parseFirefoxBookmarkJson.py

from enum import Enum
import json

def load_firefox_json(path, unique_tag, add_parent_folder_as_tag):
    """Open Firefox json export file and import data.

    Ignore 'SmartBookmark'  and 'Separator'  entries.

    Parameters
    ----------
    path : str
        Path to Firefox json bookmarks file.
    unique_tag : str
        Timestamp tag in YYYYMonDD format.
    add_parent_folder_as_tag : bool
        True if bookmark parent folders should be added as tags else False.
    """

    """ Format
        typeCode
            1 : uri        (type=text/x-moz-place)
            2 : subfolder  (type=text/x-moz-container)
            3 : separator  (type=text/x-moz-separator)
    """

    class TypeCode(Enum):
        uri = 1
        folder = 2
        separator = 3

    def is_smart(entry):
        result = False
        try:
            d = [ anno for anno in entry['annos'] if anno['name'] == "Places/SmartBookmark" ]
            if 0 < len(d):
                result = True
            else:
                result = False
        except: 
            result = False

        return result

    def extract_desc(entry):
        try:
            d = [ anno for anno in entry['annos'] if anno['name'] == "bookmarkProperties/description" ]
            return d[0]['value']
        except: 
            return ""   

    def extract_tags(entry):
        tags = []
        try:
            tags =  i['tags'].split(',')
        except:
            pass

        return tags

    def iterate_children(parent_folder, entry_list):
        for i in entry_list:
            if TypeCode.uri.value == i['typeCode'] :
                if is_smart(i):
                    continue

                desc = extract_desc(i)
                tags = extract_tags(i)

                print('1', parent_folder, i['title'], i['uri'], tags, desc)

            elif TypeCode.folder.value == i['typeCode'] :
                try:
                    iterate_children(i['title'], i['children'])
                except:
                    pass

            elif TypeCode.separator.value == i['typeCode'] :
                 pass 

    with open(path, 'r') as datafile:
        data = json.load(datafile)

    iterate_children(data['title'], data['children'])


if __name__ == '__main__':
    load_firefox_json("b.json", False, False)