Advice for adding date

[vitchyr]

Thank you for this plugin! I would like to modify this to automatically download the date that the paper was published. I have experience programming, but I don't have much experience with JavaScript or using the Notion API. Do you have suggestions for how to get started (e.g., files/lines I need to modify) to make this modification? I'd be happy to make a PR for this if I finish this.

[denkiwakame]

@vitchyr

Hi, I would like to share some information to extend this extension. (I hope this information would also help other users)

How to debug your extension

• change this line to the following https://github.com/denkiwakame/arxiv2notion/blob/main/src/js/popup.js#L19
  • this will query arxiv information not from the current tab data but from the hard-coded URL.

- this.getCurrentTabUrl();
+ this.getPaperInfo(TEST_URL);

• $ npm install & npm run build build the extension locally
• navigate to chrome://extension
  • turn on developer mode
  • select load unpacked and open arxiv2notion/dist
  • you can see the extension ID like aedplelmaaaldilfkeobdapccljxxxxx in the loaded extension description
  • open chrome-extension://aedplelmaaaldilfkeobdapccljxxxxx/popup.html
• open chrome developer tools in your browser (Ctrl + Shift + i w/Linux)
  • you can see debugging outputs (\eg console.log()) in the devtools.
• once you load unpacked , the extension is automatically synced whenever you run npm run build and reload chrome-extension://${your-extension-id}/popup.html
• you will be able to know more about how everything is working.

Change Notion database scheme

• If you attempt to add a new column like published date , you need to add it in your notion.so manually https://github.com/denkiwakame/arxiv2notion#getting-started or via Notion API https://developers.notion.com/reference/update-a-database

Get arXiv published date

• To retrieve arXiv paper information, this extension utilizes arXiv public API.
• You can see properties available in the current API https://arxiv.org/help/api/basics
• For example, if you need published , you can add some code to obtain the target property.
  • https://github.com/denkiwakame/arxiv2notion/blob/main/src/js/popup.js#L112-L124
  • const published = entry.querySelector("published").textContent;
• The retrieved contents will be posted by this line https://github.com/denkiwakame/arxiv2notion/blob/main/src/js/popup.js#L49
  • Thus you need to add properties to https://github.com/denkiwakame/arxiv2notion/blob/main/src/js/popup.js#L127

Post to notion.so

• Add property to https://github.com/denkiwakame/arxiv2notion/blob/main/src/js/notion.js#L62-L118
• You may need to follow the Notion API date format.　https://developers.notion.com/reference/page#date-property-values
• I haven't tested though, maybe like this ?

        Published: {
          id: "published",
          type: "date",
          date: { start: "2020-12-08T12:00:00Z", end: null },
        },

Oh, wait, when I finished up writing this, I realized that customizing this extension is somewhat troublesome. ☠️
I designed the default database scheme simplest so that it would meet the demand for diversified potential users. I will be considering to update this extension so that the user can select properties on-demand without coding.
If you don't mind, could you please give me some feedback on the desired properties (database scheme) or UIs to save on notion.so ?

[denkiwakame]

Merged: #6