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Export Chrome Search Engine to a Json File, and Import into Brave
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/* | |
* Source: https://superuser.com/a/1626575 | |
* 2021/07/22 Tested successfully on Chrome Version 91.0.4472.164 (Official Build) (x86_64) on Mac | |
* Usage: | |
* 1. Open `chrome://settings/searchEngines` on Chrome | |
* 2. Open Developer Tools (Cmd+Opt+i) | |
* 3. Choose `Console` tab | |
* 4. Paste code below and save as a json file | |
*/ | |
(function exportSEs() { | |
/* Auxiliary function to download a file with the exported data */ | |
function downloadData(filename, data) { | |
const file = new File([data], { type: 'text/json' }); | |
const elem = document.createElement('a'); | |
elem.href = URL.createObjectURL(file); | |
elem.download = filename; | |
elem.click(); | |
} | |
let searchEngines = []; | |
document.querySelector('settings-ui').shadowRoot | |
.querySelector('settings-main').shadowRoot | |
.querySelector('settings-basic-page').shadowRoot | |
.querySelector('settings-search-page').shadowRoot | |
.querySelector('settings-search-engines-page').shadowRoot | |
.querySelector('settings-search-engines-list#otherEngines').shadowRoot | |
.querySelectorAll('settings-search-engine-entry') | |
.forEach($el => searchEngines.push( | |
{ | |
name: $el.shadowRoot.querySelector('#name-column').textContent, | |
keyword: $el.shadowRoot.querySelector('#keyword-column').textContent, | |
url: $el.shadowRoot.querySelector('#url-column').textContent | |
}) | |
) | |
downloadData('search_engines.json', JSON.stringify(searchEngines)); | |
}()); |
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/* | |
* Source: https://superuser.com/a/1626575 | |
* 2021/07/22 Tested successfully on Brave Version 1.26.77 Chromium: 91.0.4472.164 (Official Build) (x86_64) on Mac | |
* But not all imported, most of engines imported. | |
*/ | |
(async function importSEs() { | |
/* Auxiliary function to open a file selection dialog */ | |
function selectFileToRead() { | |
return new Promise((resolve) => { | |
const input = document.createElement('input'); | |
input.setAttribute('type', 'file'); | |
input.addEventListener('change', (e) => { | |
resolve(e.target.files[0]); | |
}, false); | |
input.click(); | |
}); | |
} | |
/* Auxiliary function to read data from a file */ | |
function readFile(file) { | |
return new Promise((resolve) => { | |
const reader = new FileReader(); | |
reader.addEventListener('load', (e) => { | |
resolve(e.target.result); | |
}); | |
reader.readAsText(file); | |
}); | |
} | |
const file = await selectFileToRead(); | |
const content = await readFile(file); | |
const searchEngines = JSON.parse(content); | |
searchEngines.forEach(({ name, keyword, url }) => { | |
/* Actual search engine import magic */ | |
chrome.send('searchEngineEditStarted', [-1]); | |
chrome.send('searchEngineEditCompleted', [name, keyword, url]); | |
}); | |
}()); |
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