Creating a node entirely programmatically

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I’m hoping this is an easy question: I want to create a small function that I can run with a key binding that creates a node and inserts a template automatically (so, bypassing any question about which template to use). I just want to go straight to start typing in a new node. I’m hoping to prompt for a title and then start typing. It’s for quickly filing a link, primarily. The template will take the url from the clipboard and insert it into the template. Which function would I start with?

2

I’m guessing the entry point would be org-roam-capture, but with all of the parameters filled out and only one template provided. Has anyone does this and could show me an example?

3

Actually, I think I found it (mostly copied from another thread):

(defun eds/strip-invalid-chars (title)
  "Strip characters that don't work in filenames or github branches"
  (replace-regexp-in-string "[\\?\\>\\<\\|\\:\\&]" "" title))

(defun eds/process-title (title)
  "Downcase and hyphenate a title case string. Remove characters
that don't work in a filename."
  (eds/strip-invalid-chars (mapconcat 'identity (split-string (downcase title)) "-")))

(defun eds/create-new-note-from-clipboard-link (title)
  "Create a new note file in `org-roam-directory' and insert a link."
  (interactive "sTitle: ")
  (let* ((time-string (format-time-string "%Y%m%dT%H%M%S"))
         (clipboard-content (or (gui-get-selection 'CLIPBOARD) "Clipboard is empty."))
         (extension "org")
         (slug (eds/process-title title))
         (file-base-name (concat time-string "-" slug "." extension))
         (org-roam-directory (eds/get-org-directory))
         (file-name (expand-file-name file-base-name org-roam-directory))
         (title-line (format "#+title: %s\n" title))
         (startup-line "#+startup: content\n")
         (link-line (format "* [[%s][%s]]\n" clipboard-content title)))
    (find-file file-name)
    ;; In the new buffer
    (insert (concat title-line startup-line link-line))
    (beginning-of-buffer)
    (org-id-get-create)
    (end-of-buffer)
    (save-buffer)
    (org-roam-db-sync)))
4

you can in the future look into org-roam-protocol which can be used to interact with the outside-emacs world - for example creating a node from the link in a webpage and so on. Might be useful to your usecase.

5

All you need to do is create a file in the org-roam directory (or children) with at least one node (either the file ID or a header with an ID) and it will be automatically added to the org-roam database.

That, however, does no “run” the template.

if you want to actually run the template as if you provided the key, see the code of the function:

org-roam-dailies–capture

it calls org-roam-capture as it was called interactively