Importing passwords from PaleMoon?

[Overcast]

Hello,

Is there a convenient way to import passwords from the PaleMoon browser?

Using an add-on in PaleMoon, I've already managed to save the passwords to a readable XML file.

Thank you for your help.

[greybeard]

I am not sure how Vivaldi, Chromium, handle import (XML or CSV...).

See the following Forum conversation for more information on enabling Import to Vivaldi.

Good Luck

[Pathduck]

@Overcast The above discussion is not really relevant

Vivaldi/Chromium requires a file in CSV format like this:
name,url,username,password

If you're able to massage your file into CSV you can do it that way, but I'd first try a tool like WebBrowserPassView to list your passwords, then export them (Save as...) in Chrome CSV format.

Then import the password using this excellent guide.

I really hope they'll make export and import easier in the future ... too many new users are having import issues and stuff gets complicated with Chromium forcing us to jump through hoops to accomplish simple tasks...

[Overcast]

Thank you for your replies, @Pathduck and @greybeard

I found this little tool that will convert from XML to CSV

The resulting CSV file is showing data in this format:

host,user,password,formSubmitURL,httpRealm,userFieldName,passFieldName,entries_Id

It's a bit over my head to try to massage this into the required format. There are 567 lines/entries in the CSV file...

BTW, WebBrowserPassView isn't able to find the PaleMoon password file.

[Pathduck]

@Overcast Yeah, there are many tools out there for basic XML-CSV conversion but unfortunately if you want more control of the output you probably need to use the "big guns" i.e. tools for developers.

Of course, if you have access to a Linux machine (or Cygwin), you could do it in a couple of quick commands

I'd still try to use the Nirsoft tool. Go to the Advanced Options, then under Firefox check the profile box and enter the PaleMoon profile folder which should be something like C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Moonchild Productions\Pale Moon\Profiles . Press OK and see if it finds the passwords.

Failing that, open the CSV file in a a good text editor with column-mode support, like Notepad++ then use it to select the columns you don't need with Alt-Shift+Arrows and delete them.

[Overcast]

Thanks again @Pathduck.

Alas, the Nirsoft tool won't work in the PaleMoon profile folder. I tried all available exporting options.

I'll try to use Notepad++ to tweak the CSV file (when I've gathered sufficient courage for the job).

If this fails, I think this password exporting/importing problem will prevent me from making the switch to Vivaldi.

[Pathduck]

@Overcast So the Nirsoft tool doesn't find any passwords, none are listed there? Or is it just the export that fails?

I didn't think about the most obvious option that almost everyone has installed: Excel (or Libreoffice Calc etc). Import your CSV file and it should make each field its own column. Then delete the columns you don't need (after formSubmitURL), move the formSubmitURL as the 2nd column, and export as CSV.

If you don't have a spreadsheet application, here's another one to try for you to avoid some headache:
https://sed.js.org/?gist=8f7f69f89ecac92075621a3db8ba8dd2

This is an online advanced search and replace (sed) tool. It's perfectly safe, all the code runs in your browser, so no data is sent over the net at all (trust me on this

Just replace the text in the STDIN field with your CSV and then copy the output from STDOUT into a text file and it should be ready to import into Vivaldi.

Again, sorry for the hoops you have to jump through to get the passwords imported, I wish it was simpler, I really do... maybe if Palemoon had a CSV to Chrome export