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# Importing Bookmarks | ||
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## Import using the WebUI | ||
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Hoarder supports importing bookmarks using the Netscape HTML Format. | ||
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Simply open the WebUI of your Hoarder instance and drag and drop the bookmarks file into the UI. | ||
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:::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! | ||
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## Import using the CLI | ||
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:::warning | ||
Currently importing bookmarks 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. | ||
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. | ||
::: | ||
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## Import from Chrome | ||
### Import from Chrome | ||
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- 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. | ||
- 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 <file_path> | 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. | ||
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Run the following command to import all the links from `all_links.txt`: | ||
- Run the following command to import all the links from `all_links.txt`: | ||
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``` | ||
cat all_links.txt | xargs -I{} hoarder --api-key <key> --server-addr <addr> bookmarks add --link {} | ||
``` | ||
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## Import from other platforms | ||
### Import from other platforms | ||
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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): | ||
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``` | ||
cat all_links.txt | xargs -I{} hoarder --api-key <key> --server-addr <addr> bookmarks add --link {} | ||
``` | ||
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## Exporting Bookmarks from Chrome | ||
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- 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. | ||
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You can use this file to import the bookmarks using the UI or CLI method described above |