This Ruby script, created by Ross Belmont, lets you export a Highrise note to an HTML file.
Highrise has become the definitive repository for everything I do at work. It’s a perfect tool to track the whirlwind of activity and action items that make up day-to-day work.
After getting into the rhythm of using it for a while, I noticed that I often needed to share a note that I’d captured with my boss or another team member. In the past, I had occasionally used Writeboard to bang out these types of notes, exporting them to HTML and sending them as e-mail attachments if need be. After the third or fourth time, wheels started to turn in my head.
So, I wrote a simple Ruby script to combine the two concepts and export a Highrise note to an HTML file. To use it, you’ll need to do the following:
- Download the script and edit it to include your Highrise account info (URL and API key).
- Install the Ruby BlueCloth gem…this step can be tricky.
- (Optional) Create a shell script to launch the Ruby file and pass it the command line parameter.
...I’m happy that the Highrise API is so easy to use and I can build my own workaround.
Thanks Ross.
