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ImportBookmarksToEdge.ps1

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+function Import-BookmarksToEdge {
+    param (
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+        [string[]]$Urls,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
+        [string]$FolderTitle = 'PowershellImported',
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
+        [string]$KillEdgeAfterImport = $true
+    )
+
+    # read registry to find the active profile for this user
+    $activeProfile = Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Edge\Profiles -Name EnhancedLinkOpeningDefault -ErrorAction Continue
+    if($null -eq $activeProfile){ $activeProfile = 'Default' }
+
+    Write-Verbose "Active profile is '$activeProfile'"
+
+    # c:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\<profilename>"
+    $edgeProfileLocation = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA -ChildPath 'Microsoft\Edge\User Data' -AdditionalChildPath $activeProfile
+    Write-Verbose "profile location '$edgeProfileLocation'"
+
+    if(!(Test-Path -PathType Container -Path $edgeProfileLocation))
+    {
+        throw "Can't find profile folder '$edgeProfileLocation'"
+    }
+
+    $bookmarksfile = Join-Path $edgeProfileLocation -ChildPath 'Bookmarks'
+
+    if(!(Test-Path -PathType Leaf -Path $bookmarksfile))
+    {
+        throw "Can't find bookmarks file '$bookmarksfile'"
+    }
+
+    # Read the JSON file
+    $bookmarks = Get-Content $bookmarksfile -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
+
+    if($null -eq $bookmarks.roots.bookmark_bar.children)
+    {
+        throw "bookmarks file format is wrong"
+    }
+
+    if($bookmarks.roots.bookmark_bar.children.name -contains $FolderTitle)
+    {
+        Write-Verbose "I found the import folder '$FolderTitle'"
+    }
+    else 
+    {
+        Write-Verbose "folder node '$FolderTitle' not found, adding.."
+        $chromeNow = DateTimeToChrome([DateTime]::UtcNow)
+        $bookmarks.roots.bookmark_bar.children += [ordered]@{
+            "children"       = @()
+            "date_added"     = "$chromeNow"
+            "date_last_used" = "$chromeNow"
+            "date_modified"  = "$chromeNow"
+            "guid"           = [guid]::NewGuid()
+            # "id"           = "9"                  # Id seems to be filled in automatically by Edge
+            "name"           = $FolderTitle
+            "source"         = 'unknown'
+            "type"           = 'folder'
+        }
+    }
+
+    $foldernode = $bookmarks.roots.bookmark_bar.children | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $foldertitle } | Select-Object -First 1
+
+    if($null -ne $foldernode)
+    {
+        $existingUrls = @($foldernode.children.url)
+
+        foreach($url in $Urls)
+        {
+            Write-Verbose "Importing '$url'"
+
+            if($existingUrls -contains $url -or $existingUrls -contains ($url+'/'))
+            {
+                Write-Verbose "Url '$url' already imported, skipping"
+            }
+            else 
+            {
+                $chromeNow = DateTimeToChrome([DateTime]::UtcNow)
+                $foldernode.children += [ordered]@{
+                    "date_added"     = "$chromeNow"
+                    "date_last_used" = "$chromeNow"
+                    "guid"           = [guid]::NewGuid()
+                    "name"           = $url
+                    "show_icon"      = $false
+                    "source"         = "user_copy"
+                    "type"           = "url"
+                    "url"            = $url
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    # Export the modified object back to JSON
+    $bookmarks | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 50 | Out-File $bookmarksfile
+
+    if($KillEdgeAfterImport)
+    {
+        Write-Verbose "Killing running edge browsers"
+        Get-Process -Name 'msedge' -ErrorAction Ignore | Foreach-Object { $_.Kill($true) }
+    }        
+}
+
+function DateTimeFromChrome {
+    param ( [Int64]$v )
+    return [DateTime]::new(1601,1,1,0,0,0,[System.DateTimeKind]::Utc).AddMicroseconds($v)
+}
+
+function DateTimeToChrome {
+    param ( [datetime]$v )
+    return [Int64]($v.Subtract([DateTime]::new(1601,1,1,0,0,0,[System.DateTimeKind]::Utc))).TotalMicroseconds
+}

README.md

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 # ImportBookmarksToEdge
 Powershell script to import bookmarks into Edge browser
+
+## Usage
+
+```posh
+Import-BookmarksToEdge -Urls @('https://www.youtube.com')
+```
+
+You can also specify import folder name (the default is 'PowershellImported'):
+
+```posh
+Import-BookmarksToEdge -Urls @('https://www.youtube.com') -FolderTitle 'MyImports'    
+```

demo.ps1

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+. .\ImportBookmarksToEdge.ps1
+
+$VerbosePreference = 'Continue'
+Import-BookmarksToEdge -Urls @("https://www.youtube.com")