freshjots — Python

Tiny Python client for the Fresh Jots API. One file, no runtime dependencies for the core client (uses urllib from stdlib). Client-side encryption is an optional extra.

Install

pip install freshjots

Use

from freshjots import Client

# Reads FRESHJOTS_TOKEN from the environment by default.
client = Client()

# Append text to a note (creates it if missing).
client.append("cron-jobs-prod", "backup ok")

# Read a note's body (by filename or numeric id).
print(client.note("cron-jobs-prod")["plain_body"])
print(client.note_by_id(42)["plain_body"])

# List notes — filter and paginate, or walk every page.
for note in client.notes(sort="created", folder_id=3, limit=20):
    print(f"{note['filename']}\t{note['title']}")
everything = client.notes(all_pages=True)

# Create by title (server derives the filename); or create many at once.
created = client.create(title="Research 2026 Q2", body="Initial outline.")
print(created["filename"])  # server-derived stream name
client.bulk([
    {"title": "Q2 plan", "plain_body": "…", "format": "plain"},
    {"title": "Q2 risks", "plain_body": "…", "format": "plain"},
])

# Edit a note by id or by filename (only the fields you pass change).
client.update(42, title="Renamed", body="rewritten")
client.set("cron-jobs-prod", alert_email="ops@example.com")

# Organize: move (by id or folder name), delete, manage folders.
client.move("cron-jobs-prod", folder="Ops")   # or folder=None for the root
client.delete("old-note")
client.create_folder("Archive")
for f in client.folders():
    print(f"{f['id']}\t{f['name']}")

The method surface mirrors the bash CLI:

• Reading: notes(sort=, folder_id=, limit=, offset=, all_pages=), note(filename), note_by_id(id)
• Writing: create(title, body=, client_encrypted=), append(filename, text, client_encrypted=), update(id, **fields), set(filename, **fields), bulk(notes)
• Organizing: move(id_or_filename, folder=), delete(id_or_filename), folders(), folder(id), create_folder(name), rename_folder(id, name), delete_folder(id)

note/note_by_id/create/update/set return the note dict directly (no {"note": …} wrapper); notes() and folders() return lists. update/set accept any of title, body, folder, root=True, deadline, alert_email, webhook_url, webhook_secret — and because a content change rewrites the body as a unit, a title change must also pass body. move/delete accept a numeric id or a filename; move's folder may be an id, a folder name, or None/"none"/"root" for the root.

Encryption

Keep notes the server can't read: encrypt locally with your own passphrase, store the ciphertext, decrypt locally on read. AES isn't in the standard library, so this needs the optional extra:

pip install freshjots[encryption]

import os
from freshjots import Client, encrypt, decrypt

client = Client()
pw = os.environ["FRESHJOTS_PASSPHRASE"]

# Store an encrypted note: encrypt the body, flag it client_encrypted.
client.create(title="Recovery codes", body=encrypt("1234-5678", pw), client_encrypted=True)

# Read it back and decrypt locally.
print(decrypt(client.note("recovery-codes")["plain_body"], pw))

The format (fj1: AES-256-CBC + HMAC-SHA256, PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256) is interoperable with the JS, Ruby, MCP, and shell (brew) clients. You hold the only key — Fresh Jots never receives it and cannot recover the note if you lose it, so back the passphrase up somewhere safe. Encryption is per-note and personal-only (not team notes); the title and metadata stay in the clear, so keep secrets out of the title. decrypt raises ValueError on a wrong passphrase. See https://freshjots.com/encrypted-notes.

Errors

Any non-2xx response raises freshjots.ApiError with status, code, message, and (when present) details:

from freshjots import ApiError

try:
    client.append("huge", "x" * 5_000_000)
except ApiError as e:
    print(f"{e.status} {e.code}: {e}")
    # 413 content_too_large: body exceeds the per-note 3 MB cap

Stable error codes: unauthenticated, forbidden, not_found, validation_failed, cap_exceeded, storage_cap_exceeded, content_too_large, content_type_mismatch, rate_limited. Full list: https://freshjots.com/docs.

Auth

Mint a token at https://freshjots.com/settings/api_tokens (Dev or Team tier required). Set it once, persisted for every new shell (macOS defaults to zsh; use ~/.bashrc on bash):

echo 'export FRESHJOTS_TOKEN=<your-token>' >> ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc

Or pass explicitly:

Client(token="mn_…")

License

MIT.