Using Readwise’s Highlight_id as a Single Source of Truth in Obsidian
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It is hard to see in all the goo and spaghetti of the code the configuration, but notice ^rw{{highlight_id}}. This is the Obsidian block reference. The format is as follows:
• Obsidian requires that a block (a paragraph or highlight) ends with a space and then the ^ character. This tells Obsidian that this is a block that can be referenced elsewhere in the vault.
• The next 2 characters are rw. I choose to export the rw as a prefix for the identifier as a way of telling myself that this block reference originates with Readwise, but it is not necessary, you don’t have to include it if you don’t want it.
• Then the highlight_id field from readwise
{ #rw}
{{highlight_id}}.
This will append the Readwise ID to the end of the highlight. So an exported highlight looks like this:
- The checklist cannot be lengthy. A rule of thumb some use is to keep it to between five and nine items, which is the limit of ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h6jvcha2axdbs1e7fgnvyfs3))
Interestingly, you can also use this ID directly to link back to Readwise’s site:
• https://readwise.io/open/{{highlight_id}} ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01h6jvcpre63xd80g2gfpehk6m))