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# extract-x-bookmarks
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Written by ChatGPT, not me.
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[Works fine](https://x.com/thegeneralist01/status/2003819489989926932).
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## Requirements
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- Python
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- Dependencies in `requirements.txt`
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## Usage
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- Create a virtual environment if you want (`uv venv .venv` or whatever), then activate it. (This is absolutely optional).
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- Install dependencies:
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```bash
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pip install -r requirements.txt
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```
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- Now, to get the **Cloudflare cookies,** this is quickest way I use:
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- Download the [Cookie-Editor extension](https://cookie-editor.com/).
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- Open your browser and go to [Twitter](https://x.com).
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- Open the Cookie-Editor extension, press the export button (bottom right) and export as Header String. (It will copy it to the clipboard).
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- Open the terminal, and run (the python file):
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```bash
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python isolate_cookies.py
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```
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- Paste the clipboard content.
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- It will then put the two needed cookies into `creds.txt`, which the script will use.
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- **If you want to do that without installing the extension,** the `creds.txt` file will have the following format:
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```
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auth_token=blablabla;ct0=blablabla
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```
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- A few things to know before running the script:
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- It will create a `bookmarks.txt` file with the URLs of your bookmarks.
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- The script fetches about 90 bookmarks per run. That means you might want to continually run it until you have no cookies left.
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- A run writes (appends, really) URLs in a descending order (newest first).
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- It might ask you whether to prepend or append the URLs - whether a new run should add URLs to the start or end of the file. **Generally, for a linear timeline, you want to append,** so: `a`.
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- It will take some time in the end to **unbookmark** the fetched bookmarks. Each time 10 new bookmarks are unbookmarked, it will print a message.
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- Run the script until you have all your bookmarks extracted:
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```bash
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python main.py
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```
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## License
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Licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
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