obsidian-section-collector user script

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Obsidian user script to collect same section in notes into one view. e.g. collect ideas or thoughts section in daily notes.

Usage

There 2 ways to use scripts in this project.

1. use the one in Scripts/custom directory with CustomJS plugin of Obsidian.
2. use the one in Views/custom directory with dv.view() method of Obsidian DataView plugin.

Use with CustomJS Plugin

Steps:

1. find, install and enable DataView and CustomJS plugins in Community Plugins page of settings.

2. in the CustomJS plugin's settings page, set Folder to Scripts/custom.

3. make the Scripts/custom directory in your vault, if not exist.

   cd <VAULT-DIRECTORY>
   mkdir -p Scripts/custom

4. get Scripts/custom/SectionCollector.js and put it into Scripts/custom directory in the vault.

   1. clone this repository and copy file
   2. browse and save raw content of the script in browser
   3. get tar ball from release page and extract the file

5. make the Views directory in your vault, if not exist.

   cd <VAULT-DIRECTORY>
   mkdir Views

6. create the view note that you want in Views directory, e.g. Ideas.md, and put the code blow in it:

   ```dataviewjs
   let SECTION_NAME = "Ideas";
   let TAG_NAME = "ideas";
   
   const {SectionCollector} = customJS;
   SectionCollector.show(app, dv, SECTION_NAME, TAG_NAME);
   ```
   

   NOTICE: actually, in this way to use the script, you can put the view note anywhere.

7. add Ideas section and #ideas tag in any notes that you want to put your ideas like this:

   #ideas
   
   ## Ideas
   
   1. make it possible to collect same sections in all notes into one view
   2. ...
   

8. open the view note Views/Ideas, you will see all the ideas are collected into it.

Use with DataView plugin's dv.view() method

Steps:

1. find, install and enable DataView plugins in Community Plugins page of settings.

2. make the Views/custom directory in your vault, if not exist.

   cd <VAULT-DIRECTORY>
   mkdir -p Views/custom

   NOTICE: you can change the directory path as you like, and specify it in the following step 4

3. get Views/custom/SectionCollector.js and put it into Views/custom directory in the vault.

   1. clone this repository and copy file
   2. browse and save raw content of the script in browser
   3. get tar ball from release page and extract the file

4. create the view note that you want in Views directory, e.g. Ideas.md, and put the code blow in it:

   ```dataviewjs
   const options = {
           app: app,
           section_name: "Ideas",
           tag_name: "ideas",
   };
   await dv.view("Views/custom/SectionCollector", options);
   ```
   

   NOTICE: actually, in this way to use the script, you can put the view note anywhere.

5. add Ideas section and #ideas tag in any notes that you want to put your ideas like this:

   #ideas
   
   ## Ideas
   
   1. make it possible to collect same sections in all notes into one view
   2. ...
   

6. open the view note Views/Ideas, you will see all the ideas are collected into it.

Samples

you can see the sample note Views/Ideas.md as reference

Notice

if you insert images in the vault local directory into your note, make sure the path is full related path. e.g. if you put images in images directory, the image link should be like this:

![[images/section-collector.png]]

Or

![](images/section-collector.png)

Hope this script is useful to you :)