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How to access Firefox Sync bookmarks without Firefox

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Firefox 4 syncs bookmarks and other settings to a host run by mozilla.

  • How do I access my bookmarks there (without Firefox)?
  • Is there a documented API?

It seems https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Firefox_Sync should contain the neccessary documentation but all links except the first point to empty pages.

I found a script called weave.py here https://github.com/mozilla/weaveclient-python/blob/master/weave.py that is supposed to be able to access those bookmarks but it is unable to use my credentials. It seems to expect usernames without "@" characters.

Is there any documentation out there on how to access Firefox sync data. Preferably with examples.

Right now I don't even know the entry point to this supposed web service.

When I go to https://services.mozilla.com/ I can change my password and presumably remove everything.

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Dirk Jäckel Avatar asked May 22 '11 15:05

Dirk Jäckel


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1 Answers

If you look at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Services/Sync, I think that's the documentation you want. More detail is at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Weave/Sync/1.1/API.

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Femi Avatar answered Nov 04 '22 23:11

Femi