quick start

If you previously used the go package rmapi ,the keys for authorization are re-used because we use the same storage location & format.

If not, you’ll need to register the client as a new device on my remarkable.

Registering the API Client

Registering the device is easy. Go to my remarkable to register a new device and use the code you see on the webpage

 from rmapy.api import Client

 rmapy = Client()
 # Should return False
 rmapy.is_auth()
 # This registers the client as a new device. The received device token is
 # stored in the users directory in the file ~/.rmapi, the same as with the
 # go rmapi client.
 # Get a token at https://my.remarkable.com/device/desktop/connect.
 rmapy.register_device("fkgzzklrs")
 # It's always a good idea to renew the user token every time you start
 # a new session.
 rmapy.renew_token()
 # Should return True
 rmapy.is_auth()

Working with items

The remarkable fs structure is flat containing metadata objects of two types:

• DocumentType

• CollectionType

We can list the items in the Cloud

 >>> from rmapy.api import Client
 >>> rmapy = Client()
 >>> rmapy.renew_token()
 True
 >>> collection = rmapy.get_meta_items()
 >>> collection
 <rmapy.collections.Collection object at 0x7fa1982d7e90>
 >>> len(collection)
 181
 >>> # Count the amount of documents
 ... from rmapy.document import Document
 >>> len([f for f in collection if isinstance(f, Document)])
 139
 >>> # Count the amount of folders
 ... from rmapy.folder import Folder
 >>> len([f for f in collection if isinstance(f, Folder)])
 42

DocumentType

A DocumentType is a document. This can be a pdf, epub or notebook. These types are represented by the object rmapy.document.Document

Changing the metadata is easy

 >>> from rmapy.api import Client
 >>> rmapy = Client()
 >>> rmapy.renew_token()
 True
 >>> collection = rmapy.get_meta_items()
 >>> doc = [ d for d in collection if d.VissibleName == 'ModernC'][0]
 >>> doc
 <rmapy.document.Document a969fcd6-64b0-4f71-b1ce-d9533ec4a2a3>
 >>> doc.to_dict()
 {'ID': 'a969fcd6-64b0-4f71-b1ce-d9533ec4a2a3', 'Version': 1, 'Message': '', 'Succes': True, 'BlobURLGet': '', 'BlobURLGetExpires': '0001-01-01T00:00:00Z', 'BlobURLPut': '', 'BlobURLPutExpires': '', 'ModifiedClient': '2019-09-18T20:12:07.206206Z', 'Type': 'DocumentType', 'VissibleName': 'ModernC', 'CurrentPage': 0, 'Bookmarked': False, 'Parent': ''}
 >>> doc.VissibleName = "Modern C: The book of wisdom"
 >>> # push the changes back to the Remarkable Cloud
 ... rmapy.update_metadata(doc)
 True
 >>> collection = rmapy.get_meta_items()
 >>> doc = [ d for d in docs if d.VissibleName == 'ModernC'][0]
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
 IndexError: list index out of range
 >>> doc = [ d for d in docs if d.VissibleName == 'Modern C: The book of wisdom'][0]
 >>> doc
 <rmapy.document.Document a969fcd6-64b0-4f71-b1ce-d9533ec4a2a3>
 >>> doc.to_dict()
 {'ID': 'a969fcd6-64b0-4f71-b1ce-d9533ec4a2a3', 'Version': 1, 'Message': '', 'Succes': True, 'BlobURLGet': '', 'BlobURLGetExpires': '0001-01-01T00:00:00Z', 'BlobURLPut': '', 'BlobURLPutExpires': '', 'ModifiedClient': '2019-09-18T20:12:07.206206Z', 'Type': 'DocumentType', 'VissibleName': 'Modern C: The book of wisdom', 'CurrentPage': 0, 'Bookmarked': False, 'Parent': ''}

CollectionType

A CollectionType is a Folder.

These types are represented by the object rmapy.folder.Folder

Working with folders is easy!

 >>> from rmapy.api import Client
 >>> rmapy = Client()
 >>> rmapy.renew_token()
 True
 >>> collection = rmapy.get_meta_items()
 >>> collection
 <rmapy.collections.Collection object at 0x7fc4718e1ed0>
 >>> from rmapy.folder import Folder
 >>> # Get all the folders. Note that the fs of Remarkable is flat in the cloud
 ... folders = [ f for f in collection if isinstance(f, Folder) ]
 >>> folders
 [<rmapy.folder.Folder 028400f5-b258-4563-bf5d-9a47c314668c>, <rmapy.folder.Folder 06a36729-f91e-47da-b334-dc088c1e73d2>, ...]
 >>> # Get the root folders
 ... root = [ f for f in folders if f.Parent == "" ]
 >>> root
 [<rmapy.folder.Folder 028400f5-b258-4563-bf5d-9a47c314668c>, <rmapy.folder.Folder 5005a085-d7ee-4867-8859-4cd90dee0d62>, ...]
 >>> # Create a new folder
 ... new_folder = Folder("New Folder")
 >>> new_folder
 <rmapy.folder.Folder 579df08d-7ee4-4f30-9994-887e6341cae3>
 >>> rmapy.create_folder(new_folder)
 True
 >>> # verify
 ... [ f for f in rmapy.get_meta_items() if f.VissibleName == "New Folder" ]
 [<rmapy.folder.Folder 579df08d-7ee4-4f30-9994-887e6341cae3>]
 >>> [ f for f in rmapy.get_meta_items() if f.VissibleName == "New Folder" ][0].ID == new_folder.ID
 True
 >>> # Move a document in a folder
 ... doc = rmapy.get_doc("a969fcd6-64b0-4f71-b1ce-d9533ec4a2a3")
 >>> doc
 <rmapy.document.Document a969fcd6-64b0-4f71-b1ce-d9533ec4a2a3>
 >>> doc.Parent = new_folder.ID
 >>> # Submit the changes
 ... rmapy.update_metadata(doc)
 True
 >>> doc = rmapy.get_doc("a969fcd6-64b0-4f71-b1ce-d9533ec4a2a3")
 >>> doc.Parent == new_folder.ID
 True

Uploading & downloading

reMarkable has a “special” file format for the raw documents. This is basically a zip file with files describing the document.

Here is the content of an archive retried on the tablet as example:

• 384327f5-133e-49c8-82ff-30aa19f3cfa40.content

• 384327f5-133e-49c8-82ff-30aa19f3cfa40-metadata.json

• 384326f5-133e-49c8-82ff-30aa19f3cfa40.pdf

• 384327f5-133e-49c8-82ff-30aa19f3cfa40.pagedata

• 384327f5-133e-49c8-82ff-30aa19f3cfa40.thumbnails/0.jpg

• 384327f5-133e-49c8-82ff-30aa19f3cfa40.highlights/9b75d8df-1d06-4c59-8f3e-4cf69aa96cd9.json

As the .zip file from remarkable is simply a normal .zip file containing specific file formats.

Highlights are stored in the {uuid}.highlights/ folder.

You can find some help about the format at the following URL: https://remarkablewiki.com/tech/filesystem

Uploading

To upload a pdf or epub file, we’ll first need to convert it into the remarkable file format:

 >>> from rmapy.document import ZipDocument
 >>> from rmapy.api import Client
 >>> rm = Client()
 >>> rm.renew_token()
 True
 >>> rawDocument = ZipDocument(doc="/home/svancampenhout/27-11-2019.pdf")
 >>> rawDocument
 <rmapy.document.ZipDocument b926ffc2-3600-460e-abfa-0fcf20b0bf99>
 >>> rawDocument.metadata["VissibleName"]
 '27-11-2019'

Now we can upload this to a specific folder:

 >>> books = [ i for i in rm.get_meta_items() if i.VissibleName == "Boeken" ][0]
 >>> rm.upload(rawDocument, books)
 True

And verify its existance:

 >>> [ i.VissibleName for i in collection.children(books) if i.Type == "DocumentType" ]
 ['Origin - Dan Brown', 'Flatland', 'Game Of Thrones', '27-11-2019']