201801231551 Links to remote control The Archive.md

201801231551 Links to remote control The Archive

#automation

First, remember that we suggest to stick to the plain text approach and use IDs to reference your Zettel notes from external sources, like digital Mind-Maps or spreadsheets. Sticking to IDs instead of application-specific features prevents you from suffering from app lock-in effects. See [[201705120915 Software-agnostic programming]].

That being said, if you want to write scripts that remote control The Archive, or if you want to insert clickable links in other applications to open a note in this app, you can use the built-in URL scheme for these purposes:

• thearchive://search/SEARCH_TERM will filter your list of notes just like a manual search for "SEARCH_TERM" would; it behaves like clicking on #hashtags.
• thearchive://match/TERM will filter your list of notes and open a note that starts with "TERM", if any; it behaves like clicking on [[WikiLinks]].
• thearchive://matchOrCreate/TERM will behave like match but creates a note called "TERM" if no match was found; it behaves like searching for "TERM" and then hitting return to create a new note.