Rename File Script as Created or call external script

[BigBear]

Hello everyone,

I’m not sure if anyone has done anything like this yet.
I know it be pretty easy to do in .Net but im not sure about JavaScript.

My idea it this:
Whenever I drop an image into a note, say .png or .jpg
I would like to rename this picture splitting on “_” for example
Code_C_Topic

My image would be: Code_C_Topic00 and itll increment by 1 each time which can be done with an exists and a counter.

If this possible with Javascript?
Else is there a way I can run an external script through some command in obsidian?

Thank you

[ush]

I’ve never used any of them myself, but you’ll find several promising community plugins if you search with “attachment” or something, like Attachment Name Formatting.

(And even if there isn’t a nice plugin that meets your demand, almost everything is possible if you make your own plugin using TypeScript. )

Else is there a way I can run an external script through some command in obsidian?

You can use QuickAdd user scripts for this purpose.
In some cases, you don’t need to create a plugin by yourself, and a QuickAdd macro suffice.

For example, if you set something like the following script to run on the plugin load, any non-markdown file will be renamed right after its creation following the rule you define.

module.exports = (params) => {
    const {app, obsidian} = params;

    app.workspace.onLayoutReady(() => {
        app.plugins.plugins.quickadd.registerEvent(
            app.vault.on('create', (file) => {
                if (file instanceof obsidian.TFile && file.extension != 'md') {
                    app.fileManager.renameFile(file, <NAME_YOU_LIKE>)
                }
            })
        )
    });
}

[BigBear]

Will this work for when an image is pasted into a note?
That is actually wnat I am trying to do with this. When I paste an image into a note it will auto name it and increment the number at the end

[ush]

Update: I replaced app.vault.rename with app.fileManager.renameFile because the latter auto-updates links when renaming files.

Will this work for when an image is pasted into a note?

It will. If you want to only target PNG files, for example, then replace file.extension != 'md' with file.extension == 'png'.