Create new list in Reminders?

Scriptable
1

I can see that there are extensive options for retrieving reminders, but is there a way in Scriptable to create a new list in the Reminders app?

2

There is currently no API for this in Scriptable. In fact, I’m not sure if third party apps can do that at all on iOS but I’ll look into it.

3

Goodtasks allows you to do it. Just tested it now.

I would also be interested in this feature.

4

Drafts can. It’s the only one I’ve found though I’m told Pythonista also can.

I’ve been using Drafts as a conduit for this purpose but wanted to try out Scriptable. There are some weaknesses in my workflow and I wanted to see if I could get better results with Scriptable.

FYI - here is the Drafts script I use as a part of my workflow.

var list = ReminderList.findOrCreate(draft.title);

var reminder = list.createReminder();

list.update();

5

No. GoodTask cannot create a reminders list programmatically/by url scheme. I have this directly from the dev, but if you have a hack or workaround then please share. I’m a GoodTask user.

6

Yup:

import reminders
r = reminders.Reminder()
r.title = 'Added from Pythonista'
r.save()
def_list = reminders.get_default_calendar().title
print('Reminder added to default list: ' + def_list)
7

That’s creating a new list in the Reminders app, and not just a reminder in an existing list?

8

Sorry I didn’t mean programmatically, just stating that it’s possible to create new lists from a 3rd party app, which means the API must exist and should be possible in scriptable.

9

The next update will include APIs to create reminder lists. Technically a reminder list is a calendar, so you’ll find these APIs on the Calendar bridge.

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10

Sorry, I misread the original question. However, the Pythonista code can be easily modified to create a new reminders list (in the Reminders app), and then create a new reminder in that list:

import reminders

c = reminders.Calendar()
c.title = 'Pythonista Remimders List'
c.save()
print('New calendar added: ' + c.title)

r = reminders.Reminder(c)
r.title = 'Added from Pythonista'
r.save()
print('Reminder added to list: ' + c.title)

My assumption would be that the JavaScript methods in Scriptable would be used in a similar way to construct a list and a reminder, but I haven’t tried.

11

Noted. Thanks for clarifying.

12

Thank you for clarifying. It’s nice to know there are options (many more than I thought, actually).

13

Calendar.findOrCreateForReminders(“joey joe joe jr shabadu”)

Sweet. Thanks.

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