Dump tabs from Firefox tab groups to JSON.

tabdump.coffee

#!/usr/bin/env coffee

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# TODO: Rewrite as asynchronous. Find default profile in Windows.

os = require 'os'
fs = require 'fs'
ini = require 'ini' # npm install ini (https://github.com/isaacs/ini)

# Find the default Firefox profile in Linux or OS X. No Windows yet.
if os.platform() is 'darwin'
    firefoxDir = "#{process.env.HOME}/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox"
else
    firefoxDir = "#{process.env.HOME}/.mozilla/firefox"

# Parse the profiles.ini file.
profiles = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync("#{firefoxDir}/profiles.ini", 'utf-8'))

# Find the path for the default profile.
defaultProfileDir = "#{firefoxDir}/#{profiles.Profile0.Path}"

# Get the filename for the sessionstore backup.
recoveryFile = "#{defaultProfileDir}/sessionstore-backups/recovery.js"

# Parse the recovery file.
recovery = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(recoveryFile, 'utf-8'))

# Find the existing tab view groups.
tabViewGroups = JSON.parse(recovery.windows[0].extData['tabview-group'])

# Create a new tab group object.
tabGroups = {}

# Make a new empty array for each tab view group title.
for own key, value of tabViewGroups
    tabGroups[value.title] = []

# For every tab...
recovery.windows[0].tabs.forEach (tab) ->
  if tab.extData?
    if JSON.parse(tab.extData['tabview-tab'])?
      # If the tab is part of a tab view group find the ID.
      tabGroupID = JSON.parse(tab.extData['tabview-tab']).groupID
      # Add the tab's URL to the appropriate group array.
      tabGroups[tabViewGroups[tabGroupID].title].push(tab.entries[0].url)

# Print the JSON formatted output.
console.log(JSON.stringify(tabGroups))