#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# lynx_parse.py :
# Read a list of Lynx bookmark files, specified on the command line,
# and outputs the corresponding XBEL document.
#
# Sample usage: ./lynx_parse.py ~/bookmarks/
# (The script requires the path to the directory where your bookmark files
# are stored.)
#
import bookmark
import re
def parse_lynx_file(bms, input):
"""Convert a Lynx 2.8 bookmark file to XBEL, reading from the
input file object, and write to the output file object."""
# Read the whole file into memory
data = input.read()
# Get the title
m = re.search("
(.*?)", data, re.IGNORECASE)
if m is None: title = "Untitled"
else: title = m.group(1)
bms.add_folder( title )
hrefpat = re.compile( r"""^ \s* \s*
[^"]* )" \s*>
(?P .*? ) """,
re.IGNORECASE| re.DOTALL | re.VERBOSE | re.MULTILINE)
pos = 0
while 1:
m = hrefpat.search(data, pos)
if m is None: break
pos = m.end()
url, name = m.group(1,2)
bms.add_bookmark( name, href = url)
bms.leave_folder()
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys, glob
if len(sys.argv)<2 or len(sys.argv)>3:
print
print "A simple utility to convert Lynx bookmarks to XBEL."
print
print "Usage: "
print " lynx_parse.py []"
sys.exit(1)
bms = bookmark.Bookmarks()
# Determine the owner on Unix platforms
import os, pwd
uid = os.getuid()
t = pwd.getpwuid( uid )
bms.owner = t[4]
glob_pattern = os.path.join(sys.argv[1], '*.html')
file_list = glob.glob( glob_pattern )
for file in file_list:
input = open(file)
parse_lynx_file(bms, input)
if len(sys.argv)==3:
out=open(sys.argv[2],"w")
bms.dump_xbel(out)
out.close()
else:
bms.dump_xbel()
# Done