Open url from flat bookmarks file (qutebrowser)

[glp]

I'm using qutebrowser as my primary web browser. It stores its bookmarks in a flat, space separated file e.g.

www.google.com google
www.wikipedia.org wiki

 

Where the first column is the url and the second column is the bookmark name. Would it be possible to write a workflow to (1) filter the bookmark name column and then (2) open the url for the selected bookmark name. I assume that (2) is possible with a script action, but I am not sure if (1) is?

 

 

 

 

[vitor]

Welcome @glp,

 

Where is the bookmarks file located? And could you give a bigger one as an example?

[glp]

Thanks @vitor

 

The bookmarks file is located at ~/.qutebrowser/quickmarks. In my previous example I misspoke on the order of the columns. It is actually the bookmark name that comes first and then the url. Here is a larger example:

[~] head -n 20 .qutebrowser/quickmarks
clojure_weekly http://reborg.tumblr.com/
country_codes http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/country_code_list.htm
liberator_decisions https://clojure-liberator.github.io/liberator/doc/decisions.html
liberator_handlers https://clojure-liberator.github.io/liberator/doc/handlers.html
y https://news.ycombinator.com/
r https://www.reddit.com/
reddit https://www.reddit.com/
instaparse https://github.com/Engelberg/instaparse
maps https://www.google.com/maps
swagger-codegen https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-codegen
swagger_blog https://blog.philipphauer.de/enriching-restful-services-swagger/
swagger_code https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-core
swagger_codegen_demo https://github.com/cbdr/swagger-codegen-demo/edit/master/README.md
openapi_specification https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/master/versions/2.0.md#securitySchemeObject
openapi_tutorial https://apihandyman.io/writing-openapi-swagger-specification-tutorial-part-1-introduction/
jsonlint http://jsonlint.com/
youtube https://www.youtube.com/
bbc http://www.bbc.com/news/world
b http://www.bbc.com/news/world
avc http://www.avclub.com/

 

[deanishe]

Lol, @glp, that's the opposite of how you initially described it  

 

Are you sure the data and the path are correct? It looks like @vitor is going to write your workflow for you, but I'm not sure how many rewrites you'll get…

 

Also, welcome to the forum 👍

[deanishe]

Also, why Qutebrowser, and what's it like? I gave it a bit of a try once, but didn't really get into it. Did I miss something cool?

[glp]

Yes that head output in my reply is actual. Sorry about the previous confusion 😣.

 

I started using Qutebrowser because FF stopped support for non-WebExtension extensions which effectively killed the Vimperator extension I had been using for years at that point. I tried alternatives like vimium for chrome, etc. but Qutebrowser was by far the closest thing to FF + Vimperator. That said, I have found it to be a bit buggy and rough around the edges at times but it is getting better.

[deanishe]

"vim" is always a good answer, imo.

[vitor]

There you go.

[glp]

Wow thanks so much for that. Working great:

 

 

The workflow is a lot more straightforward than I was thinking it would be. I'm really very impressed with Alfred so far.