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JavaScript bookmarklet for converting HTML-formatted Firefox bookmarks into a downloadable CSV file
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javascript:(function(){ | |
/* escape quotes and commas in contents to be comma-separated */ | |
function wrapCsvContents(content) { | |
if (typeof(content) === 'string') { | |
if (content.replace(/ /g, '').match(/[\s,"]/)) { | |
return '"' + content.replace(/"/g, '""') + '"'; | |
} | |
} | |
return content; | |
} | |
/* filter bookmarks */ | |
let nodeList = window.document.querySelectorAll('dt a'); | |
let contents = Array.from(nodeList); | |
let bookmarks = contents.filter(function(a) { | |
let h = a.getAttribute('href'); | |
if (h && !h.startsWith('place')) { | |
return true; | |
} | |
}); | |
/* extract basic info from FF bookmarks - name, url, date added - and sort them by name ASC */ | |
let output = bookmarks.map(function(a) { | |
let obj = {}; | |
obj.name = a.innerHTML; | |
obj.url = a.getAttribute('href'); | |
let date = new Date(parseInt(a.getAttribute('add_date')) * 1000); | |
obj.added = date.toISOString(); | |
return obj; | |
}).sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name)); | |
/* pour the bookmark contents into CSV format */ | |
let csvContent = 'name,url,date added\r\n'; | |
output.forEach(function(obj) { | |
let row = [wrapCsvContents(obj.name), wrapCsvContents(obj.url), obj.added].join(','); | |
csvContent += row + '\r\n'; | |
}); | |
/* put CSV contents into a CSV file reusing the original HTML file's date */ | |
let file = new Blob([csvContent], {type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8;'}); | |
let getFileDate = new Date(window.document.lastModified).toISOString().slice(0, 10); | |
let downloadLink = window.document.createElement('a'); | |
downloadLink.setAttribute('href', window.URL.createObjectURL(file)); | |
downloadLink.setAttribute('download', 'bookmarks-' + getFileDate + '.csv'); | |
downloadLink.innerHTML = 'Download CSV'; | |
/* make resulting .csv downloadable via link in the HTML file */ | |
let firstElem = window.document.body.firstChild; | |
window.document.body.insertBefore(downloadLink, firstElem); | |
})(); |
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