https://github.com/Dissimilis/BookmarksManager

Create and read Netscape bookmark file format (Firefox, IE, etc.)
https://github.com/Dissimilis/BookmarksManager

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Create and read Netscape bookmark file format (Firefox, IE, etc.)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/Dissimilis/BookmarksManager
• Owner: Dissimilis
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-05-20T09:10:23.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-05-03T10:10:53.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-05T11:06:00.153Z (7 months ago)
• Language: C#
• Size: 146 KB
• Stars: 46
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 20
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
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BookmarksManager (simple .NET Standard lib for importing/exporting browser bookmarks)

=============

With this library you can:

* Write/export and read/import [Netscape bookmark file format](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753582%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) (exported from Firefox, IE, etc.)

* Read/import Firefox internal bookmarks sqlite database (places.sql)

* Read/import Chrome bookmarks from browser api (https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/bookmarks) and Chrome bookmarks file (JSON format) 

License: MIT license

NuGet packages: https://www.nuget.org/packages?q=bookmarksmanager

**Usage examples:**

```csharp

//Read bookmarks from string

var reader = new NetscapeBookmarksReader();

var bookmarks = reader.Read(bookmarksString);

foreach (var b in bookmarks.AllLinks)

{

  Console.WriteLine("Url: {0}; Title: {1}", b.Url, b.Title);

}

//Read bookmarks from file

using (var file = File.OpenRead("path_to_file"))

{

  var reader = new NetscapeBookmarksReader();

  //supports encoding detection when reading from stream

  var bookmarks = reader.Read(file);

  foreach (var b in bookmarks.AllLinks.Where(l=>l.LastVisit < DateTime.Today))

  {

    Console.WriteLine("Type {0}, Title: {1}", b.GetType().Name, b.Title);

  }

}

//Write bookmarks

var bookmarks = new BookmarkFolder()

{

    new BookmarkLink("http://example.com", "Example")

};

var writter = new NetscapeBookmarksWritter(bookmarks);

Console.WriteLine(writter.ToString());

//supports writting to stream with custom encoding

writter.OutputEncoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(1257);

using (var file = File.OpenWrite("path_to_file"))

{

    writter.Write(file);

}

```