(See the finale release : https://www.cyber-neurones.org/2019/02/diaro-app-pixel-crater-ltd-diarobackup-xml-how-to-migrate-data-to-joplin/ )

Step 1: Add in first ligne : <?xml version= »1.0″ encoding= »UTF-8″?> before <data> in file DiaroBackup.xml … it’s mandatory !

I use REST API to insert in JOPLIN : https://joplin.cozic.net/api/ , it’s good documentation.

Here my first release in Python to import data from Diaro App Backup to Joplin API :

#
# Version 1  
#  
#   ARIAS Frederic
#   Sorry ... It's difficult for me the python :)

from urllib2 import unquote
from lxml import etree
import os
from time import gmtime, strftime
import time

strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", gmtime())
start = time.time()

print("Start : Parse Table")
tree = etree.parse("./DiaroBackup.xml")
for table in tree.xpath("/data/table"):
    print(table.get("name"))
print("End : Parse Table")

#Token
ip = "127.0.0.1"
port = "41184"
#token = "ABCD123ABCD123ABCD123ABCD123ABCD123"
token = "blablabla"
cmd = 'curl http://'+ip+':'+port+'/notes?token='+token
print cmd
os.system(cmd)

#Init
Diaro_UID = "12345678901234567801234567890123"
Lat = {}
Lng = {}
Lat[""] = ""
Lng[""] = ""
cmd = 'curl --data \'{ "id": "'+Diaro_UID+'", "title": "Diaro Import"}\' http://'+ip+':'+port+'/folders?token='+token
print cmd
os.system(cmd)

print("Start : Parse Table")
tree = etree.parse("./DiaroBackup.xml")
for table in tree.iter('table'):
    name = table.attrib.get('name')
    print name
    myorder = 1
    for r in table.iter('r'):
         myuid = ""
         mytitle = ""
         mylat = ""
         mylng = ""
         mytags = ""
         mydate = ""
         mytext = ""
         myfilename = ""
         myfolder_uid = Diaro_UID
         mylocation_uid = ""
         myprimary_photo_uid = ""
         myentry_uid = ""
         myorder += 1
         for subelem in r:
	     print(subelem.tag)
             if (subelem.tag == 'uid'):
                 myuid = subelem.text
              	 print ("myuid",myuid)
             if (subelem.tag == 'entry_uid'):
                 myentry_uid = subelem.text
                 print ("myentry_uid",myentry_uid)
             if (subelem.tag == 'primary_photo_uid'):
                 myprimary_photo_uid = subelem.text
                 print ("myprimary_photo_uid",myprimary_photo_uid)
             if (subelem.tag == 'folder_uid'):
                 myfolder_uid = subelem.text
                 print ("myfolder_uid",myfolder_uid)
             if (subelem.tag == 'location_uid'):
                 mylocation_uid = subelem.text
                 print ("mylocation_uid",mylocation_uid)
             if (subelem.tag == 'date'):
                 mydate = subelem.text
                 print ("mydate",mydate)
             if (subelem.tag == 'title'):
                 mytitle = subelem.text
                 print ("mytitle",mytitle)
		 print type(mytitle)
                 if type(mytitle) == unicode:
			mytitle = mytitle.encode('utf8')
             if (subelem.tag == 'lat'):
                 mylat = subelem.text
                 print ("mylat",mylat)
             if (subelem.tag == 'lng'):
                 mylng = subelem.text
                 print ("mylng",mylng)
             if (subelem.tag == 'tags'):
                 mytags = subelem.text
                 if mytags:
                    mytags[1:]
                 print ("mytags",mytags)
             if (subelem.tag == 'text'):
                 mytext = subelem.text
                 print ("mytext",mytext)
                 if type(mytext) == unicode:
                        mytext = mytext.encode('utf8')
             if (subelem.tag == 'filename'):
                 myfilename = subelem.text
                 print ("myfilename",myfilename)
         if (name == 'diaro_folders'):
              cmd = 'curl --data \'{ "id": "'+myuid+'", "title": "'+mytitle+'", "parent_id": "'+Diaro_UID+'"}\' http://'+ip+':'+port+'/folders?token='+token
              print cmd
              os.system(cmd)
         if (name == 'diaro_tags'):
              cmd = 'curl --data \'{ "id": "'+myuid+'", "title": "'+mytitle+'"}\' http://'+ip+':'+port+'/tags?token='+token
              print cmd
              os.system(cmd)
         if (name == 'diaro_attachments'):
              cmd = 'curl -F \'data=@media/photo/'+myfilename+'\'  -F \'props={"id":"'+myuid+'"}\' http://'+ip+':'+port+'/resources?token='+token
              print cmd
              os.system(cmd)
              cmd = 'curl -X PUT http://'+ip+':'+port+'/resources/'+myuid+'/notes/'+myentry_uid+'?token='+token
              print cmd
              os.system(cmd)
         if (name == 'diaro_locations'):
              Lat[myuid] = mylat
              Lng[myuid] = mylng
         if (name == 'diaro_entries'):
             if not mytext:
                  mytext = ""
             if not myfolder_uid:
                  myfolder_uid = Diaro_UID
             if not mytags:
                  mytags = ""
             if not mylocation_uid:
                  mylocation_uid = ""
             mytext = mytext.replace("'", "")
             mytitle = mytitle.replace("'", "")
             mytext = mytext.strip("\'")
             mytitle = mytitle.strip("\'")
             mytext = mytext.strip('(')
             mytitle = mytitle.strip('(')
             print type(mytext)
             cmd = 'curl --data \'{"latitude":"'+Lat[mylocation_uid]+'","longitude":"'+Lng[mylocation_uid]+'","tags":"'+mytags+'","parent_id":"'+myfolder_uid+'","id":"'+myuid+'","title":"'+mytitle+'", "created_time": "'+mydate+'", "body": "'+mytext+'"}\' http://'+ip+':'+port+'/notes?token='+token
             print cmd
             os.system(cmd)
print("End : Parse Table")

strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", gmtime())
done = time.time()
elapsed = done - start
print(elapsed)

But I don’t understand the API, I can force the id ( for exemple : 12345678901234567801234567890123 ):

curl --data '{ "id": "12345678901234567801234567890123", "title": "Diaro Import"}' http://127.0.0.1:41184/folders?token=.....

{"title":"Diaro Import","id":"73d15fe0b55e40dabea353b0f9d45547","updated_time":1549406274867,"created_time":1549406274867,"user_updated_time":1549406274867,"user_created_time":1549406274867,"type_":2}

Same issue with ressource :

curl -F 'data=@media/photo/photo_20181202_810728.jpg'  -F 'props={"id":"fe2a86a78bded44f18d6da73fff9a3e1"}' http://127.0.0.1:41184/resources?token=.....

{"id":"68d662d3b7f0421f9dc4bf8f33bdc74c","title":"UpPr0WId4ZsIFiLAAL6ZLMf1.jpg","mime":"image/jpeg","filename":"","created_time":1549409257224,"updated_time":1549409257229,"user_created_time":1549409257224,"user_updated_time":1549409257229,"file_extension":"jpg","encryption_cipher_text":"","encryption_applied":0,"encryption_blob_encrypted":0,"type_":4}

And also all my notes are tags ?!

Logs of Joplin ( .config/joplin-desktop/log.txt ) , before import :

2019-02-05 23:25:51: "Running background sync on timer..."
2019-02-05 23:25:51: "Scheduling sync operation..."
2019-02-05 23:25:51: "Preparing scheduled sync"
2019-02-05 23:25:51: "Starting scheduled sync"
2019-02-05 23:25:51: "Operations completed: "
2019-02-05 23:25:51: "fetchingTotal: -"
2019-02-05 23:25:51: "Total folders: 8"
2019-02-05 23:25:51: "Total notes: 23"
2019-02-05 23:25:51: "Total resources: 35"

Logs of Joplin, after import (no information on Tags):

2019-02-06 00:28:49: "Scheduling sync operation..."
2019-02-06 00:28:49: "Preparing scheduled sync"
2019-02-06 00:28:49: "Starting scheduled sync"
2019-02-06 00:28:49: "Operations completed: "
2019-02-06 00:28:49: "createRemote: 2"
2019-02-06 00:28:49: "fetchingTotal: 2"
2019-02-06 00:28:49: "Total folders: 24"
2019-02-06 00:28:49: "Total notes: 460"
2019-02-06 00:28:49: "Total resources: 891"

But I don’t see any notes … but the note are on tags ?!

How to start the API :

And when you active the service, you see the port :

And not easy to contact the forum : https://discourse.joplin.cozic.net/t/diario-awesome-notes-webdavnav/1518/6