demo script of ttscoff's pinboard backup sync

gistfile1.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

%w[fileutils ftools set zlib].each do |filename|
  require filename
end

# Load the Marshal dump to a hash
def load file_name
  begin
    file = Zlib::GzipReader.open(file_name)
  rescue Zlib::GzipFile::Error
    file = File.open(file_name, 'r')
  ensure
    obj = Marshal.load file.read
    file.close
    return obj
  end
end

HOME_DIR = ENV['HOME']
DB_LOCATION = "#{HOME_DIR}/Dropbox/Sync/Bookmark"

obj = load(DB_LOCATION + "/bookmarks.stash")

tag = 'presentation'

bookmarks = []
obj.each {|bookmark|
  if bookmark['tag'] =~ /\b#{tag}\b/i
    bookmarks << {
      'title' => bookmark['description'],
      'url' => bookmark['href']
    }
  end unless bookmark['tag'].nil?  
}

puts "<ul>"
bookmarks.each{|bookmark|
  puts %Q{<li><a href="#{bookmark['url']}">#{bookmark['title']}</a></li>}
}
puts "</ul>"

# wanted_keys = %w[presentation]
# p bookmarks.reject { |bookmark| !wanted_keys.include? bookmark['tag'] }