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A way to transfer your uploads list from the perchance.org/upload page from a computer into another computer (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Haven't been posting in this community for a while, but I'm here just to share a tip (I think there hasn't been anybody asking for this here yet) that someone on Discord has suggested on. This only works on computers with developer tools though, and I think you could do this in Firefox too.

Here's how to do it:

  1. In https://perchance.org/upload, open DevTools Console (Ctrl+Shift+I > Console tab) and then select "embed" in the dropdown at the top of the console:

  1. And then type in localStorage.previouslyUploadedFiles. It'll then give you a JSON of the upload list that you can copy the given string provided to a text file and transfer it to another computer you'd want to access the uploads for.

  1. Right click and select "Copy string contents" ("Copy Message" in Firefox). Then, paste it into a text file somewhere that you can transfer through a media like a USB to be transferred into the other computer.

  2. In another computer, repeat the first two steps above, and then write this:

localStorage.previouslyUploadedFiles = [upload list content from the text file]
  1. Replace the [upload list content from the text file] part with the contents from the text file you've just transferred, and then hit Enter. This will magically set the upload list to the one you have in your primary computer.

And that's it! The upload list isn't synced though, but at least could be useful for keeping stuff in. Feel free to add something missing here if you like! ๐Ÿ˜Š

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cool... What you could do is make a little bookmarklet that helps people do this, like I did for resetting the nsfw block. Like, takes you to the right page. If you're on the right page, asks if you want to export or import. For export, gives you a prompt with the JSON. For import, gives you a prompt to paste the JSON into. Something like that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is a cool idea. You mean a URL with the upload list on it? If so, I could make a "create bookmarklet" button that generates the URL with the upload list using user scripts like I did with the restore points feature. However, since the upload page is stored under an iframe, we first need a button that redirects the user into the iframe URL on the /upload page, and then we could just add some script directly into https://upload.perchance.org/ (the Perchance subdomain for the iframe in the /upload page) to add the feature right in (since user script injection doesn't work when applied to iframes).

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Could do--though potentially it would be too long a URL to work in (some) browsers?

The way I did it with my bookmarklet was: (pseudo-code)

if (not at the right place) { open new tab to right place }
else { do the thing }

...And give the user alerts before each thing happens so they understand what to do, and they need to re-run the bookmarklet on the new page, etc.

So your bookmarklet could be:

if (not at the right place) { open new tab to right place }
else {
  while (prompt to type "export" or "import" or cancel) {
    if ("export") { prompt with generated JSON to be copied, with instructions on how to import; break; }
    else if ("import") { prompt asking for generated JSON to be pasted in; set localStorage; alert "import complete"; break; }
  }
  // if they cancelled or gave an empty string, the loop is skipped
  // if they gave "import" or "export", loop exits
  // if they gave invalid input, loops and re-asks
}

I hope that made sense ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Eyyy, thanks for sharing this. (I'm the one that asked, lol.) Super helpful when it's needed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I might as well do a feature request here, @[email protected], maybe add an "import/export upload lists" feature on the page so this method could also be doable on mobile devices like phones and tablets that don't have access to DevTools?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Or even keep it on the server tied to the user account?