freshjots 0.1.0

Tiny Python client for the Fresh Jots API. Append-only notebooks for cron jobs, deploy scripts, and bots.

freshjots — Python

Tiny Python client for the Fresh Jots API. One file, no runtime dependencies (uses urllib from stdlib).

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.
print(client.note("cron-jobs-prod")["plain_body"])

# List your notes.
for note in client.notes():
    print(f"{note['filename']}\t{note['title']}")

# Create a new note explicitly (errors if the filename is taken).
client.create("research-2026-q2", body="Initial outline.")

The whole API is four methods: notes(), note(filename), create(filename, body, title), append(filename, text).

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 Dev-pro tier required). Set it once:

export FRESHJOTS_TOKEN=<your-token>

Or pass explicitly:

Client(token="mn_…")

License

MIT.