Adding filters to `list`?

[goldcaddy77]

Hi, have you thought about adding filters to list so that you could query for just p4 tasks or filtering by name? Or do you just expect that people will filter using the command line?

[sachaos]

@goldcaddy77 Yeah, you are right. Initially, I thought that using grep was enough. However, recently I think that filter option will make this more useful.
What do you think?

[goldcaddy77]

I think it would be a nice addition. Anybody else?

[jmburges]

Definitely worth it! The biggest one being date based filters.

[sachaos]

Thank you for your opinion. I'm happy.
It's nice using official filter query syntax.
https://support.todoist.com/hc/en-us/articles/205248842-Filters

I want to implement this as soon as possible.
But now, I'm busy with my day job, so it may take a while.

[goldcaddy77]

No worries - thanks for your work on the project 👍

[jmburges]

Agreed! I know some go...Maybe I'll give it a shot :)

[sachaos]

PR welcome!

I would like to implement the filter feature by parsing the received filter query, converting it to AST, and evaluating if the item matches the query.
We are also looking for other methods of implementation.

[sachaos]

@goldcaddy77 @jmburges Sorry for being late.
I implemented some filter functions in v0.10.0. Try it! 👍

# e.g. list overdue and priority 3 tasks
$ todoist list --filter "overdue & p3"

But some functions are WIP.
Todo list is below.

Based on: https://support.todoist.com/hc/en-us/articles/205248842-Filters

• Boolean infix operator
• Not operator
• Due date
  • Specific date
  • Specific date and time
  • Relative date
    • today, tomorrow, yesterday
    • 3 days (due in the next 3 days)
    • -3 days (due in the past 3 days)
  • Days of the week
  • Due before
  • Due After
  • Over due
  • No date
  • Recurring
• Priority
  • Specific priority
  • No priority
• Label
  • Specific label
  • No label
• Project
  • Project
  • Sub Project
• Created
  • created on
  • created before
  • created after
• Assigned
  • assigned to
  • assigned by
  • assigned
  • shared
• Keyword search
• multiple filters

[erikw]

I think filter by Project should be prioritized, it's the filter I would use the most often!

[sachaos]

OK, I'll implement this.

[coljac]

Hi there - the bit missing for my use here is the "next X days" option. If you revisit this, please consider making this high in the priority list.

Is it a limitation of the todoist api that the filter queries can't be passed back to the server?

[0atman]

just a note that I missed filtering by @labels today
Thanks! <3

[sachaos]

I implemented project filter in #57

[0atman]

Amazing! Thank you :-) Going to re-install and play around