Scripting the export of bookmarks?
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Dgwphotos
Scripting the export of bookmarks?
Is it possible to script the export of bookmarks? I would like to keep another (non Pale Moon) browser synced with the same bookmarks.
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Utnapishtim
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Re: Scripting the export of bookmarks?
AFAIK the bookmarks are in one of the sqlite databases (I think places.sqlite). You can write an SQL query and execute it on the command line with sqlite-tools.
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Moonchild
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Re: Scripting the export of bookmarks?
Or you can, you know, use Pale Moon Sync?
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Isengrim
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Re: Scripting the export of bookmarks?
Is there a way for other browsers to access PM Sync?
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Moonchild
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Re: Scripting the export of bookmarks?
As long as they implement the (well-documented) Weave/Mozilla Sync 1.1 API access, yes.
If any mainstream application wants to use the Sync service, however, I do request they get in touch with me beforehand so I can look at required server resources and a potential compensation requirement to fund it.
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Moonchild
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Re: Scripting the export of bookmarks?
Considering their sizeable usership, they will have to get in touch with me about using the service before doing so.
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Goodydino
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Re: Scripting the export of bookmarks?
What is wrong with exporting the bookmarks as HTML and then importing them into another browser? You do not need any extension to do that. Imported bookmarks are appended, so you get all of them transferred. If you want to remove some of the transferred ones afterward, that is easy.
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New Tobin Paradigm
Re: Scripting the export of bookmarks?
You can't do that with mobile browsers.
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Dgwphotos
Re: Scripting the export of bookmarks?
That is what I have in mind. I want to use Task Scheduler to export the bookmarks, then import them into the desktop version of Brave and have Brave's built in sync do the job of syncing with Brave on the tablet.Goodydino wrote: ↑2019-07-05, 21:01What is wrong with exporting the bookmarks as HTML and then importing them into another browser? You do not need any extension to do that. Imported bookmarks are appended, so you get all of them transferred. If you want to remove some of the transferred ones afterward, that is easy.