Use export file as source

Import Delicious bookmarks in Python

from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
from datetime import datetime

def import_bookmarks(data):
    '''
    Get bookmarks from Delicious' export file format
    '''
    
    soup = BeautifulSoup(data)
    deli_bookmarks = soup.findAll('dt')
    bookmarks = []

    for bookmark in deli_bookmarks:
        name = bookmark.a.string
        url = bookmark.a['href']
        private = True if bookmark.a['private'] else False
        time = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(bookmark.a['add_date']))
        tags = bookmark.a['tags'].split(',')
        bookmarks.append({
            'name': name,
            'url': url,
            'private': private,
            'time': time,
            'tags': tags,
        })
    
    return bookmarks

# Test import
data = open('data.html', 'r').read()
print import_bookmarks(data)