diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    "files.insertFinalNewline": true
+}
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2019 Timur Demin
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/scarlet_export/__init__.py b/scarlet_export/__init__.py
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+++ b/scarlet_export/__init__.py
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+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from pathlib import Path
+import json
+
+from notable import exportNotes as exportToNotable
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = ArgumentParser('Scarlet Notes data export program')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-t', dest='program',
+        type='str',
+        help='the file format the data will be exported to [notable]',
+        optional=True
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-o', dest='outputDirName',
+        type='str',
+        help='output directory (where the data will be saved to)',
+        optional=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'inputFile', dest='inputFileName',
+        type='str',
+        help='input file (the .txt file from Scarlet Notes)',
+        optional=False
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    # check if the input file exists
+    inputPath = Path(args['inputFileName'])
+    if not inputPath.is_file():
+        print('File {0} does not exist. Exiting.'.format(
+            args['inputFileName']
+        ))
+        exit(1)
+    # create the output dir if it doesn't exist yet
+    outputPath = Path(args['outputDirName'])
+    if not outputPath.exists() and not outputPath.is_file():
+        outputPath.mkdir()
+    else:
+        print('Cannot create directory {0}. Exiting.'.format(
+            args['outputDirName']
+        ))
+        exit(1)
+    # read and parse the file as JSON
+    with open(args['inputFileName']) as inputFile:
+        try:
+            data = json.load(inputFile)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            print('Could not parse the input file.')
+            exit(1)
+    inputFile.close()
+    # currently the script only supports a single program to export the
+    # data to
+    if args['program'] == 'notable':
+        exportToNotable(data, args['outputDirName'])
+    else:
+        print('The program {0} is currently not supported.'.format(
+            args['program']
+        ))
+        print('Exiting.')
+        exit(1)
diff --git a/scarlet_export/notable.py b/scarlet_export/notable.py
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+++ b/scarlet_export/notable.py
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+def exportNotes(inputJson, outputDir):
+    """
+    Exports the notes from Scarlet Notes to Notable.
+
+    @param inputJson: an object generated with `json.load()`
+    @param outputDir: output directory name
+    """
+    pass
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(
+    name='scarlet_export',
+    version='0.1.0',
+    description='A Scarlet Notes data export tool',
+    author='Timur Demin',
+    author_email='me@tdem.in',
+    url='https://git.tdem.in/tdemin/scarlet_export',
+    packages=['scarlet_export'],
+    include_package_data=True,
+    license='MIT',
+    classifiers=[
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+    ]
+)