How I export my profile data from a firefox extension?

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  1. Posts : 255
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       #11

    Callender said:
    For me it shows up in sqlite database here:

    C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ff4353sv.default-release\storage\default\moz-extension+++937b87d0-5078-44b2-a47b-b99ef9c92e8b^userContextId=4294967295\idb

    Copy the folder contents to another folder then restore the contents to the same newly created folder (after removing then reinstalling the addon)



    C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ff4353sv.default-release\storage\default\moz-extension+++e94ac9a2-8000-424d-a1c3-b28bc6e74d31^userContextId=4294967295\idb

    specfically in sqlite database in the folder named idb

    3647222921wleabcEoxlt-eengsairo.sqlite

    It doesn't work for me. Look at what happens when I try to do it. The sqlite database file doesn't have any meaningful data.



    f14tomcat said:
    I just ran Mozback v1.5.1 and it produced a 175mb .pcv file, just as it should. I'm running FF 88 beta 5.
    Mozback showed me 2 profiles to backup so it looks like I tried to backup the wrong one. I did the right one now. Default didn't work, default release did.

    However I do not wish to delete my existing profile then restore it, so Mozbackup doesn't look suitable.

    How I export my profile data from a firefox extension?-2-firefox-profiles.png
    Last edited by desbest; 01 Apr 2021 at 11:02.
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       #12

    desbest.......

    you quoted me and didn't say anything, least nothing is showing up here.
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  3. Posts : 255
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       #13

    f14tomcat said:
    desbest.......

    you quoted me and didn't say anything, least nothing is showing up here.
    I've edited my message now.
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       #14

    Mozback showed me 2 profiles to backup so it looks like I tried to backup the wrong one. I did the right one now. Default didn't work, default release did.

    However I do not wish to delete my existing profile then restore it, so Mozbackup doesn't look suitable.

    You can still do that and use Mozback to just save/restore your URLs(Bookmarks). Those options are after you choose the profile.
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       #15

    f14tomcat said:
    You can still do that and use Mozback to just save/restore your URLs(Bookmarks). Those options are after you choose the profile.
    Yes but I don't want to backup everything, just the stuff to do with the specific extension (onetab).
    Yes I did backup everything, but how do I make it that only the stuff to do with onetab is restored?
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       #16

    desbest said:
    Yes but I don't want to backup everything, just the stuff to do with the specific extension (onetab).
    Yes I did backup everything, but how do I make it that only the stuff to do with onetab is restored?
    It's not selective..... all bookmarks or none. I'm not familiar with OneTab, but here's a suggestion, more of a trick.

    1) Use Mozback to save all bookmarks.
    2) Clean install FF and let it create a new, blank, empty profile.
    3) Install the OneTab extension.
    4) Restore all bookmarks using Mozback.
    5) Export OneTab urls.
    6) Blow away all bookmarks or clean install again.
    7) Restore your OneTab urls only.
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  7. Posts : 6,849
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       #17

    desbest said:
    It doesn't work for me. Look at what happens when I try to do it. The sqlite database file doesn't have any meaningful data.
    Copy the folder contents then restore contents after removing and reinstalling the extension,

    Before that make copies of those sqlite databases somewhere else then rename (the copies) with .txt extension then open the renamed files with notepad to view contents. If it's saved tabs you can see the URLs listed.
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  8. Posts : 255
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       #18

    f14tomcat said:
    It's not selective..... all bookmarks or none. I'm not familiar with OneTab, but here's a suggestion, more of a trick.

    1) Use Mozback to save all bookmarks.
    2) Clean install FF and let it create a new, blank, empty profile.
    3) Install the OneTab extension.
    4) Restore all bookmarks using Mozback.
    5) Export OneTab urls.
    6) Blow away all bookmarks or clean install again.
    7) Restore your OneTab urls only.
    I tried that and it doesn't work. When I use Mozbackup to restore, it restores the faulty extension, not a working version.

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    Callender said:
    Copy the folder contents then restore contents after removing and reinstalling the extension,
    Remove the extension? If I do that I will lose my data, then I will no longer have any opportunity of accessing or possibility to export my data.

    Callender said:
    Before that make copies of those sqlite databases somewhere else then rename (the copies) with .txt extension then open the renamed files with notepad to view contents. If it's saved tabs you can see the URLs listed.
    Opening the sqlite file in a text editor like Notepad or Sublime Text doesn't work because it's in binary format.

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  9. Posts : 6,849
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       #19

    On another note:

    Check which profile is in use:

    How I export my profile data from a firefox extension?-troubleshooting-information-mozilla-firefox.jpg

    If it's not default-release profile then open the profile that is actually in use and navigate to the idb folder and check contents.

    if there's no data then I'd say no way to get it back except from system image backup copy that you made and could mount and browse or (possibly) from within a shadow volume copy (system restore point) if you have old ones available that you could mount and browse using third party software.

    For the record. I if I install onetab and save a couple of tabs then backup this folder:

    How I export my profile data from a firefox extension?-idb.jpg
    Then uninstall the extension and reinstall it then data is restored if I import the backed up folder.
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  10. Posts : 255
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       #20

    I think I'll try that later, but first I have a question.

    The file that has the relevant profile data I want is a json file compressed with snappy.This file does not have the .json file extension, instead it has no file extension and the file name is just a number. How do I de-compress it?

    The php snappy library is talking about compiling but I don't have Visual Studio which costs money (that has a built in compiler) and the compiler that comes with Codeblocks which is free has a rubbish compiler that can't compile simple code (such as recalling a variable that's in a function in C++). I can't use snappy in ruby either. I tried to install the snappy gem to decompress it with ruby, but I got an error.


    cannot find -lsnappy collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status checked program was: /* begin / ... / end */
    So how can I de-compress the json file compressed with snappy?


    The following C++ code would compile in Visual Studio but not in Codeblocks.

    Code:
    function printsentence(){
        string sentence;
        sentence = "The cat sat on the mat";
        return sentence;
    }
    
    result = printsentence();
    cout << result;
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