsidian API Python Wrapper

This is a simple Python wrapper of the Obsidian Local REST API.

Installation

1. Download the package:
   • git: git clone https://github.com/evelynkyl/obsidian_python_api.git
   • or wget: wget --no-check-certificate --content-disposition https://github.com/evelynkyl/obsidian_python_api/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
   • or curl: curl -LJO https://github.com/evelynkyl/obsidian_python_api/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
2. Install: sudo python setup.py install Or pip install git+https://github.com/evelynkyl/obsidian_python_api.git

Usage

API_URL, API_Key = 'demo_url', 'demo_api_key'
Obsidian = ObsidianFiles(API_URL, API_Key)

# Get the content of the currently open file on Obsidian
active_content = Obsidian._get_active_file_content()

# Search your vault with a JSON / dataview query
request_body = '''TABLE
  time-played AS "Time Played",
  length AS "Length",
  rating AS "Rating"
FROM #game
SORT rating DESC'''

files_from_query = Obsidian._search_with_query(request_body)
files_from_query