Surface Random Notion Notes

Introduction

This little utility will open a random note that you took in Notion. You can decide which databases you want to use.

Currently, it will only surface notes that are part of a database.

Usage

You can use npx to run this utility.

npx @maxklammer/surface-random-notion-note

Alternatively you can install this utility globally.

npm i -g @maxklammer/surface-random-notion-note

// To run the utility
 surface
 // or
 surface-random-notion-note

Configuration

You need to add an integration your Notion account. Go to the Notion Setting and add an integration. Copy the integration key and place it in your shell rc file of your choice. This might be .zshrc or .bashrc, depending on the shell you use.

export NOTION_KEY="<your notion integration key>"

Restart your shell and run echo $NOTION_KEYto make sure that the key was saved properly.

Finally back in Notion, you need to share the pages that contain the databases with the integration.