Daily Service

Manage daily notes - create, read, append, and prepend content.

Service Overview

The Daily service provides specialized endpoints for working with Obsidian's daily notes feature. Daily notes are timestamped notes typically stored in a daily folder.

Base URL

/api/files/daily

Endpoints

POST /api/files/daily

Create and open today's daily note.

CLI Command: obsidian daily

Request Body:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`paneType`	string	No	Type of pane to open in
`vault`	string	No	Target vault name

Example Request:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily?vault=youtube" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Example Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "type": "message",
    "data": "Opening daily note"
  }
}

With pane type:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily?vault=youtube" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"paneType": "right"}'

Python (with pane type):

response = requests.post("http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily", params={"vault": "youtube"}, json={
    "paneType": "right"
})

GET /api/files/daily/path

Get the file path for today's daily note.

CLI Command: obsidian daily:path

Example Request:

curl "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily/path?vault=youtube"

Example Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": "C:\\Users\\sayan\\Documents\\youtube\\Daily\\2026-05-09.md"
}

GET /api/files/daily/read

Read the content of today's daily note.

CLI Command: obsidian daily:read

Example Request:

curl "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily/read?vault=youtube"

Example Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "type": "message",
    "data": "# 2026-05-09\n\n## Tasks\n- [ ] Review notes\n\n## Notes\nStarted working on the API documentation."
  }
}

POST /api/files/daily/append

Append content to today's daily note.

CLI Command: obsidian daily:append

Request Body:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`content`	string	Yes	Content to append
`paneType`	string	No	Type of pane
`inline`	boolean	No	Append inline (no newlines)
`open`	boolean	No	Open after appending
`vault`	string	No	Target vault name

Example Request:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily/append?vault=youtube" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "content": "## End of Day\n\nCompleted API documentation."
  }'

curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily/append?vault=youtube" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "content": "Updated at 5pm",
    "inline": true
  }'

Example Request:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily/prepend?vault=youtube" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "content": "# Daily Note\n\n## Morning Planning"
  }'

# Start your day by prepending a morning section
curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily/prepend?vault=youtube" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "content": "# 2026-05-09\n\n## Morning\n- [ ] Review tasks\n- [ ] Check emails\n\n"
  }'

# Add end-of-day summary
curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily/append?vault=youtube" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "content": "## Evening Review\n\nCompleted:\n- [ ] API docs\n\nPending:\n- [ ] Code review\n"
  }'

# Quick task update
curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/api/files/daily/append?vault=youtube" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"content": "- [x] Finished meeting notes"}'

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