├── README.md
└── convertor.php


/README.md:
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 1 | # Chrome Bookmarks Converter
 2 | A script for converting Chrome bookmark.bak files to Chrome Bookmark.html files so you can import your bookmarks from your AppData file.
 3 | 
 4 | I ran into a situation where I forgot to export my bookmarks from Chrome before doing a re-install of Windows. I grabbed my backup, and found that you could not directly import the bookmarks.bak file that Chrome uses to store your boookmarks.
 5 | 
 6 | After looking at the strucutre I built a parser to convert the file to the .html format Chrome was happy to import.
 7 | 
 8 | # How to Run
 9 | 1. Add convertor.php to a server.
10 | 2. Upload your .bak file as bookmarks.txt (or rename in the script to match).
11 | 3. Run the script.
12 | 4. Your bookmarks will be converted, and saved as export.html
13 | 
14 | # Notes
15 | I threw this together pretty quick, so it may not be most efficient or support ALL use-cases for .bak file. It is recursive so it will keep folder structures intact.
16 | 


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/convertor.php:
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 1 | <?php
 2 | 
 3 | $json = json_decode(file_get_contents('Bookmarks.txt'));
 4 | 
 5 | echo '<pre>';
 6 | print_r($json->roots);
 7 | echo '</pre>';
 8 | 
 9 | $header = '<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
10 | <!-- This is an automatically generated file.
11 |      It will be read and overwritten.
12 |      DO NOT EDIT! -->
13 | <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
14 | <TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE>
15 | <H1>Bookmarks</H1>
16 | <DL><p>';
17 | 
18 | $out = fopen("export.html", "w");
19 | writeIt($header);
20 | 
21 | if($json->roots->bookmark_bar){
22 | 
23 | 	writeIt('<DT><H3 ADD_DATE="' . $json->roots->bookmark_bar->date_added . '" LAST_MODIFIED="' . $json->roots->bookmark_bar->date_modified . '" PERSONAL_TOOLBAR_FOLDER="true">Bookmarks bar</H3>');
24 | 	writeIt('<DL><p>');
25 | 
26 | 	deeper($json->roots->bookmark_bar->children, 1, 10);
27 | 	
28 | 	writeIt('</DL><p>');
29 | 
30 | }
31 | 
32 | if($json->roots->other){
33 | 
34 | 	writeIt('<DT><H3 ADD_DATE="' . $json->roots->other->date_added . '" LAST_MODIFIED="' . $json->roots->other->date_modified . '">Other bookmarks</H3>');
35 | 	writeIt('<DL><p>');
36 | 
37 | 	deeper($json->roots->other->children, 1, 10);
38 | 	
39 | 	writeIt('</DL><p>');
40 | 
41 | }
42 | 
43 | writeIt('</DL><p>');
44 | fclose($out);
45 | 
46 | 
47 | function deeper($array, $depth = 0, $max_depth = false){
48 | 	
49 | 	if($max_depth && ($depth == $max_depth)) return;
50 | 	
51 | 	foreach($array as $node){
52 | 		if(property_exists($node, 'children')){
53 | 			writeIt('<DT><H3 ADD_DATE="' . $node->date_added . '" LAST_MODIFIED="' . $node->date_modified . '">' . $node->name . '</H3>', $depth);
54 | 			writeIt('<DL><p>', $depth);
55 | 			deeper($node->children, $depth + 1, $max_depth);
56 | 			writeIt('</DL><p>', $depth);
57 | 		}else if(property_exists($node, 'url')){
58 | 			writeIt('<DT><A HREF="' . $node->url . '" ADD_DATE="' . $node->date_added . '">' . $node->name . '</A>', $depth);
59 | 		}
60 | 	}
61 | 	
62 | }
63 | 
64 | function writeIt($line, $depth = 0){
65 | 	global $out;
66 | 	
67 | 	$tab = "	";
68 | 	for($p=0;$p<$depth;$p++){
69 | 		$prepend .= $tab;
70 | 	}
71 | 	
72 | 	fwrite($out, $prepend . $line . PHP_EOL);
73 | 	
74 | }
75 | 
76 | 
77 | 
78 | ?>
79 | 


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