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Amazon Kindle Export
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// The following data should be run in the console while viewing the page https://read.amazon.com/ | |
// It will export a CSV file called "download" which can (and should) be renamed with a .csv extension | |
var db = openDatabase('K4W', '2', 'thedatabase', 1024 * 1024); | |
getAmazonCsv = function() { | |
// Set header for CSV export line - change this if you change the fields used | |
var csvData = "ASIN,Title,Authors,PurchaseDate\n"; | |
db.transaction(function(tx) { | |
tx.executeSql('SELECT * FROM bookdata;', [], function(tx, results) { | |
var len = results.rows.length; | |
for (i = 1; i < len; i++) { | |
// Get the data | |
var asin = results.rows.item(i).asin; | |
var title = results.rows.item(i).title; | |
var authors = JSON.parse(results.rows.item(i).authors); | |
var purchaseDate = new Date(results.rows.item(i).purchaseDate).toLocaleDateString(); | |
// Format/scrub the data | |
// Remove double quotes from titles to not interfere with CSV double-quotes | |
title = title.replace(/"/g, ''); | |
// Concatenate the authors list - uncomment the next line to get all authors separated by ";" | |
// var authorList = authors.join(';'); | |
// OR Take only first author - comment the next line if you uncommented the previous one | |
var authorList = authors[0]; | |
// Write out the CSV line | |
csvData += '"' + asin + '","' + title + '","' + authorList + '","' + purchaseDate + '"\n' | |
} | |
// "Export" the data | |
window.location = 'data:text/csv;charset=utf8,' + encodeURIComponent(csvData); | |
}); | |
}); | |
}; | |
getAmazonCsv(); |
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