If you are using the OneTab browser extension to manage your bookmarks, paste this JavaScript snippet in your browser's DevTools Console.
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Ensure OneTab is installed and the extension is enabled
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Open a new tab / right-click on any ordinary web page – example: https://example.com
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Select
OneTab>Display OneTab -
Tap the link for
Export / Import URLs
or visit this URL if you're using Firefox:moz-extension://a0ae60b2-97a6-40b8-8411-3a8952194fed/onetab.html -
In the textbox below
Export URLs, search-and-remove any links that might be sensitive or that you want excluded in the export — example:https://airtable.com/appoN2eAgiMPe5loXb | Confidential Plans for World Domaination -
Copy-and-paste the JavaScript code below into your browser's
Developer Tools>Console
1(function downloadOneTabExport() {
2 function fileSave(data, filenamePrefix) {
3 if (!data) {
4 throw new Error("Missing data");
5 }
6
7 const printableDate = new Date().toLocaleDateString(new Date(), {
8 year: "numeric",
9 month: "long",
10 day: "numeric",
11 hour: "2-digit",
12 minute: "2-digit",
13 second: "2-digit",
14 });
15 const dateTimeSafe = new Date()
16 .toJSON()
17 .replace(":", ".")
18 .replace("T", "__");
19 const filename = `${filenamePrefix}__${dateTimeSafe}.html`;
20
21 const outputChunks = [
22 `<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>
23<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
24<meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self'; script-src 'none'; img-src data: *; object-src 'none'"></meta>
25<TITLE>Bookmarks ${printableDate}</TITLE>
26<H1>Bookmarks ${printableDate}</H1>
27<DL><p>
28`,
29 ];
30
31 const DELIMETER = " | ";
32 data
33 .split("\n")
34 .filter(Boolean)
35 .forEach((line) => {
36 let input = (line || "").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
37 input = input.replace(/[^\x20-\x7E]/g, "");
38
39 if (!input || !input.startsWith("http")) {
40 return;
41 }
42
43 const chunks = input.split(DELIMETER, 1);
44 const link = (chunks?.[0] || "").trim();
45 const title = input.substr(link.length + DELIMETER.length).trim();
46 console.log({ title, link });
47 outputChunks.push(`
48 <DT><A HREF="${link}">${title}</A></DT>
49`);
50 });
51
52 const mimeType = "text/html";
53
54 const blob = new Blob([outputChunks.join("\n")], { type: mimeType });
55 const evt = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
56 const link = document.createElement("a");
57 link.download = filename;
58 link.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
59 link.dataset.downloadurl = [mimeType, link.download, link.href].join(":");
60 evt.initMouseEvent(
61 "click",
62 true,
63 false,
64 window,
65 0,
66 0,
67 0,
68 0,
69 0,
70 false,
71 false,
72 false,
73 false,
74 0,
75 null
76 );
77 link.dispatchEvent(evt);
78 }
79
80 const contents = document.querySelector("textarea:last-child")?.value || "";
81 fileSave(contents, "bookmarks_OneTab_export");
82})();
P.S. For more info on OneTab, visit their Help pages.