Parses kindle "My Clippings.txt" (the book highlights) file to markdown format

kindle_clippings_to_md.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python3

import argparse


def clippings_to_dict(clip_file):
    quotes = open(clip_file, 'r').read().split('==========')
    split_quotes = []
    for quote in quotes:
        # Remove empty lines
        split_quotes.append(list(filter(lambda x: x != '', quote.split('\n'))))

    quotes_dict = {}
    for quote in split_quotes:
        if len(quote) != 3:
            # Remove empty highlights
            continue

        # Remove <feff> character
        key = quote[0].strip('\ufeff')

        if key not in quotes_dict.keys():
            quotes_dict[key] = []

        quotes_dict[key].append((quote[1], quote[2]))

    return quotes_dict


def dict_to_markdown(quotes_dict, output_path):
    with open(output_path, 'a') as output:
        for book, quotes in quotes_dict.items():
            output.write('# {}\n'.format(book))
            for quote in quotes:
                output.write('*{}*\n{}\n\n'.format(quote[0], quote[1]))


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('clip_file', type=str, help='The original Clippings.txt file from the kindle')
    parser.add_argument('output_path', type=str, help='The output markdown file to create')
    args  = parser.parse_args()


    quotes_dict = clippings_to_dict(args.clip_file)

    dict_to_markdown(quotes_dict, args.output_path)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()