Export Safari ReadingList

exportRL.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3.8
# coding=utf-8

""" Export Safari ReadingList. """

import os
import plistlib
from pathlib import Path

INPUT_FILE = Path(os.environ['HOME']) / 'Library' / 'Safari' / 'Bookmarks.plist'
OUTPUT_FILE = Path('readinglist.txt')

# Load and parse the Bookmarks file
with INPUT_FILE.open('rb') as plist_file:
    plist = plistlib.load(plist_file)

# Look for the child node which contains the Reading List data.
# There should only be one Reading List item
reading_list = next(filter(lambda x: x.get('Title', None) == 'com.apple.ReadingList', plist['Children']))

# Extract the bookmarks
bookmarks = reading_list['Children']

# For each bookmark in the bookmark list, grab the URL
urls = (bookmark['URLString'] for bookmark in bookmarks)

# Write the URLs to a file
with OUTPUT_FILE.open('w') as outfile:
    outfile.write('\n'.join(urls))