Actions for Obsidian › Actions › Check For Note

Queries Obsidian for the existence of a specific note. Returns YES or NO.

Parameters

Vault

The vault to work in.

Type: Vault reference

Note Lookup

Specify which note should be looked up or manipulated by the action:

• "note": If you want to use another AFO action’s Note result, pick this option.
• "note at file path": The full path of the note, should be used if you already know the full file path (including folder and file extension).
• "note with UID": Use this if you are using unique identifiers for your notes, and you prefer to look them up by the UID.
• the current Periodic Note (daily, weekly, etc.)

Info

To work with Daily Notes, either the core Daily Notes plugin needs to be active, or the community plugin, Periodic Notes, must have its Daily Note feature enabled. Working with Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly or Yearly Notes requires the community plugin Periodic Notes.

Options:

• note
• note at file path
• note with UID
• Daily Note
• Weekly Note
• Monthly Note
• Quarterly Note
• Yearly Note

File Path

The path of the note, relative to the vault root.

Only available when Note Lookup is set to "note at file path".

Type: Text

UID

The unique identifier of the note. To configure the frontmatter key that is used for the lookup, go into Obsidian's settings, section "Community plugins", and find Actions URI.

Only available when Note Lookup is set to "note with UID".

Type: Text

Obsidian Note

A Note that was returned by another AFO action.

Only available when Note Lookup is set to "note".

Type: Note reference

Open or focus note

If enabled, the note will be brought to the front in Obsidian if it exists.

Type: Boolean (YES/NO)

Return Value

Boolean (YES/NO)

Examples

If you want to test whether a note Hello there.md exists, you'd set this action's "File Path" parameter to Hello there. This would be followed by a built-in "If" action that checks the result of the "Check For Existence…" block using an is comparison – a positive result means "note exists", a negative "note doesn't exist":

Related Links

• Search the Actions for Obsidian community forum for "Check For Note"