Provide API for developers of other plugins

[Quorafind]

Is it possible now or in the future, we can run query and then get its result by code? Like Dataview does, but for TASKS plugin.

[claremacrae]

Could you give an example - perhaps in pseudo ode - of the kind of think you would like to do?

[claremacrae]

Yes it does, thank you very much!

[claremacrae]

Here is how to use the Dataview API:

https://github.com/blacksmithgu/obsidian-dataview/blob/master/docs/docs/plugin/develop-against-dataview.md

[AnnaKornfeldSimpson]

@Quorafind Any specific API methods that you want to have? So far from what you have written I see:

• Execute a given query and return an array of tasks.
• For a single task, get start date
• ..., get scheduled date
• ..., get due date
• ..., get done date
• ..., get recurrence rule (Or next recurrence date, which would be attached to a different task... Or ..?)
• What else?

[Quorafind]

That's all I think, but how about create a new task based on END DATE, RECURRENCE DATE..... etc. And then return task string

[claremacrae]

A biggie that would help out the Reminders plugin is ‘“complete this task, and return the new text, plus if it is recurring, the new task line too”.

[claremacrae]

I see that https://github.com/chhoumann/MetaEdit has an API documented in its README. Might give useful ideas.

[claremacrae]

Helpful discussion on how to provide access to as Tasks plugin API:
#1249 (comment)

[claremacrae]

Another plugin that provides an API:
https://github.com/scambier/obsidian-omnisearch/blob/master/README.md#public-api

It uses:
https://github.com/vanakat/plugin-api

[claremacrae]

Another way of doing it:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/obsidian-daily-notes-interface

[claremacrae]

I have written up some thoughts on this in #1646

If discussion could go there for now, that would keep all the comments in one place. Thanks.