archival.ArchiveBox/bin/export_browser_history.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Helper script to export browser history and bookmarks to a format ArchiveBox can ingest.
# Usage:
#    curl -O 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/dev/bin/export_browser_history.sh'
#    bash export_browser_history.sh --chrome
#    bash export_browser_history.sh --firefox
#    bash export_browser_history.sh --safari
#    ls
#        chrome_history.json
#        firefox_history.json
#        firefox_bookmarks.json
#        safari_history.json

OUTPUT_DIR="$(pwd)"

if [[ "$1" == "--chrome" ]]; then
    # Google Chrome / Chromium
    if [[ -e "$2" ]]; then
        cp "$2" "$OUTPUT_DIR/chrome_history.db.tmp"
    else
        default=$(ls ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History)
        echo "Defaulting to history db: $default"
        echo "Optionally specify the path to a different sqlite history database as the 2nd argument."
        cp "$default" "$OUTPUT_DIR/chrome_history.db.tmp"
    fi

    sqlite3 "$OUTPUT_DIR/chrome_history.db.tmp" "SELECT \"[\" || group_concat(json_object('timestamp', last_visit_time, 'description', title, 'href', url)) || \"]\" FROM urls;" > "$OUTPUT_DIR/chrome_history.json"
    jq < "$(dirname "${2:-$default}")"/Bookmarks '.roots.other.children[] | {href: .url, description: .name, timestamp: .date_added}' > "$OUTPUT_DIR/chrome_bookmarks.json"
    
    rm "$OUTPUT_DIR"/chrome_history.db.*
    echo "Chrome history exported to:"
    echo "    $OUTPUT_DIR/chrome_history.json"
fi

if [[ "$1" == "--firefox" ]]; then
    # Firefox
    if [[ -e "$2" ]]; then
        cp "$2" "$OUTPUT_DIR/firefox_history.db.tmp"
    else
        default=$(ls ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/*.default/places.sqlite)
        echo "Defaulting to history db: $default"
        echo "Optionally specify the path to a different sqlite history database as the 2nd argument."
        cp "$default" "$OUTPUT_DIR/firefox_history.db.tmp"
    fi
    
    sqlite3 "$OUTPUT_DIR/firefox_history.db.tmp" "SELECT \"[\" || group_concat(json_object('timestamp', last_visit_date, 'description', title, 'href', url)) || \"]\" FROM moz_places;" > "$OUTPUT_DIR/firefox_history.json"

    sqlite3 "$OUTPUT_DIR/firefox_history.db.tmp" "
    with recursive tags AS (
          select id, title, '' AS tags
          FROM moz_bookmarks
          where parent == 0
        UNION ALL
          select c.id, p.title, c.title || ',' || tags AS tags
          from moz_bookmarks AS c
          JOIN tags AS p
          ON c.parent = p.id
        )

        SELECT '[' || group_concat(json_object('timestamp', b.dateAdded, 'description', b.title, 'href', f.url, 'tags', tags.tags)) || ']'
        FROM moz_bookmarks AS b
        JOIN moz_places AS f ON f.id = b.fk
        JOIN tags ON tags.id = b.parent
        WHERE f.url LIKE '%://%';" > "$OUTPUT_DIR/firefox_bookmarks.json"
    
    rm "$OUTPUT_DIR"/firefox_history.db.*
    echo "Firefox history exported to:"
    echo "    $OUTPUT_DIR/firefox_history.json"
    echo "    $OUTPUT_DIR/firefox_bookmarks.json"
fi

if [[ "$1" == "--safari" ]]; then
    # Safari
    if [[ -e "$2" ]]; then
        cp "$2" "$OUTPUT_DIR/safari_history.db.tmp"
    else
        default="~/Library/Safari/History.db"
        echo "Defaulting to history db: $default"
        echo "Optionally specify the path to a different sqlite history database as the 2nd argument."
        cp "$default" "$OUTPUT_DIR/safari_history.db.tmp"
    fi
    
    sqlite3 "$OUTPUT_DIR/safari_history.db.tmp" "select url from history_items" > "$OUTPUT_DIR/safari_history.json"
    
    rm "$OUTPUT_DIR"/safari_history.db.*
    echo "Safari history exported to:"
    echo "    $OUTPUT_DIR/safari_history.json"
fi