readinglist_to_chrome.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

# Aleksandr Pasechnik
# 2014-04-16
# Reads through the Safari Reading List for urls containing youtube.com
# Presents a reverse numbered list of the item titles
# Opens the selected item in Google Chrome
# Because Safari is currently introducing stutters into all youtube videos

import os
import plistlib
import subprocess
import sys

bookmarks_plist = '~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist'
bookmarks_plist = os.path.expanduser(bookmarks_plist)

with open(bookmarks_plist, 'rb') as f:
	content = f.read()

p = subprocess.Popen(
		['plutil','-convert','xml1','-o','-','--','-'],
		stdin = subprocess.PIPE, stdout = subprocess.PIPE
)
p.stdin.write(content)
out,err = p.communicate()

bookmarks = plistlib.readPlistFromString(out)

for list in bookmarks['Children']:
	if 'ReadingList' in list['Title']:
		youtubes = []
		for item in list['Children']:
			if 'youtube.com' in item['URLString']:
				youtubes.append({
					'title':item['URIDictionary']['title'],
					'url'  :item['URLString']
					})

youtubes.reverse()

n = len(youtubes)
for link in youtubes:
	print '%3d - %s'%(n, link['title'])
	n = n-1

print

try:
	c = raw_input('select a video number, none for 1, something else to abort: ')
	if c == '':
		selection = 1
	else:
		selection = int(c)
	i = -1*selection
	youtubes[i]
except:
	print 'aborting'
	sys.exit(-1)

print

print '%3d - %s selected'%(selection, youtubes[i]['title'])
print '\t', youtubes[i]['url']

subprocess.call([
	'open',
	'-a','Google Chrome',
	youtubes[i]['url'],
	])