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It is a source of perpetual amazement to me that there is not an extension that will do this for me. I hate to be That Guy, but maybe you should look into writ

It is a source of perpetual amazement to me that there is not an extension that will do this for me. I hate to be That Guy, but maybe you should look into writing your own; extensions are fortunately just bundles of JavaScript. (I fear you may be very much into the Realm of the Edge Case.)

derleth 14y ago
> I hate to be That Guy, but maybe you should look into writing your own; extensions are fortunately just bundles of JavaScript. Javascript isn't the hard part here; it's trying to figure out how to extract anything like what I need from the places.sqlite databases that hold all the relevant data.
- kbrosnan 14y ago
  If you trust the cloud Mozilla's client side encrypted sync service will do this. If you want simple and dirty. 1. Create a backup of your bookmarks using the import and backup button on the Library window on each machine 2. Pick your favorite scripting language 3. merge the two json backup files using your script Import the resulting json file in a clean Firefox profile.
  - derleth 14y ago
    > Create a backup of your bookmarks using the import and backup button on the Library window on each machine I've tried this. The tags are not in the JSON dumps. The Mozilla people apparently believe that backing up your bookmarks means to back up everything except the tags. A corollary: The only way to actually back up your bookmarks is to back up the places.sqlite file. Nothing else contains all the relevant data.
    - damncabbage 14y ago
      Wow. Okay, thanks for the information. Is there an open bug for this already? :(
      - derleth 14y ago
        Apparently, I was wrong: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4716258 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4716258
    - kbrosnan 14y ago
      Tags are in the bookmark backup JSON.(Storing tags was one of the primary reasons for moving from bookmarks.html.) Search for "root": "tagsFolder" anything that is a parent of that is a tag.
      - derleth 14y ago
        Hey, thanks. Looking at a pretty-printed JSON file with that little piece of info cleared it up for me.

derleth 14y ago

> I hate to be That Guy, but maybe you should look into writing your own; extensions are fortunately just bundles of JavaScript. Javascript isn't the hard part here; it's trying to figure out how to extract anything like what I need from the places.sqlite databases that hold all the relevant data.

kbrosnan 14y ago
If you trust the cloud Mozilla's client side encrypted sync service will do this. If you want simple and dirty. 1. Create a backup of your bookmarks using the import and backup button on the Library window on each machine 2. Pick your favorite scripting language 3. merge the two json backup files using your script Import the resulting json file in a clean Firefox profile.
- derleth 14y ago
  > Create a backup of your bookmarks using the import and backup button on the Library window on each machine I've tried this. The tags are not in the JSON dumps. The Mozilla people apparently believe that backing up your bookmarks means to back up everything except the tags. A corollary: The only way to actually back up your bookmarks is to back up the places.sqlite file. Nothing else contains all the relevant data.
  - damncabbage 14y ago
    Wow. Okay, thanks for the information. Is there an open bug for this already? :(
    - derleth 14y ago
      Apparently, I was wrong: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4716258 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4716258
  - kbrosnan 14y ago
    Tags are in the bookmark backup JSON.(Storing tags was one of the primary reasons for moving from bookmarks.html.) Search for "root": "tagsFolder" anything that is a parent of that is a tag.
    - derleth 14y ago
      Hey, thanks. Looking at a pretty-printed JSON file with that little piece of info cleared it up for me.