In the past, this interface also offered methods for importing Places data, but those methods are now part of the BookmarkHTMLUtils.jsm JavaScript code module. The interface name has been kept for compatibility reasons for code using the export service.

Implemented by: @mozilla.org/import-export-service;1 as a service:

var placesImportExportService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/import-export-service;1"]
                                .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIPlacesImportExportService);

Method overview

Methods

backupBookmarksFile()

Backs up the bookmarks.html file.

void backupBookmarksFile();

Parameters

None.

exportHTMLToFile()

Saves the current bookmarks hierarchy to a bookmarks.html file.

void exportHTMLToFile(
  in nsILocalFile aFile
);

Parameters

aFile

An nsILocalFile indicating where to save the new bookmarks.html file.

Loads the given bookmarks.html file and replaces it with the current bookmarks hierarchy (if aIsInitialImport is true) or appends it (if aIsInitialImport is false).

Three nsIObserverService notifications are fired as a result of the import. "bookmarks-restore-begin" is fired just before the import is started. "bookmarks-restore-success" is fired right after the bookmarks are successfully imported. "bookmarks-restore-failed" is fired right after a failure occurs when importing the bookmarks. Observers will be passed through their data parameters either "html" if aIsInitialImport is false or "html-initial" if aIsInitialImport is true. The observer subject will be null.

void importHTMLFromFile(
  in nsILocalFile aFile,
  in boolean aIsInitialImport
);

Parameters

aFile

The HTML file to import into Places.

aIsInitialImport

Whether this is an initial import or not.

Three nsIObserverService notifications are fired as a result of the import. "bookmarks-restore-begin" is fired just before the import is started. "bookmarks-restore-success" is fired right after the bookmarks are successfully imported. "bookmarks-restore-failed" is fired right after a failure occurs when importing the bookmarks. Observers will be passed through their data parameters either "html" if aIsInitialImport is false or "html-initial" if aIsInitialImport is true. The observer subject will be an nsISupportsPRInt64 whose value is aFolder.

void importHTMLFromFileToFolder(
  in nsILocalFile aFile,
  in PRInt64 aFolder,
  in boolean aIsInitialImport
);

Parameters

aFile

The file to import.

aFolder

The ID of the bookmarks folder into which to import the bookmarks.

aIsInitialImport

Whether or not this is an initial import.

importHTMLFromURI()

Same thing as importHTMLFromFile(), but takes a URI instead.

void importHTMLFromURI(
  in nsIURI aURI,
  in boolean aIsInitialImport
);

Parameters

aURI

The URI from which to import bookmarks.

aIsInitialImport

Whether or not this is an initial import.

See also

• BookmarkHTMLUtils.jsm