chromebookmarks2md.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

type ChromeBookmarks struct {
	Name     string             `json:"name"`
	Type     string             `json:"type"`
	Url      string             `json:"url"`
	Children []*ChromeBookmarks `json:"children"`
}

type AllChromeBookmarks struct {
	Name string             `json:"name"`
	B    []*ChromeBookmarks `json:"children"`
}

func Print(idx int, b []*ChromeBookmarks) {
	for _, v := range b {
		if v.Type == "folder" {
			fmt.Printf("%s %s\n", strings.Repeat("#", idx), v.Name)
			Print(idx+1, v.Children)
		} else {
			fmt.Printf("%s [%s](%s)\n", "*", v.Name, v.Url)
		}
	}
}

func main() {
	cb, cberr := ioutil.ReadFile("./data/bookmarks.json")

	if cberr != nil {
		os.Exit(1)
	}

	var b []AllChromeBookmarks
	err := json.Unmarshal(cb, &b)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println("error:", err)
	}

	fmt.Println("---")
	fmt.Printf("title: Bookmarks\n")
	fmt.Printf("date: %s\n", time.Now().Format("2006-01-02"))
	fmt.Println("---")

	fmt.Printf("An auto-generated list of my Chromium bookmarks.\n\n")

	/*
			fmt.Println("{{< highlight shell >}}")
			fmt.Printf("$ cat ~/.config/chromium/Profile\\ 2/Bookmarks | jq '.roots.bookmark_bar.children' > data/bookmarks.json\n")
			fmt.Printf("$ go run bin/chrome2mdlinks.go > content/posts/bookmarks.md\n")
			fmt.Println("{{< /highlight >}}")
			fmt.Printf("\n\n")
	*/

	skip := []string{"Misc.", "Projects", "Read Next", "Work"}

	for _, v := range b {
		plz_skip := false
		for _, n := range skip {
			if n == v.Name {
				plz_skip = true
			}
		}

		if plz_skip == false {
			fmt.Printf("# %s\n", v.Name)
			Print(2, v.B)
		}
	}
}