Readit - Command Line Tool

Introduction

Readit is command line bookmark manager. It is a command line utility to add, delete, update and display the bookmarks. It is a powerful bookmark manager written in Python. It uses SQLite3 database to store the bookmarks.

Features

• Bookmark multiple URLs at a time
• Bookmark URL with respective Tags at the same time [NEW]
• Search and display Bookmarks by TAG and URL's substring
• Display all Bookmarks in table format
• Remove single or all Bookmarked URL
• Update a Bookmarked URL with a specific ID
• URL validation
• Open multiple URLs in the browser
• Choose specific folder and Export bookmarks into the CSV file [NEW]
• Show all Tags available in the database
• Bookmark URLs either online or offline

Dependencies

Features	Dependancy
Scripting Language	Python 3.0+
HTTP(S)	requests
Command-Line Option and argument parsing	click
Database Used	SQLite3
Display Bookmarks in Table	beautifultable

Installation

Readit is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip3:

pip3 install --user readit

Command line options

Usage: readit [OPTIONS] [INSERT]...

    Readit - Command-line bookmark manager tool.
Options:
-a, --add TEXT          Add urls --> readit -a <url1> <url2>
-t, --tag TEXT          Use to tag url --> readit -a <url1> -t <tag1>
-d, --delete TEXT       Remove a URL of particular ID --> readit -d <url_id>
-c, --clear TEXT        Clear bookmarks --> readit -c
-u, --update TEXT       Update a URL for specific ID --> readit -u
                        <existing_id> <new_url>
-s, --search TEXT       Search for bookmarks using either a tag or a
                        substring of the URL --> readit -s <tag> or
                        <substring>
-v, --view TEXT...      Show bookmarks --> readit -v
-o, --openurl TEXT      Open a URL in your browser by entering a part of the
                        URL. --> readit -o <url_substring>
-V, --version           Check latest version --> readit -V
-e, --export TEXT...    Export URLs in csv file --> readit -e
-tl, --taglist TEXT...  Show all Tags --> readit -tl
--help                  Show this message and exit.

Examples

1. Bookmark multiple URLs:

$ readit <url1> <url2> ...
or
$ readit --add <url1> <url2> ...
or
$ readit -a <url1> <url2> ...

2. Bookmark urls and tags at the same time

$ readit -a <url1> -t <tag1>

2. View all available bookmarks:

$ readit -v
or
$ readit --view

3. Update a bookmark using its ID:

$ readit -u <url_id> <url>
or
$ readit --update <url_id> <url>

4. Delete a bookmarked URL using its ID:

$ readit -d <url_id>
or
$ readit --delete <url_id>

5. Clear all the bookmarks:

$ readit -c
or
$ readit --clear

6. Search and Display all bookmarks using the TAG or URL's substring:

$ readit -s <tag_name> or <url_substring>
or
$ readit --search <tag_name> or <url_substring>

7. Open URL in the Browser using URL's substring:

$ readit -o <url_substring>
or
$ readit --openurl <url_substring>

8. Export bookmarks into the CSV file:

$ readit --export
or
$ readit -e

9. Show all Tags available in the database

$ readit -tl
or
$ readit --taglist

How to install source code for development

• Clone project from github:

$ git clone https://github.com/pythonpune/readit.git

• We recommend to create and activate a virtualenv first:

$ cd readit/

$ python3 -m venv env

$ source env/bin/activate

$ pip3 install setuptools

• To install using setup.py file:

(env) $ python setup.py install

• To make a build of the project:

(env) $ python setup.py build

Licence

Readit - Command line tool is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0.