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Extracting notes from Kobo Aura One

I use HPI to extract annotations fro my Kobo Aura One. It's a 7" e-reader device that supports epubs, and the Overdrive library checkout system, and the sync system is more open to sideloaded documents than Amazon's devices.

- name: kobuddy cloned
  git:
    dest: ~/Code/kobuddy
    repo: https://github.com/karlicoss/kobuddy
  become: yes
  become_user: "{{local_account}}"
  tags:
  - hpi

- name: kobuddy installed to hpi venv
  shell:
    cmd: ~/Code/hpi/env/bin/pip install -e .
    chdir: ~/Code/kobuddy/
    creates: ~/Code/hpi/env/bin/kobuddy
  become: yes
  become_user: "{{local_account}}"
  tags:
  - hpi

(pyvenv-activate "~/Code/hpi/env/")

mkdir -p ~/sync/kobo/
kobuddy backup ~/sync/kobo/

import my.kobo as kobo

res = ""
for bwh in kobo.get_books_with_highlights():
  res += "* {} by {}\n".format(bwh.book.title, bwh.book.author)
  for hl in bwh.highlights:
    res += "** {}\n".format(hl.text)

return res