Kobo Highlights Extractor

A Python tool to extract and export highlights from Kobo e-readers.

Features

• Extract highlights from Kobo devices
• Export highlights to TXT, JSON, CSV, and SQLite formats
• List books with highlights
• Count total highlights and books with highlights
• Backup Kobo database

Setup

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/fidacura/kobo-highlights.git
cd kobo-highlights

2. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

You can use the script directly from the command line:

1. Backup the Kobo database:

python kobo_highlights.py --backup backup.sqlite

2. List books with highlights:

python kobo_highlights.py --list-books

3. Get highlight count:

python kobo_highlights.py --count

4. Export highlights (use one or more of --txt, --json, --csv, --sqlite):

python kobo_highlights.py --txt highlights.txt --json highlights.json

5. Export highlights for a specific book:

python kobo_highlights.py --book-id [book_id] --csv book_highlights.csv

6. Export highlights within a date range:

python kobo_highlights.py --date-from YYYY-MM-DD --date-to YYYY-MM-DD --json date_range_highlights.json

For more options, run:

python kobo_highlights.py --help

Testing

To run the tests: python -m unittest discover tests

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.