Import query to other apps (e.g. to-do reminder)

[Shigo-45]

In my practice I just copy all contents in a query and use a custom python script to extract metadata (task name, tag, due/schedulded date...) then encode in a URL scheme to import to my to-do reminder for further scheduling. But this is not applicable since the release of the Date Picker feature as the dates in query are no longer able to be copied.

I appreciate the convenience brought by the date picker but more need for reminder and within-day scheduling brought by the to-do app, so I have to stay at 7.9.0 for the moment. Is there another way to extract query items out of Obsidian to be processed by other apps, or is it feasible to add cross-app integration as a new feature? Thanks in advance!

[claremacrae]

But this is not applicable since the release of the Date Picker feature as the dates in query are no longer able to be copied.

This is the first I have header of that. What exactly is the problem - why "no longer"...

Is there another way to extract query items out of Obsidian to be processed by other apps, or is it feasible to add cross-app integration as a new feature? Thanks in advance!

I don't know enough about the mechanics of the tools you mention, so don't know what would be involved to create a "cross-app integration".

However, I suspect that this might be the foundation that would enable what you may be thinking of:

• Add query/search feature to API to allow other plugins - and Tasks users - to query tasks based on task's query language #2459

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[Shigo-45]

What exactly is the problem - why "no longer"...

In ver. 7.9.0 (w\ date picker), simply dragging and copying contents in a query gives:

Test task 1 📅 2025-04-22 (Test)
Test task 2 📅 2025-04-22 (Test)

which can be directly used to extract and encode as a URL scheme.

But in ver. 7.19.1 (and any version w/ date picker), the same action ignores all dates as they are not plain texts anymore:

Test task 1 (Test)
Test task 2 (Test)

I suspect that this might be the foundation that would enable what you may be thinking of...

I'm not a developer so I'm not sure an API exposed to other plugins is also exposable to external request, but as 'the foundation' the answer is certainly yes. Thank you for mentioning!

[claremacrae]

Thank you, that’s really helpful.