Day One URL scheme
Day One apps support URLs to send data into the apps from external sources. The URLs on this page work in the Day One iOS, Mac, and Android apps, as listed in the Platform(s) column below. The Windows app supports only a small subset of them – see Windows support. Note: If you’re using the […]
Day One apps support URLs to send data into the apps from external sources. The URLs on this page work in the Day One iOS, Mac, and Android apps, as listed in the Platform(s) column below. The Windows app supports only a small subset of them – see Windows support.
Note: If you’re using the Day One URL scheme in Terminal (or your preferred CLI app), you’ll need to type “open” followed by the URL scheme. Also, if you have both Day One Classic and Day One installed on the same device, the URL Scheme will route to Day One.
Windows support
The Day One Windows app registers the dayone:// scheme, so a dayone:// link will launch Day One or bring it to the front. Windows acts on only these URLs:
dayone://calendar– opens the calendardayone://timeline– opens all entriesdayone://media(ordayone://photos) – opens the media viewdayone://settings(ordayone://preferences) – opens settingsdayone://templates– opens template managementdayone://redeem– opens the screen for redeeming a codedayone://new,dayone://new/daily-promptanddayone://post– open a new, blank entry. Any text, tags, journal, or prompt included in the URL is ignored on Windows.
Every other URL on this page is not supported on Windows, including dayone://view?entryId=[UUID] and dayone://edit?entryId=[UUID]. Day One will open, but the rest of the URL is ignored, so the app will not jump to the entry. In the table below, the Platform(s) column lists Windows only for URLs that work fully on Windows.
Day One Web does not handle dayone:// links itself. If you open one in a browser, the browser passes it to your operating system, which opens the installed Day One app if you have one.
| Format | Description | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| dayone://prompt | Creates and opens a new entry in edit mode with the prompt for the current day | iOS |
| dayone://new/daily-prompt | Creates and opens a new entry in edit mode with the prompt for the current day | iOS & Mac |
| dayone://new/daily-prompt?promptId=[aPromptID] | Creates and opens a new entry in edit mode with the prompt matching the given prompt ID. Example: dayone://new/daily-prompt?promptId=ck7zw8sybj6kv09983znvrmof |
iOS & Mac |
| dayone://new/daily-prompt?promptDate=YYYY-MM-DD | Creates and opens a new entry in edit mode with the prompt for the given date Example: dayone://new/daily-prompt?promptDate=2020-04-02 |
iOS & Mac |
| dayone://recentPrompts | Opens the app and presents a list of the most recent prompts (deprecated) | iOS |
| dayone://recent-prompts | Opens the app and presents a list of the most recent prompts | iOS |
| dayone://open?date=YYYY-MM-DD | Opens the Day View for the given date Example: dayone://open?date=2020-04-02 |
iOS & Mac |
| dayone://open?day=MM-DD | Opens the On This Day view for the given day Example: dayone://open?day=04-12 |
iOS & Mac |
| dayone://thisday | Opens On This Day for the current day | iOS & Mac |
| dayone://view?entryId=[UUID] | Opens and presents the entry with a given entry ID Example: dayone://view?entryId=22B178B33B2A4149538280F9C34102C5 |
iOS, Android & Mac |
| dayone://edit?entryId=[UUID] | Opens and presents the entry with a given entry ID in edit mode Example: dayone://edit?entryId=3415BB00651C4533B41F62544A775CCC |
iOS, Android & Mac |
| dayone://post?entry=[text] | Creates and opens a new entry with the given text Example: dayone://post?entry=Hello |
iOS, Android & Mac |
| dayone://filter | Opens the app and applies the given filter Example: dayone://filter?tag=work |
iOS & Mac |
| dayone://tags?name=tagname | Opens the app and applies a tag filter with the given tag name Example: dayone://tags?name=pizza |
iOS & Mac |
| dayone://starred | Opens the app and applies a filter to show favorites | iOS, Android & Mac |
| dayone://settings | Opens the app and presents the settings | iOS, Android & Windows |
| dayone://book | Opens the app and presents the book printing view | iOS |
| dayone://templates | Opens the app and presents the templates settings | iOS & Windows |
| dayone://redeem | Opens the app, presents the “Edit Account” settings, then present an alert controller to input a code | iOS & Windows |
| dayone://calendar | Opens the app to the calendar timeline | iOS, Android, Mac & Windows |
| dayone://encryption-key | Opens the app to the user’s encryption key | iOS & Mac |
Navigation:
Open Day One: dayone://
Open Timeline: dayone://entries
Open Calendar: dayone://calendar
Open Starred: dayone://starred
Settings: dayone://preferences
Entry Create:
Create Entry with Text: dayone://post?entry=Hello Self
Create Entry with Tags: dayone://post?entry=Hello Self&tags=My Tag, Test
Create Entry in Journal: dayone://post?entry=Hello Self&journal=Day One
Create Entry with Clipboard Image: dayone://post?entry=Hello Self&imageClipboard=1
Entry Edit:
Edit Entry: dayone://edit?entryId=[UUID] (Don’t include brackets.)
On this Day:
On This Day = dayone://thisday
Siri Shortcuts
Settings > Siri Shortcuts = dayone://siri
See Also: Day One Tools
