Amazon Kindle Export

ExportKindle.js

// ref: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7191429/get-kindle-library-book-list>
// ref: <https://gist.github.com/jkubecki/d61d3e953ed5c8379075b5ddd8a95f22>

// spell-checker:ignore () booklist
// from <https://gist.github.com/rivy/54d86297cc65bd21a25476d4d2da7d31>
// ToDO: [2022-03-10; rivy] change to use `fetch()` and `async/await`
//   ... available since early 2017 ... <https://caniuse.com/?search=fetch> , <https://caniuse.com/async-functions>

// 1 - login to "https://read.amazon.com"
// 2 - use "F12" to open developer window with "Console"
// 3 - from the "Console" prompt, enter ...

// init
let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest()
let domain = 'https://read.amazon.com/'
let items = []
let csvData = ""

// function
function getItemsList(paginationToken = null) {
  let url = domain + 'kindle-library/search?query=&libraryType=BOOKS' + ( paginationToken ? '&paginationToken=' + paginationToken : '' ) + '&sortType=recency&querySize=50'
  xhr.open('GET', url)
  xhr.send()
}

// request result
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
  switch ( xhr.readyState ) {
    case 0:
      console.log('uninitialized')
      break
    case 1:
      console.log('loading...')
      break
    case 4:
      if(xhr.status == 200) {
        let data = xhr.responseText
        data = JSON.parse(data)
        if(data.itemsList) {
          items.push(...data.itemsList)
        }
        if(data.paginationToken) {
          setInterval(getItemsList(data.paginationToken), 500)
        } else {
          // ref: <https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/682/what-does-the-not-allowed-to-navigate-top-frame-to-data-url-javascript-exception-means-in-google-chrome>
          // window.location = 'data:text/json;charset=utf8,' + encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(items))
          data = 'data:text/json;charset=utf8,' + encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(items))
          // ref: <https://stackoverflow.com/a/60428121/43774>
          // var win = window.open()
          // win.document.open()
          // win.document.write('<iframe src=' + base64data + '" frameborder="0" style="border:0; top:0px; left:0px; bottom:0px; right:0px; width:100%; height:100%;" allowfullscreen></iframe>');
          // win.document.close()
          const link = document.createElement("a");
          link.href = data
          link.download = "kindle-booklist.json"
          link.click()
        }
      } else {
        console.log('Failed')
      }
      break
  }
}

// action
getItemsList()

//// to csv
//items.forEach(item => {
//  csvData += '"' + item.asin + '","' + item.title + '"\n'
//})
//window.location = 'data:text/csv;charset=utf8,' + encodeURIComponent(csvData)