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bookmarks-to-org.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright (c) 2014 Alexey Kutepov a.k.a. rexim

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import codecs
import locale
import sys
import json

sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter(locale.getpreferredencoding())(sys.stdout)

def export_bookmarks(bookmarks, fp):
    # The inner recursive function which does the main work
    def export_bookmarks_impl(bookmarks, level):
        # Output the node according to its type and the current level
        if bookmarks['type'] == 'text/x-moz-place-container':
            fp.write('%s %s\n' % ('*' * level, bookmarks['title']))
        elif bookmarks['type'] == 'text/x-moz-place':
            fp.write('%s - [[%s][%s]]\n' % (' ' * (level - 1),
                                            bookmarks['uri'],
                                            bookmarks['title']))

        if bookmarks.has_key('children'):
            # Due to the nature of org-mode format, it is important to
            # export not folder nodes first. So they are guaranteed to
            # be children of the current node.
            for child in bookmarks['children']:
                if child['type'] == 'text/x-moz-place':
                    export_bookmarks_impl(child, level + 1)

            for child in bookmarks['children']:
                if child['type'] == 'text/x-moz-place-container':
                    export_bookmarks_impl(child, level + 1)

    # Starting the traversal from level 1
    export_bookmarks_impl(bookmarks, 1)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Reading JSON from stdin
    bookmarks = json.load(sys.stdin)

    # Writing org-mode to stdout
    export_bookmarks(bookmarks, sys.stdout)