[Pinboard Export as Text] Print Pinboard's JSON bookmark export as text. #tags: python, utility

pinboard_export_to_text.py

'''
Print Pinboard's JSON export as text
'''

import sys
import json
import gzip

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    # Read from stdin pipe
    data = json.load(sys.stdin)
else:
    # Try reading a gzip file
    try:
        with gzip.open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as fp:
            data = json.load(fp)
    except OSError:
        # Try reading from a non-gzip file
        with open(sys.argv[1], 'r') as fp:
            data = json.load(fp)

if data is None:
    print('Failed to read JSON file')
    sys.exit(1)

for entry in data:
    print(entry[u'description'])
    print(entry[u'href'])
    print(entry[u'tags'])
    print(entry[u'time'])
    print()