From 621c32961d9be77decf5997324d654dbcbf85947 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MohamedBassem Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:44:11 +0000 Subject: docs: Publish the docs for version 0.16.0 --- docs/versioned_docs/version-v0.16.0/10-import.md | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/versioned_docs/version-v0.16.0/10-import.md (limited to 'docs/versioned_docs/version-v0.16.0/10-import.md') diff --git a/docs/versioned_docs/version-v0.16.0/10-import.md b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v0.16.0/10-import.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..14c59034 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v0.16.0/10-import.md @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +# Importing Bookmarks + +## Import using the WebUI + +Hoarder supports importing bookmarks using the Netscape HTML Format. + +Simply open the WebUI of your Hoarder instance and drag and drop the bookmarks file into the UI. + +:::info +All the URLs in the bookmarks file will be added automatically, you will not be able to pick and choose which bookmarks to import! +::: + +## Import using the CLI + +:::warning +Importing bookmarks using the CLI requires some technical knowledge and might not be very straightforward for non-technical users. Don't hesitate to ask questions in github discussions or discord though. +::: + +### Import from Chrome + +- First follow the steps below to export your bookmarks from Chrome +- To extract the links from this html file, you can run this simple bash one liner (if on windows, you might need to use [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install)): `cat | grep HREF | sed 's/.*HREF="\([^"]*\)".*/\1/' > all_links.txt`. +- This will create a file `all_links.txt` with all of your bookmarks one per line. +- To import them, we'll use the [hoarder cli](https://docs.hoarder.app/command-line). You'll need a Hoarder API key for that. +- Run the following command to import all the links from `all_links.txt`: + +``` +cat all_links.txt | xargs -I{} hoarder --api-key --server-addr bookmarks add --link {} +``` + +### Import from other platforms + +If you can get your bookmarks in a text file with one link per line, you can use the following command to import them using the [hoarder cli](https://docs.hoarder.app/command-line): + +``` +cat all_links.txt | xargs -I{} hoarder --api-key --server-addr bookmarks add --link {} +``` + +## Exporting Bookmarks from Chrome + +- Open Chrome and go to `chrome://bookmarks` +- Click on the three dots on the top right corner and choose `Export bookmarks` +- This will download an html file with all of your bookmarks. + +You can use this file to import the bookmarks using the UI or CLI method described above \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2