Dataviewjs code to grab files that match name and aliases

[jpfieber]

I have a footer for my journals that grabs photos, documents, etc that have text in the name that matches either the current filename, or the aliases of the current file:

const photoFiles = app.vault.getFiles()
    .filter(file => file.path.startsWith(photopath) && 
    (file.name.includes(filename) ||
    file.name.includes(aliases[0]) || 
    file.name.includes(aliases[1]) || 
    file.name.includes(aliases[2]))
    )

To match the aliases, you can see I have it hard-coded to check the first three in the array. This works, but if a note has four aliases, it won’t check the forth. How would I change this so it looks at ALL the array elements (it varies from 0 to unknown) instead of just the first three?

[holroy]

Assuming your query is correct in other aspects, couldn’t you just switch it around and do:

const photoFiles = app.vault.getFiles()
    .filter(file => file.path.startsWith(photopath) && 
    ( file.name.includes(filename) || aliases.includes(file.name) )
    )

[jpfieber]

@holroy

const photoFiles = app.vault.getFiles()
    .filter(file => file.path.startsWith(photopath) && 
    ( file.name.includes(filename) || aliases.includes(file.name) )
    )

No, guess I should have provided a little more context. An example filename would start with a date string, followed by a string (eg. “20240214 - Dave.jpg”). So on a file named “David.md” with an alias of “Dave” I’d want the link to “20240214 - Dave.jpg” to show up. Flipping it around would only work if the full filename were in the alias.

[holroy]

My bad, I’ve gotten accustomed to people using contains() to actually match stuff, which isn’t your case at all!

Try the following and see if that doesn’t meet your requirements:

const photoFiles = app.vault.getFiles()
    .filter(file => file.path.startsWith(photopath) && 
    ( file.name.includes(filename) ||
      aliases.some( alias => file.name.includes(alias) )
    )

This worked in a little test case of mine at least!

[jpfieber]

As usual, you rock! That works, much cleaner code than I had in a number of different footers, and now I don’t need to be as concerned about how many aliases I have and what order they are in. Thanks again!