netscape-bookmark-export-converter v1.0.2

netscape-bookmark-export-converter

Converts Netscape Bookmark Format files used by popular web browsers to an array of objects containing individual bookmarks URI's and their respective folder tags.

Features

• Easily converts Netscape Bookmarks Format files to an array of objects
• Bookmark folders are converted to tags which can be used to maintain and manage categorization

Compatability

• Google Chrome Bookmarks
• Microsoft Edge Favorites
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Opera Browser

Installation

npm install netscape-bookmark-export-converter

or

yarn add netscape-bookmark-export-converter

Usage

TypeScript

import { convert } from 'netscape-bookmark-export-converter';
import { join } from 'path';

interface Bookmark {
    url: string;
    tags: string[];
}

const convertFileToBookmarkArray = async (bookmarksFilePath) => {
    // Convert File to Bookmarks Array
    const bookmarks: Bookmark[] = await convert(bookmarksFilePath);

    // Do something with the Bookmarks
    console.log(bookmarks);
}

const bookmarksFilePath: string = join(__dirname, "bookmarks.html");
convertFileToBookmarkArray(bookmarksFilePath);

JavaScript

const convert = require('netscape-bookmark-export-converter').convert;
const path = require('path');

const convertFileToBookmarkArray = async (bookmarksFilePath) => {
    // Convert File to Bookmarks Array
    const bookmarks = await convert(bookmarksFilePath);

    // Do something with the Bookmarks
    console.log(bookmarks);
}

const bookmarksFilePath = path.join(__dirname, "bookmarks.html");
convertFileToBookmarkArray(bookmarksFilePath);

Example Output

[
    { url: 'http://example.com/', tags: [ 'Favorites bar' ] },
    {
        url: 'https://www.google.com/',
        tags: [ 'Favorites bar', 'Search' ]
    },
    { url: 'https://www.theverge.com/tech', tags: [ 'Favorites bar' ] },
    { url: 'https://www.tudublin.ie/', tags: [ 'Favorites bar' ] },
    { url: 'https://www.imdb.com/', tags: [ 'Favorites bar', 'Movies' ] },
    {
        url: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0',
        tags: [ 'Favorites bar', 'Movies', 'Best' ]
    }
]

Testing

npm run test

or

yarn test