Convert a Google Takeout zip file containing Google Keep notes to a directory of text files, suitable for import into systems such as Evernote
Use Google Takeout to get a zip file, which will contain your Keep notes
NOTE: Be sure that only Keep files are included in the Google Takeout zip file, not contacts or any other Google data
Usage:
simple usage: python keepToText.py zipFile
full usage: python keepToText.py [-h] [--encoding ENCODING] [--system-encoding] [--format {Evernote,CintaNotes,StandardNotes}] zipFile
By default, the text files will be placed in a directory called Text, under the same
directory as the zip file. You may import that folder into Evernote.
If you specify --format CintaNotes, a single cintanotes.xml file containing all your notes will be
created in the same directory as the zip file. You may import that file into CintaNotes.
If you specify --format StandardNotes, a single standardnotes-from-keep.txt file containing all your
notes will be created in the same directory as the zip file. You may import that file into Standard Notes.
Works with Python 2 or 3
Options:
Use the --encoding option to specify an output encoding, for example, --encoding latin_1
Use the --system-encoding option to use your operating system's current encoding
The default output encoding is utf-8
Use the --format option to choose between Evernote, CintaNotes or Standard Notes, for example, --format CintaNotes
The default format is Evernote
Module dependencies:
For Evernote format: HTMLParser
For CintaNotes format: lxml, mako, and python-dateutil
For StandardNotes format: hashlib, json, lxml, mako, python-dateutil, and uuid
To install a dependency, use: python -m pip install [dependency]
About the Standard Notes format:
Proper operation with Python 2 has not been verified.
Use Extensions > Batch Manager > Open > Backup Explorer to inspect the output file before performing an import.
Title and timestamp from Google Keep are preserved. Timestamp timezones may not be preserved correctly. Notes without a title will be given a title of the form "Untitled yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss".
The Standard Notes note identifier (UUID) will be set to a value derived from the SHA256 hash of timestamp+title+text of the note, in the hope that this will help Standard Notes detect a duplicate on re-import. However, the Batch Manager extension also has as separate duplicate finder tool you can use.
The Standard Notes parser was copied and modified from the CintaNotes parser - thanks for the head-start! Using Mako templating for output works, but it's sort of a hack; a future enhancement would be to create a list of StandardNote dicts and output by dumping that to JSON instead.