(Archived) Python script to import Chrome and Google Bookmarks into Evernote

[hitokiri82 2]

So I wanted to use Evernote as my sole repository for bookmarks. I created this little script to translate html files exported from Google Chrome and Google Bookmarks and generate .enex files that allows you to import your bookmarks into EN as individual notes.

Hope it's helpful for somebody else:

https://github.com/hitokiri82/bookmarks2evernote

[DavidP 5]

[Reposted from github so that the thoughtful, helpful reply from hitokiri82 gets back to here. Thank you!]

 

Hi. Do you remember the Python script you posted in the Evernote forum last November 2012, to import Google Bookmarks and Google Chrome bookmarks into Evernote as individual notes? Thank you!

I have only a passing familiarity with Python. I have installed it. Two things, please, if you are willing. I don't know where to specify "bs4" to import Beautiful Soup. I will, of course, search and try to answer that on my own. The other thing is your suggestion to add creation date information to the enex files. I would think that would be very useful, and I wonder if it is something you could easily specify.

Thanks for your time, and your productivity contribution.

--David

[hitokiri82 2]

[ Reposting the answer ]

Hello David. 

 

Sorry I took so long to reply. Have you managed to install BeautifulSoup correctly? 

 

The easiest way to install bs4 is by using pip (it is a tool for adding packages to python). The trouble is.. you have to install pip first. The way to install pip depends on your platform, but a quick google search on how to install should solve it for you. (ie. for windows, this answer on StackOverflow http://stackoverflow...-pip-on-windows)

After that you just do pip install beautifulsoup4 

 

The way to test if you have installed it correctly is by opening up a Python interactive console and doing: "import bs4" if that doesnt report eny errors then you have succeeded, after that the script should work. 

 

Greetings.