chrome-bookmark-reader

A library/cli to read Bookmarks of Google Chrome.
This library parses bookmark json files of Google Chrome and returns the result as a flat json object.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 12

Usage

As a library

npm install chrome-bookmark-reader

yarn add chrome-bookmark-reader

import { getChromeBookmark } from 'chrome-bookmark-reader'

const path = '/path/to/Chrome/Bookmark'
const result = getChromeBookmark(path)

console.log(result)
// shows your bookmark contents

option

const option = {
  shouldIncludeFolders: true,
}
const result = getChromeBookmark(path, option)

• shouldIncludeFolders: If true, results include bookmark folders (defaults to false).

As a cli

npm install -g chrome-bookmark-reader

chrome-bookmark --file "/path/to/Chrome/Bookmark" [--pattern "something"] [--output "text"]
# -> shows your bookmark contents

options

• --file (-f): Required. Path to Chrome Bookmarks File (see below).
• --pattern (-p): Optional. If specified, result is filtered by the given value.
• --output (-o): Optional. Result is displayed according to this value. format. One of "json" or "text" is available. Defaults to "json".

For detail, type chrome-bookmark --help.

Notice

If you are a mac user, you can find the bookmark json file at the following location:

• "/Users/{Username}/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/{Chrome Profile}/Bookmarks"
• Where are Google Chrome bookmarks stored in macOS for multiple profiles?

For windows, see following article.

• How to Find Chrome Bookmarks File Location in Windows

Related repositories

• chrome-history-reader