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| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| # Linux usage: ./extract_tampermonkey_script.py "/home/<USER>/.config/<BROWSER>/Default/Local Extension Settings/<EXTENSION_ID>" | |
| # i.e.: ./extract_tampermonkey_script.py "/home/foo/.config/google-chrome-beta/Default/Local Extension Settings/gcalenpjmijncebpfijmoaglllgpjagf" | |
| # Mac usage: ./extract_tampermonkey_script.py "/Users/<USER>/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Local Extension Settings/<EXTENSION_ID>/" | |
| # i.e.: ./extract_tampermonkey_script.py "/Users/foo/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Local Extension Settings/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/" | |
| import leveldb | |
| import sys | |
| import re | |
| import json | |
| import codecs | |
| pattern = re.compile("^@source(.*)$") | |
| db = leveldb.LevelDB(sys.argv[1:][0]) | |
| for k,v in db.RangeIter(): | |
| m = pattern.match(k) | |
| if m: | |
| name = re.sub("[\W\b]", "_", m.groups()[0].strip()) | |
| full_name = "%s.user.js" % name | |
| print "Writing to %s" % full_name | |
| content = json.JSONDecoder(encoding='UTF-8').decode(v)['value'] | |
| with codecs.open(full_name, 'w', 'utf-8') as text_file: | |
| text_file.write(content) |
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@guillmz read my comment above. If you didn't back up the folder
AppData\Local\Chrome, then you can't recover them, because your chrome installation probably overrode the folder I mentioned above, especially if you installed tampermonkey again and those scripts are not there.