Tolino Notes to CSV/Readwise

This little script converts highlights and notes from Tolino readers to a machine consumable CSV format. It was written to import the highlights into Readwise, but can easily be adjusted to other use cases.

Needed

• PHP 5.3+
• Terminal
• Git
• notes.txt from your Tolino

How to use

• git clone git@github.com:minthemiddle/tolino-php.git
• Copy notes.txt to the root of the tolino-php folder (hence the path is tolino-php/notes.txt)
• cd tolino-php
• For Readwise:
• php main.php
• Upload the generated output.csv CSV to Readwise
• For other CSV usage:
• Adjust fields in script, e.g. use the now unused type field
• php main.php - this generates an output.csv file
• ⚠️ Always double check the CSV before processing, there might be errors!

Known limitations

• If a book has parentheses in the title, the author name is scrambled
  • Input: Title of book (with parentheses) (Lastname, Firstname)
  • Output: Author: (with parentheses) (Lastname
  • I could not figure out the regex for that yet, if you can, please help

License

MIT