Retrieve and list the files in the Safari reading list.

readinglist.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Retrieve and list the files in the reading list.
"""

import plistlib
from shutil import copy
import subprocess
import os
from tempfile import gettempdir
import sys
import atexit

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

# Make a copy of the bookmarks and convert it from a binary plist to text
TEMP_DIRECTORY = gettempdir()
copy(BOOKMARKS_FILE, TEMP_DIRECTORY)
BOOKMARKS_FILE_COPY = os.path.join(TEMP_DIRECTORY, os.path.basename(BOOKMARKS_FILE))

atexit.register(lambda: os.remove(BOOKMARKS_FILE_COPY)) # Delete temp file when script finishes

CONVERTED = subprocess.call(['plutil', '-convert', 'xml1', BOOKMARKS_FILE_COPY])

SUCCESS_EXIT_CODE = 0

if CONVERTED != SUCCESS_EXIT_CODE:
    print("Couldn't convert bookmarks plist from xml format")
    sys.exit(CONVERTED)

with open(BOOKMARKS_FILE_COPY, mode='rb') as fp:
    PLIST = plistlib.load(fp, fmt=None, use_builtin_types=False)
 # There should only be one Reading List item, so take the first one
READING_LIST = [item for item in PLIST['Children']
                if 'Title' in item and item['Title'] == 'com.apple.ReadingList'
               ][0]

for item in READING_LIST.get('Children', []):
    if len(item["ReadingList"]) == 2:
        print(item['URLString'])