Quickly add task to Notion

[dzg]

I want a widget that when tapped, prompts for a bit of text, then adds the text to Notion.
Could this be used for that? Is there an option to prompt for input?
Or is there some other app that will allow this?
Thanks

[Waboodoo]

Regarding Notion

I'm not familiar with Notion, so I don't know about the details, but it looks like they have a REST API, so this should be possible. I found their API documentation here: https://developers.notion.com/reference/post-page

The easiest way to get started is probably to copy the cURL code snippet that you get from the documentation page (the code on the right) and then opening the HTTP Shortcuts app, clicking the + button, selecting "Import from cURL Command", then pasting the copied code into there and confirming. This will create a new shortcut which should have most of the settings you need. You might have to adjust the Method to be "POST" (looks like there's a bug in my app currently regarding that).

You will also have to modify the "Authorization" Request Header. I needs to contain a valid API token instead of $NOTION_API_KEY. More information about this is found here: https://developers.notion.com/reference/authentication

Regarding prompting for text

Yes, this is possible, and there are 2 ways of doing it. The easiest way is to create a variable of type "Text Input" and use that in your shortcut where needed (in this case probably in the request body).

Steps how to do this:

1. Open the HTTP Shortcuts app
2. Open the ... overflow menu
3. Select "Variables"
4. Click the + button
5. Select "Text Input"
6. Enter a name for your variable
7. Save the variable with the checkmark icon in the top right
8. Start editing your shortcut
9. Go to the place where you want to insert the text (e.g. the "Request Body" section)
10. Click the "{}" on the right
11. Select your variable
12. You should now see a placeholder for the variable inserted
13. Save your shortcut

Now, whenever you trigger this shortcut, it will prompt you to enter text, which will then be inserted at the place where you put the variable placeholder.

More about variable can be found here: https://http-shortcuts.rmy.ch/variables

[dzg]

Fantastic!! Works absolutely perfectly. The edit on computer feature is freaking brilliant.

Let me know if you want me to share my shortcut for Quickly add a to-do item to a Notion page
(It took a bit of fiddling around with the Notion API call, using https://developers.notion.com/reference/patch-block-children)

[dzg]

For anyone who wants to Quickly add a to-do item to a Notion page, here is the API call:

curl -X PATCH "https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/$PAGE_ID/children" \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer '"$NOTION_API_KEY"'' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Notion-Version: 2021-08-16" \
--data '{
   "children": [
      {
         "object": "block",
         "type": "to_do",
         "to_do": {
            "text": [
               {
                  "type": "text",
                  "text": {
                     "content": "$TEXT"
                  }
               }
            ]
         }
      }
   ]
}'

And this is the export from HTTP-Shortcuts

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "d269f4e6-1327-48cd-a371-fb595963a7cb",
      "name": "Shortcuts",
      "shortcuts": [
        {
          "authToken": "$NOTION_API_KEY",
          "authentication": "bearer",
          "bodyContent": "{\"children\": [{\"object\": \"block\",\"type\": \"to_do\",\"to_do\": {\"text\": [{\"type\": \"text\",\"text\": {\"content\": \"{{d9136efd-2506-40ac-9093-70f984156a34}}\"}}]}}]}",
          "headers": [
            {
              "id": "4b910a25-ee2a-4217-8fe7-4475f64ad4c7",
              "key": "Content-Type",
              "value": "application/json"
            },
            {
              "id": "9e1f5262-d56d-4730-89f5-0b3c5d8c41ba",
              "key": "Notion-Version",
              "value": "2021-08-16"
            }
          ],
          "iconName": "flat_color_lightbulb_2",
          "id": "7566afad-45c3-4669-85bd-ac2395cc6536",
          "launcherShortcut": true,
          "method": "PATCH",
          "name": "notion",
          "responseHandling": {
            "id": "b3ef4e94-35c3-48b5-a7b0-44bc9b9bbf04",
            "successMessage": "Saved!",
            "successOutput": "message",
            "uiType": "toast"
          },
          "url": "https://api.notion.com/v1/blocks/$PAGE_ID/children"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "variables": [
    {
      "id": "d9136efd-2506-40ac-9093-70f984156a34",
      "key": "task",
      "title": "Task",
      "type": "text"
    }
  ],
  "version": 45
}

[Waboodoo]

Glad to hear it works. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻