Get Browser Bookmarks Via Javascript

we want to provide an online bookmark service to our customers. Therefor it would be nice to provide also a function to store local bookmarks into our online tool. This shouldn't b

Solution 1:

This is completely impossible.

You need to write a browser addon.

Solution 2:

Is there a way or already a tool for such a functionality in Javascript?

Nope, definitely not. Maybe for browser extensions - if it's possible even for them.

Solution 3:

No there isn't any solution to do this via javascript. The only solution I can think of is to use a Java Applet to read the client's computer and look for the bookmark.

Another way is you can ask them to export their favorites to a file and upload to your website.

Solution 4:

Prompt the user to upload the bookmarks file: http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/i1r3CgqvgCI