Open folders as vaults from the CLI

[sechorda]

Use case or problem

Open folders via CLI that do not contain .obsidian folders in them or are not yet registered in ./config/obsidian/obsidian.json as a vault ( These are folders not opened via the GUI greeting screen )

**this also applies to opening folders via CLI in general

Proposed solution

In order to open a vault using uri callbacks ( Which is currently broken in Linux, and does not function correctly ) you must use xdg-open to get the callback to behave correctly.

You also need to have the vault defined in ./config/obsidian/obsidian.json with the vault name, vault path, a random ID, and a unix timestamp.

these are all you need to be able to open a vault via uri callbacks. I think it would be a great idea and help people if there was an implementation of a simple command like ‘obsidian “/path/to/folder”’ to initialize and open a vault. Otherwise, it’s almost undocumented and impossible to get to work… and when you do, it has to be a vault that was already opened via the GUI…

Current workaround (optional)

using xdg-open to get callback uri to work

Related feature requests (optional)

I have seen many people post asking for help with this. I also recently needed the feature for a project.

[ariehen]

Three FRs that look similar and could probably be merged into one or two:

Open folder as a vault like VS Code (via file manager and terminal)

Problem Right now to open a vault you need to: press the button “Open another vault” (left inferior corner), then “Open folder as a vault”, navigate to the folder path and select the folder (4 steps). Solution It would be much easier navigate to your folder path with the file manager app or the terminal and open it: just click right button and select open with Obsidian open via terminal like Visual Studio Code code . (open the current directory)

Command Line Interface to open files/folders in Obsidian from the terminal

A CLI would help to interact with Obsidian from the terminal and integrate with existing processes and tools. Here are a few commands I wish that existed in this command line interface for Obsidian: obs folder opens a folder as vault obs file.md opens a specific file directly obs starred, obs daily, obs random for a direct access to these notes in your default vault

Open a Folder/Directory as an Obsidian Vault, even though it may or may not be a vault already

Use case or problem I would like a vault to be able to open from the command line. For example if I didn’t have the vault in a given computer, and it was freshly copied from another place, then the vault isn’t already in the cache or config of Obsidian. Here are the suggestions I found to open via the command line (this needs the URL for Obsidian application produced in advance, which is not possible in my case). How to open vault selector from command line on windows 10/11 - Help - Obsidian F…

I’ll have a good read-through later when I’m at my desk to see if they are all indeed asking for the same thing or not.

[sechorda]

Thank you for replying and showing attention to these requests.

[sechorda]

Just following up on this, had someone in the discord with a project and requesting this feature.

Thank you for your time.

[ksprr]

Related issue: Open vault from command line using path not name or id

[WhiteNoise]

Consolidated into

Command Line Interface to open folders (and files) in Obsidian from the terminal

A CLI would help to interact with Obsidian from the terminal and integrate with existing processes and tools. Here are a few commands I wish that existed in this command line interface for Obsidian: obs folder opens a folder as vault obs file.md opens a specific file directly obs starred, obs daily, obs random for a direct access to these notes in your default vault Mod-Edit: Many actions are already available using Obisidian-URI, that can be called from the command line. Some of these fu…