notion-folder-watcher
A cross platform desktop service that watches custom folders for file changes and updates the corresponding database in Notion. Perfect for tracking reading lists
Main Features
- Watches folders for content changes and syncs to notion database
- Track Status of each resource in the folder
- Organize resources in Notion
Components
- Developed as a service
- A file/folder watcher monitoring for changes
- Notion API for creating and updating tables with a worker pool
- Desktop Notifications for event triggers
- Dialog Boxes to input custom information
- System Tray to quick management of the service
Installation
The app was developed to be cross platform. currently supports windows and linux. On windows you use the release binary as is.
On linux, some prerequesites need to be installed.
sudo apt-get install gcc libgtk-3-dev libappindicator3-dev
On Linux Mint, libxapp-dev is also required
Usage
Before using the app, integrations needs to be generated in Notion. Instructions on how to set up an internal integration token and add to a page are in the link below
When starting the app for the first time, it would ask for both the integration token and the page id. After that, you can use the app by accessing it in the system tray to create tables and watch custom folders.
