@1984vc/notion-tools

A CLI tool to export Notion database pages to various formats

Features

• Export all pages from a Notion database to Markdown or MDX files
• Supports Hextra (Markdown) and Nextra (MDX) formats
• Preserves page metadata in frontmatter
• Maintains Notion content structure using notion-to-md
• Generates clean filenames from page titles
• Includes creation and last edited timestamps
• Supports internal link transformations
• Optional JSON export for raw data

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 14.0.0
• A Notion integration token
• Access to the Notion database you want to export

Installation

You can install this CLI tool globally using npm:

npm install -g @1984vc/notion-tools@latest

Or locally in your project:

npm add -D @1984vc/notion-tools@latest

Setup

1. Create a Notion integration at https://www.notion.so/my-integrations
2. Copy the integration token
3. Set the token as an environment variable:

export NOTION_TOKEN=your_integration_token

4. Share your Notion database with the integration (click 'Share' in Notion and add your integration)

Usage

Export Formats

Nextra (MDX)

notion-tools export nextra --id <database_id> -o <output_path> [options]

Hextra (Markdown)

notion-tools export hextra --id <database_id> -o <output_path> [options]

Options for both formats:

• --id: Required. The Notion database ID
• -o, --output: Required. The output directory path
• --include-json: Optional. Include raw JSON export in output directory
• --base-path: Optional. Base path for internal links (e.g., /docs)
• --no-frontmatter: Optional. Exclude frontmatter from files

Example:

notion-tools export nextra --id "123456789abcdef" -o "./content/posts" --base-path "/docs"

Export to JSON

notion-tools json --id <database_id> -o <output_path>

Options:

• --id: Required. The Notion database ID
• -o, --output: Required. The output directory path for JSON file

Example:

notion-tools json --id "123456789abcdef" -o "./content/data"

Export Raw JSON

notion-tools raw-json --id <id> [-o <output_path>]

Options:

• --id: Required. The Notion database or page ID
• -o, --output: Optional. Output file path (defaults to stdout)

Example:

notion-tools raw-json --id "123456789abcdef" -o "./data/raw.json"

Finding Your Database ID

The database ID is the part of your Notion database URL after the workspace name and before the question mark:

https://www.notion.so/workspace-name/123456789abcdef?v=...
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                   This is your database ID

Output Format

Each page is exported as a file with frontmatter metadata:

---
title: Page Title
notionId: page-id
createdAt: 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
lastEditedAt: 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
weight: 0
---

[Your page content here]

Development

To develop locally:

1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Set up your NOTION_TOKEN environment variable
4. Link the package locally: npm link
5. Run the CLI: notion-tools export nextra --id <database_id> -o <output_path>

Testing and Linting

Run tests:

npm test

Run linting:

npm run lint

CI/CD

This project uses GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment:

Continuous Integration

The CI workflow runs automatically on:

• All pull requests to the main branch
• All pushes to the main branch

It performs:

• Installation of dependencies
• Code linting
• Test suite execution

Automated Releases

To publish a new version to npm:

1. Update the version in package.json:

npm version patch  # for bug fixes
npm version minor  # for new features
npm version major  # for breaking changes

2. Push the new version tag:

git push origin v*

The release workflow will automatically:

• Run tests
• Build the package
• Publish to npm under the @1984vc organization

Note: Publishing requires an NPM_TOKEN secret to be set in the repository's GitHub secrets.

Dependencies

Key dependencies:

• @notionhq/client: ^2.2.15
• commander: ^12.1.0
• notion-to-md: ^3.1.1

Error Handling

The CLI will:

• Verify the NOTION_TOKEN is set
• Create the output directory if it doesn't exist
• Skip and report any pages that fail to export
• Provide progress feedback during export

License

MIT