Is there a solution to automatically synchronize Emacs org-mode with one of the web based todo services?

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Org-mode is amazing. I like its power and simplicity. However, sometimes I need access to my tasks in places where I don't have the necessary setup. Is there a way to synchronize my org agenda with one of the better web based todo services like RTM, Toodledo or similar?

It would be the best solution, because I'd run the sync process regularly and automatically on my computer and I would have access (read access is enough) to my org data through the web interface of the synchronized service.

Footprint answered 26/1, 2010 at 11:8 Comment(0)

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I have been using Org-mode with Remember the Milk quite nicely. here is my setup:

(require org-feed)
(setq org-feed-alist
      '(("Remember The Milk"
         "https://www.rememberthemilk.com/rss/jonnay/"
         "~/org/GTD.org"
         "Remember The Milk"
         :template "* TODO %title\n  %a\n "
         )))

;;* rtm feed timer
(run-at-time 3600 3600 'org-feed-update-all)

The only problem is that I get asked for authentication the first time I start up emacs. With a bit of elisp this could be fixed, I just haven't had time yet.

Just as an update, there is a new package shaping up that might handle syncing a little better: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/gsoc2012/student-projects/org-sync/index.html

Discomfiture answered 26/1, 2010 at 19:13 Comment(6)

This is very cool, but what about syncing your org files back up to RTM? – Donaghue 9/2, 2010 at 15:10

@Jonathan is that added to your .emacs? – Doiron 18/1, 2011 at 19:19

I stopped using RTM awhile ago, so ... no. – Discomfiture 18/1, 2011 at 23:35

@Jonathan: so is this a method to export RTM to use in the GTD.org org-mode file? – Doiron 20/1, 2011 at 6:14

@Jonathan, With your code, I get the error: Symbol's value as variable is void: org-feed; I don't think (require org-feed) is required – Doiron 23/2, 2011 at 23:30

@Jonathan, I can only get this to work on public lists (my password doesn't seem to work) and all of the metadata (tags/dates/etc) are trapped within rss/atom markup. Discussion of my issue is on the org-mode list: mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg36568.html Advice appreciated. – Doiron 23/2, 2011 at 23:31

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I realize this is quite old, however a pertinent update is that a Google Summer of Code project is currently in progress to create just this. See (and follow updates to) the page on the Org-mode Wiki for Org-sync.

About

Org-sync is a tool to synchronize your Org-mode documents with bugtracking tools such as Bugzilla, Github or Google Code and other TODO-list services such as Toodledo or Google Task.

Project Goals

Integrate and complete org-element.el

Write a library for bugtracker backends

Write several backends

There is also a link to the list of backends currently in progress to be integrated with Org-sync.

Woebegone answered 19/7, 2012 at 20:13 Comment(0)

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I just save my org-mode files in a Dropbox folder and then they are automatically synced and can be viewed/edited from anywhere.

Endowment answered 27/1, 2010 at 13:48 Comment(1)

how does this help sync with RTM? – Doiron 18/1, 2011 at 19:17

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This is probably way late but Sacha Chua wrote an org to toodledo synchronization tool for emacs.

http://github.com/sachac/org-toodledo

Igneous answered 15/8, 2010 at 3:52 Comment(0)

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you could also set up org with some kind of revision control software-- I use git, and then use git to clone/pull where ever i need it.

Ere answered 27/1, 2010 at 21:13 Comment(0)

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MobileOrg is, however, limited to the iPhone at present. I am eagerly following development on a similar application for android.

Noble answered 26/1, 2010 at 12:57 Comment(0)

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There is a possibility to publish org mode to HTML. If you need only readonly access it should work.

Pentyl answered 26/1, 2010 at 13:52 Comment(1)

Hm, that's true. I haven't thought of simple HTML export. That would solve the problem, though I'm still interested in syncing with some webapp in case someday I might want to add/modify tasks too while I'm away from org. – Footprint 26/1, 2010 at 14:35

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org-trello is a nice package that lets you sync an org-mode file with Trello.

Since Trello's and org-mode's feature sets don't overlap 100 %, I prefer to name the files .trello to make sure I don't confuse them with full-blown org-files.

Here's how I init it, with use-package:

(use-package org-trello
  :defer t
  :mode (("\\.trello$" . org-mode))
  :init
  (when (locate-library "org-trello")
    (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
              (defun org-trello-turn-on-if-extension-matches ()
                (let ((filename (buffer-file-name (current-buffer))))
                  (when (and filename (string= "trello" (file-name-extension filename)))
                    (org-trello-mode))))))
  :config
  (set-variable 'org-trello-current-prefix-keybinding "C-c t"))

Separate answered 19/4, 2016 at 7:38 Comment(0)

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And if memory serves, org-mode has a mobile hook ... here's a snippet from the Info page:

MobileOrg is an application for the iPhone/iPod Touch series of devices, developed by Richard Moreland. MobileOrg offers offline viewing and capture support for an Org-mode system rooted on a "real" computer. It does also allow you to record changes to existing entries. For information about MobileOrg, see `http://mobileorg.ncogni.to/').

This appendix describes the support Org has for creating agenda views in a format that can be displayed by MobileOrg, and for integrating notes captured and changes made by MobileOrg into the main system.

For changing tags and TODO states in MobileOrg, you should have set up the customization variables org-todo-keywords' andorg-tags-alist' to cover all important tags and todo keywords, even if individual files use only part of these. MobileOrg will also offer you states and tags set up with in-buffer settings, but it will understand the logistics of todo state sets (*note Per-file keywords::) and mutually exclusive tags (*note Setting tags::) only for those set in these variables.

Audwin answered 26/1, 2010 at 11:57 Comment(1)

Thanks, but I don't have a mobile phone which can run MobileOrg. I'd like to check my agenda from any random computer which has net access, that's why I'm looking for a solution which can synchronize with a web application. – Footprint 26/1, 2010 at 12:54

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I've put together a simple python script based on some already-existing code, which allows one to push an org file to a google-tasks list, to pull the contents of a google-tasks list into an org file, or to perform a bidirectional synchronization between the two.

Revamp answered 26/10, 2012 at 4:27 Comment(0)

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I've not used it, but this seems to be an org-mode integration for todoist.com: https://github.com/ttakamura/org-todoist

Miniature answered 23/5, 2016 at 11:2 Comment(0)

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There is an app for Android, orgzly, that gives you views of your org-mode files synced by dropbox.

Bitthia answered 15/1, 2017 at 2:8 Comment(0)

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Not totally related but org-mode doesn't work that well as an 'on-the-go' thing. The mobile-org and other services try to do this but I don't know..

I version control my org files and push them (using git) onto my personal webspace and then sync it on the various computers I use. That way, I can keep myself on top of things.

Idle answered 26/1, 2010 at 17:15 Comment(0)

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org-caldav has been added a TODO support. It is not perfect¹, but I hope more work will be done on it soon so it becomes a usable option.

¹ For example, it seems to flatten nested TODOs, at least when syncing with the Netcloud tasks app.

Tello answered 25/8, 2023 at 3:14 Comment(0)

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