Get Safari's Reading List with Ruby
Getpocket or like apps need a html file for to import Safari's Reading List. I wrote code for to export my Safari Reading List on macOS. I leveraged Ruby, but this methodology could be easily ported to other languages like Bash, Python, or Objective C.
$ gem install plist# safari-readling-list-to-html.rb
require "plist"
begin
bookmarks_xml = `plutil -convert xml1 -o - ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist`
urls = Plist.parse_xml(bookmarks_xml)["Children"].select{|e|e["Title"]=="com.apple.ReadingList"}[0]["Children"].map{|e| '<DT><A HREF="' + e["URLString"] + '">' + e["URIDictionary"]["title"] + '</A>'}
plistname = "Safari-Reading-List.html"
bookmarkfile = File.open(plistname, "w")
bookmarkfile.puts '<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>'
bookmarkfile.puts '<HTML>'
bookmarkfile.puts '<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">'
bookmarkfile.puts '<Title>Bookmarks</Title>'
bookmarkfile.puts '<H1>Bookmarks</H1>'
bookmarkfile.puts urls
bookmarkfile.puts "</HTML>"
bookmarkfile.close
endThis snippet is just a starting point; feel free to customize it for your specific use case.
Open your terminal and create file,
$ touch safari-readling-list-to-html.rbOpen file and paste code,
$ nano safari-readling-list-to-html.rbRun ruby file,
$ ruby safari-readling-list-to-html.rbCheck the html file.